There was only a handful of Pinoy restaurants in the ’70s and ’80s. We were teenagers then, and friends Jun and Jimmy Rodriguez would treat us to a restaurant around the Mabini area called Tipanan. It ...

Crispy Pata is Rod Ongpauco’s proud—if not accidental—invention. Though he was convinced not to attend the shoot (the first in a few years), Rod stands in the living room clad in a suit, and someone ...

CEBU, Philippines - And that house is now called Alejandro'sCrispy Pata. It all began in 1991 when Alejandro and Lourdes Yap opened a restaurant that served steak and seafood in Don Jose Avila St., ...

CRISPY Pata is a popular dish in restaurants offering Filipino cuisine. Deep fried pig trotter or knuckles, it is served with a vinegar-soy sauce dip with garlic and additional red chili for those who ...

Two years ago, as opening paragraph for an interview with famous restaurateur Rod Ongpauco (a.k.a. Rod Evans in his showbiz years), Funfare asked this question: When you take a saliva-inducing piece ...

Pour water in a cooking pot then let boil. Put in dried bay leaves, whole peppercorn, star anise, leeks, sili green and 4 teaspoons of salt. Add the whole pig’s legs in the cooking pot then simmer ...

Rad Pelayo (fourth from left) and his family open the Pampanga branch He has been in the food business for seven years now. He started with Healthy Meals PH where he would offer to deliver three ...