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As a Filipino-American, the only thing I'll say to you is don't make your food expensive or upscale. Filipino food is traditionally cheap and large in quantity. I want me some cheap pancit and eggrolls, and you already charge more than my Lola's house, so it's not worth it to me if it's some odd concoction. I've seen so many Filipino restaurants fail because they try to make it upscale food to cater to Americans, and lose out on the Filipino community. I feel like Filipino restaurants should be true to the roots of their food and trust that there are Americans out there who want authentic Filipino food. I have an American co-worker who said he tried dinuguan one time at a Filipino friends house, and would love it if there was an a restaurant around here that actually served that. The problem with Filipino food is that many of it's dishes do not look good or appealing, and they can be too salty or too sour. But that's the food, serve it like you would serve your Filipino family.
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The Puppet Master posted:turns out moving to america means compromising any culture or values for money I think a lot of new Filipino restaurant owners see really expensive Thai places, and feel they can get in on that. On the other hand I can get Vietnamese pho and bahn mi for like $5.99. Although I think pho and bahn mi already have a good customer base who know the food, and it looks good. Filipino foods like pinakbet or kare kare, not so much. Also, not really sure about the whole Filipino-Caribbean thing. I love me some Caribbean food, and jerk pork with rice and beans and spicy cabbage is my achille's heel. I'd eat that every day if I could, but I'm not sure how it would go with Filipino food.
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Jan 19, 2016 16:47
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Go to your local Asian grocery, and see if you can find Silver Swan Coconut Vinegar. I put some garlic and pepper in a little bowl of that, and eat it with almost everything. Put some on your eggs and you will never turn back.
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Jan 19, 2016 19:55
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a hole-y ghost posted:if you watch filipino TV it's all chinese people though lmao My very little experience from seeing my aunts watch 24/7 satellite Filipino TV, is that you must be a very light skinned Filipino to be famous on TV.
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Jan 21, 2016 17:05
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