Balikbayan boxes are boxes that my mom brings to the Philippines filled with Spam, M&M’s, and my favorite toys. It’s hard lugging these boxes around (sometimes 5 to 130 boxes each trip) but once you get there and the family is gathered to open them up, it’s worth the spinal cord injury. Just call the… Read more.
I saw this billboard on Ocean avenue and Capitol in San Francisco, CA. It isn’t up anymore but it brought ‘a tears to my eye’ to see the word “Filipino” on a billboard. Pinoy power.
People call it the Filipino egg-roll. I call it the Filipino pocket of suprises. You go to a party and try Tita Baby’s lumpia; it has peas, corn, onions, green beans, and chicken. Good shit. But then the next weekend it’s Ate Ay-Ay’s birthday and you find a different batch of lumpia by Tito Tak-Tak… Read more.
Adobo is Filipino fast food. Just grab garlic, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, black pepper, and chicken (or pork or beef), in a hot pot and you have your adobo. It’s a Spanish dish, but the sugar and the Filipino making the adobo make it a Filipino dish. Although many Filipinos don’t add sugar to their… Read more.
These are the writings of Filipeanut. Sometimes he makes art, photos, and music. He likes tilapia head. More.
