“My relatives in the Philippines don’t celebrate Chinese New Year,” said Charles Olalia of the Silver Lake restaurant Ma’am Sir. “But my family here did because my dad’s a doctor and all his Chinese ...

If there’s one thing that lives in my mind rent-free, it’s Lumpia Shanghai, the savory fried spring rolls of the Philippines. These slender, cigar-shaped finger foods typically consist of a mixture of ...

Crunchy and stuffed with juicy shrimp, pork and vegetables, these rolls make a great appetizer or side dish. For a milder dipping sauce, you can substitute serranos for the Thai chiles and seed them.

The beef and pork-filled rolls are fried and served with sweet chili sauce. Dumplings can have a wide ranging connotation depending what part of the world it originated from -- but no matter where ...

It's a staple in every Filipino household. It's found at every gathering from birthday celebrations to Christmas dinners.For Rowena Sisneros, it's a recipe handed down in her family."I learned how to ...

Nobody’s out to bad-mouth underperforming restaurants during a pandemic, shutdown or otherwise, so I’m not here to name names. But I will say that we took the family out to try out a new to us ...

Shatteringly crisp and stuffed with juicy pork filling, Shanghai lumpia are a popular Filipino dish similar to fried spring rolls. Pork is the traditional filling, but lumpia can also be made with a ...

We’re used to reading about Natalie Coughlin in the sports section. With 12 Olympic and 20 World Championship medals, the UC Berkeley alum swam her way into the record books time and time again. But ...