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This has always been the plan for brothers Chad and Chase Valencia: Cook the food they want (in this case, modern takes on Filipino classics), their way, and hope for the best. That best, as it turns ...

Have you tried new wave Filipino-American food yet? There's a growing group of Filipino-American chefs, often second or third generation, sharing familiar flavors of their childhood across the country ...

LASA was always meant to become a full-blown restaurant—it's just that no one knew when or where that would happen. Turns out, they're not moving too far. The LA Times reported today that Chad and ...

It’s a swift shift from the former white walls temporary nature of the previous iteration — though nothing compared to the vagabond life the Valencia brothers have experienced before. From stints at ...

It’s been just over a year since Eggslut chef Alvin Cailan launched his culinary incubator Unit 120 in Chinatown’s Far East Plaza as a place for up-and-coming chefs to test their hand at a restaurant ...

3:15 p.m. Jan. 14, 2019In an earlier version of this post, a photo caption identified a dish as a tapsilog bowl; it is a garlic pork ribs bowl. Also, the article said the restaurant serves lomo ...

If you’ve followed the city’s wave of new Filipino restaurants over the past year or two, there’s a fair chance you’ve heard of Chase and Chad Valencia. The brothers have been slowly garnering acclaim ...

This June 8 marks the 12th year that the country is celebrating Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day and Lucky Chinatown is marking this wonderful occasion with a grand weeklong festival called “Silken ...