Tired of the same old tired orange chicken and California rolls? Want to venture beyond the standard suburbian-stale take-out? Here comes Chop PHX, with the Valley's rarer Asian offerings. This Week: ...

When I was a kid in the ’80s, I remember my father eating crispy pata like a Viking, gnawing at the bone, fat dripping down his chin. I would join in too, tearing off the golden pork knuckles’ skin, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Crispy pata, a beloved Filipino dish of deep-fried pork knuckles, is known for its crispy skin and tender meat, often served with a tangy dip. In Cebu, spots like Alejandro's Crispy Pata have gained ...

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 ...

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., ...

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 ...

Andrea Torres has one of the fittest bodies in showbiz you'd think she probably goes on a strict diet. But—get this—apparently she just eats crispy pata in all its oily and fatty goodness without ...

Sorry adobo, but kare-kare, lechon, and crispy pata deserve their limelight, too MANILA, Philippines – Kare-kare, lechon, and crispy pata don’t just deserve a place on your dinner table – these ...