"filipino food" news and stories

• There are dozens of Filipino chefs in L.A. -- but most of them aren't cooking Filipino food. What's up with that?
• If you want to know what a glam supper club from the early 21st century looks like, head to the Tar Pit on La Brea.
• What's so magical about the Magic Wok in Artesia? Could be all that pork.
• You won't find any pork in mishloach manot, the baskets of food given during the Jewish holiday of Purim.
• ... You will, however, find hamantaschen. Here are recipes for nine Purim dishes, including those triangular treats.

Eggplants. They just hang out in the farmer's market like they own the joint. Big, fat, smug and kingly purple.

And we can't resist them. In an attempt to partake of their charms without heating the heck out of muggy apartments, we were pleased to stumble upon this recipe for Tortang Talong, a traditional Filipino recipe that brings egg and pork into the eggplantian universe.

Yup, egg. No big surprise to see it sneak into the equation, since it's had cross-cultural starring roles in pork-vegetable dishes from Japanese ramen to Korean bibimbap. But watching this video somehow still floored us: "Tortang Talong!" Who doesn't want to brag to her friends that she's whipping that up for dinner? Check it out and let us know if you give it a go.

[Via Howcast]