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Eating out: “Food and sh*t” June Pop-up

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Forgive me for swearing, but you know how it is when you say “this is the sh*t” and it actually meant something really really good? That’s exactly how I felt when I went to try Food and sh*t’s monthly pop-up last Monday.  

Food and sh*t is a Filipino food pop-up event every 3rd Monday of the month at Inay’s Asian Pacific Cuisine (Beacon hill, Seattle) made possible by famous Seattle-based rapper George Quibuyen (aka Prometheus Brown of the Blue Scholars) and his wife Chera Amlag.  They started doing this last year and basically you can reserve a table for dinner and experience Filipino cuisine personally cooked and prepared by the couple.  Seating is limited and reservations are a must for some of their events. 

Last month’s event, called Luzviminda, was a wandering away from familiar Filipino dishes and was more focused on the rustic foods of the countryside.  They served kinilaw (ceviche),  fried pancit, inasal pork BBQ ribs, kambing caldereta and cassava cake.  These foods were inspired by their recent trip to the Philippines –  away from the hustle and bustle of the metropolis, and into the regions where everything is as local as it can get. 

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This month’s event, called Kalsada (means “street”in english), is a look at Filipino street foods.  Instead of the usual “dining in” with reservations, they have set up grills and serving tables outside the restaurant and it was a first come, first serve basis - showing street food is anything but fancy.  The set up was: you get in line and wait to order.  Menu cards were given to specify your order then hand it to the ladies at the register, pay for your food, then wait in sidelines and witness your food being prepared.  

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Tacos: Pork Sisig, Bangus Sisig, Tofu Sisig, Chicken Sisig, Portugese Sausage 

Sides:
Salmon Fishballs, Balut 

Sweets:
Taho, Puto at Kutsinta, Ube Cheesecake 

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Outside Set up

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Salmon fish balls station

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Sisig tacos $8, Salmon fish balls $5

Chera's Hood-Famous Ube Cheesecake - Food and Sh*t

Chera’s Hood-Famous Ube Cheesecake $6

 My husband and I tried their pork, chicken and portugese sausage sisig tacos with red cabbage slaw, scallions and calamansi.  Oh man, these would be perfect with a San Miguel beer! They were so tasty with more than enough meat in each bite – the only downside was we wished we ordered more.  

We also tried Salmon fish balls and Chera’s hood-famous ube cheesecake.  Both were spectacular – especially the ube cheesecake, which I devoured in less than 2 minutes.  The ube taste is very distinct which left me feeling homesick for this purple-colored goodness sold in forms of ice cream in the Philippines.  

I seriously cannot wait for their next event.  They most certainly established a following who, at least some of them, are brave enough to tackle Filipino cuisine and it’s intrinsic taste.  I felt so accomplished whenever I see my husband, who is American, enjoying sizzling sisig and chicken adobo, and showing his much love for our local beer (San Miguel).  Thanks to Geo and his wife Chera, I can enjoy the foods I was surrounded with when I was growing up in little old Manila – even for just a day. 

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If you are in Seattle and would like to experience this project, please head over to Food and Sh*t’s website for details on their next event.  

Have you been to one of their pop-ups? What was your favorite food? Please share! Thank you! 

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