Restaurateur Jonathan Lee wanted to make his grandfather proud By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Michelin released its Vancouver Guide and Little Bird Dim sum + Craft Beer in Kitsilano is one of those that made it. The 54-seater restaurant is being run by Jonathan Lee, the son of Filipino-Canadian restaurateur Joseph Lee, who owns the iconic […]
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Cake design that includes Philippine carabao and Canadian polar bear got top prize By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez A team from a Filipino-Canadian bakery won this year’s The Big Bake: Holiday, which is Food Network Canada’s baking competition. The team that represented Sugar Blooms and Cakes, located on McPhillips Street in Winnipeg, beat two
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Vancouver, B.C. Take-out orders only By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez Filipino food lovers in British Columbia (BC) are in for a treat as fast-food giant—Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC)— is set to open its first store this Friday, February 25, 2022. Jollibee’s first BC location at 833 Granville Street will only cater to take-out orders. Dine-in, online
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Author walks path from her Filipino mother to her husband’s Jewish religion By Charmaine Janis Rodriguez Filipina-Canadian playwright Primrose Madayag Knazan is the winner of the 2021 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition. Madayag Knazan’s work, “Precipice,” was chosen by the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, together with the Harold Green Jewish Theatre, Segal Centre
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British Columbia Workers win against Cucina Manila By Ted Alcuitas One of British Columbia’s prominent Filipino restaurants has been ordered by the province’s Labour Standards Branch to pay $42,495.12 to former employees. Cucina Manila Restaurants Inc. which operates four branches throughout the lower mainland was also ordered to pay $2,500 for administrative penalties in a
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