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Philippines

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Ten Ways to Make the Most of Mango Season

    Mango season is upon us, which means these sweet, succulent fruits will be falling from trees, rolling under cars and rotting on sidewalks throughout Miami. Every year, an abundance of this fleshy tropical fruit strikes our city, and locals with mango trees are overwhelmed.In an attempt to save Moth ... More >>

  • News

    May 3, 2012

    Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets

    Mango season is upon us, which means these sweet, succulent fruits will be falling from trees, rolling under cars and rotting on sidewalks throughout Miami. Every year, an abundance of this fleshy tropical fruit strikes our city, and locals with mango trees are overwhelmed.In an attempt to save Moth ... More >>

  • Film

    November 17, 2011

    Amigo: John Sayles brings the Philippine-American War into the 21st Century

    Mango season is upon us, which means these sweet, succulent fruits will be falling from trees, rolling under cars and rotting on sidewalks throughout Miami. Every year, an abundance of this fleshy tropical fruit strikes our city, and locals with mango trees are overwhelmed.In an attempt to save Moth ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 10, 2011

    Moments in the Sun

    Mango season is upon us, which means these sweet, succulent fruits will be falling from trees, rolling under cars and rotting on sidewalks throughout Miami. Every year, an abundance of this fleshy tropical fruit strikes our city, and locals with mango trees are overwhelmed.In an attempt to save Moth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Foodstock: One Night Of Peas and Music Food Truck Roster Announced

    HippyHoundDogAll decked out for Foodstock​This past weekend we set back the clock one hour. This coming weekend, we're setting the clock back even farther ... to 1969, a time when hippies chanted "make love, not war," traded love beads and ate street food. Let's put it this way, hippies were the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Short Order Presents Foodstock, One Night of Peas and Music

    ​Break out your love beads and appetite because Short Order is bringing you Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music in the Wynwood Arts District on November 12.Be prepared to rock out to live bands and DJs, shop for vintage clothing and arts and crafts and eat from 30 food trucks. Foodstock also co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 27, 2011

    Book 'Em

    ​Break out your love beads and appetite because Short Order is bringing you Foodstock: One Night of Peas and Music in the Wynwood Arts District on November 12.Be prepared to rock out to live bands and DJs, shop for vintage clothing and arts and crafts and eat from 30 food trucks. Foodstock also co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    Overload Extreme Street Food: Consume Mass Quantities at Tropical Park

    Overload Extreme Street Food via FacebookOverload Extreme Street Food -- wear stretchy pants.​There are two schools of thought in the eating game.On the one hand, there are the people who want to eat clean and healthfully. Thinking of their bodies as temples, they look for buzzwords like organic, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    78-Year-Old Kills 21-Year-Old Wife, Sets House on Fire

    via Floerchinger's Facebook​Guenther Floerchinger, a 78-year-old man, is alleged to have shot his 21-year-old wife before setting his Port St. Lucie home on fire and then killing himself. Floerchinger made two phone calls before his suicide -- one asking a neighbor to take his wife's 4-year-old da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Yo Mama Paella & Seafood Is a Bounty of the Sea; Trucks at BTTR, Tropical Park

    Yo Mama Paella & SeafoodYo Mama Paella & Seafood's colorful sea creatures beckon you to eat them.​If you can get past all of the "yo mama" jokes on the truck and on Yo Mama's Twitter page, you'll discover fresh, inexpensive seafood with Caribbean influences. The truck looks like a poster f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2011

    Slow Food Truck on Leaderboard to Win Title of America's Favorite

    Slow Food TruckSlow Food Truck is slowly climbing the charts to win Food Network's $10,000 prize.​Slow Food Truck is in the top ten to win $10,000 and the title of America's Favorite Food Truck in Food Network's Great Food Truck Race.Slow Food Truck is the only South Florida food truck in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    DJ Craze Gets Grilled by Wannabe DJs and Tech Nerds at SAE Institute

    ​The Nicaraguan-born, Miami-bred super DJ who runs Slow Roast Records with Kill the Noise, DJ Craze, lives right here in the 305. During the week, at least. On the weekends, he's traveling from Vegas to Manila, doing what it takes to keep massive crowds of party people dancing. Recently, administ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Clarabelle's Cupcakes Offers New Cool Summer Flavors, Try Some at BTTR

    Clarabelle's Cupcakes is offering new summer flavorsNo one will disagree that we've officially entered the unbearable phase of the Miami summer. With temperatures in the 90s and humidity in the same percentage, we need something frosty to eat. Clarabelle's Cupcakes has come up with a line of " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Manila Rice Serves Secret Menu Item, Exotic Food At BTTR Tonight

    Manila Rice ​If you've been kvetching about the same old, same old night after night, we hear you. Everyone lapses into "food boredom" now and then. If eating the same food all the time has gotten you down, you might want to visit Manila Rice at BTTR tonight for some more-than-authentic Fili ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    The Philippines' Vice President is Praying the Heat Win

    ​The NBA Finals feels like Miami versus the World, but there's at least an entire other nation rooting wildly for the Heat: The Philippines. Yes, Coach Erik Spoelstra's mother is a native of the Pacific nation, and Spoelstra is the first Filipino-American head coach of any major North American pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Lucky Oriental Mart Has Pocky, Mochi, and Milkfish

    John ZurPocky is a must-try Japanese cookie snack. ​Located off Bird Road, Lucky Oriental Mart is an Asian grocery store stocked with foods and products from China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Stroll the aisles and your curiosity will be piqued by col ... More >>

  • News

    April 14, 2011

    Khalilah Camacho-Ali was in the Champ's corner through some of boxing's greatest moments

    John ZurPocky is a must-try Japanese cookie snack. ​Located off Bird Road, Lucky Oriental Mart is an Asian grocery store stocked with foods and products from China, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Stroll the aisles and your curiosity will be piqued by col ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Manila Rice Food Truck Debuts, Weekend Meetups at Bayfront, on Miller Drive, and at Tobacco Road

    Manila Rice Cecille Pangan with her Manila Rice Truck​With a "Miami Vice" color scheme (hot pink lettering on a black background), Manila Rice makes its debut this evening on the corner of NE 144th Street and Biscayne Boulevard from 6 to 11 p.m. Ted Lederman and Cecille Pangan are partners, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Bongos' Chef Alex Describes Cuban Sushi and Balut

    Photo by Riki AltmanChef Alex's got some fufu for you.Did Chef Alex make you a believer after reading part one of last week's interview? Here's the rest of our chat:Any types of cuisine you are curious about but haven't attempted?Exotic meats.Like offal?Way beyond that. Some guy in Arizona has a res ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Ronald Reagan immigration amnesty 25 years later

    Today, amnesty is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Opening Dates for Norman's 180, Burger & Beer Brickell Announced

    Photo by Jacquelynn D. PowersNorman Van Aken (pictured with Emeril Lagasse) is all set to open Norman's 180 at the end of the month. ​Two new anticipated restaurants are debuting in the next few weeks in Miami.Norman's 180, from famed chef Norman Van Aken, officially launches in Coral Gables on Tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Wynwood Art Walk: David Castillo, Gallery I/D, and Miguel Paredes

    Pulgha World mosaic mural by Miguel Paredes.​In this week's art column, we previewed everything from aboriginal reveries to a high-stomping high school girl's drill squad to an orgy of experimental video, which are all part of this weekend's Second Saturday gallery crawl capped by a free concert b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    YouTube Turns Five, and We Celebrate with Funny Videos

    YouTube turned five yesterday. And while we can blame the site for spawning endless fodder for the workroom and further catapulting the careers of tween heartthrobs like Justin Bieber, we decided to go another route with our top five favorite YouTube videos. We're not putting up Miley, the Jo Bros o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Q&A: Yoko Ono Discusses John Lennon's We All Shine On Miami Benefit Exhibit

    Artwork by John Lennon from We All Shine On benefit exhibit​For a certain kind of pop culture observer, Yoko Ono will always remain defined by her marriage to John Lennon. And Lennon will always remain a Beatle.These people, though, have misread history. They ignore (or are ignorant of) Ms. Ono's ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 9, 2009

    Prime Italian Is Prime Turf

    The sultan of SoFi's new restaurant succeeds as an all-purpose upscale Italian dining venue.

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of January 29, 2009

    "He's nothing but a corrupt criminal. Hopefully, God will change him when he's sitting in prison and realizes what he's done."

  • Music

    August 14, 2008

    Journey

    Revelation (Performer)

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2008

    Jazz from the East

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Cheap Eats: American Adobo

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Cheap Eats: American Adobo

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Home Entertainment

    November 22, 2007

    Jungle Fever

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2006

    If the Shoe Fits

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Dining

    April 14, 2005

    Fancying Filipino

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Calendar

    February 10, 2005

    Volley of the Dolls

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Calendar

    December 23, 2004

    Sk8ter Biz

    But you’ll enjoy it in the West.

  • Shops and Wares

    May 13, 2004

    BEST ASIAN GROCERY FOR ONE-STOP SHOPPING

    Lucky Oriental Mart

  • Dining

    October 31, 2002

    The Politics of Drinking and Dining

    Vote and eat for free!

  • Dining

    November 29, 2001

    Seasoning of Saigon

    Pretty saucy for a Vietnamese eatery in America

  • Dining

    August 16, 2001

    Crouching Tilapia

    Chung Hing Oriental Mart

  • Dining

    November 4, 1999

    Dish

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    July 15, 1999

    News of the Weird

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    News of the Weird

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    News of the Weird

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    June 11, 1998

    News of the Weird

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    News of the Weird

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    February 19, 1998

    News of the Weird

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    News of the Weird

    There's Diversity in That Bread

  • News

    October 26, 1995

    On the Good Ship Jackpot

    The Tropicana's Thursday-night blackjack tournament floats local gamblers' boat

  • News

    March 31, 1993

    King Con Returns

    A bumbling justice system has allowed self-proclaimed AIDS miracle worker Basil Wainwright to continue peddling hope -- with harrowing results

  • Dining

    June 10, 1992

    The Seven Deadly Fins

    A bumbling justice system has allowed self-proclaimed AIDS miracle worker Basil Wainwright to continue peddling hope -- with harrowing results

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