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1318 North Sichuan Rd. corner Wujin Rd.

(1318 Sichuan Bei Lu)     Hongkou District

2nd Floor, International Capital Plaza (ICP) Building

EVENTS

Band performance from Thursday to Sunday

Ladies Night with Filipino Cocktails every Thursday

Buffet Dinner @ 100 RMB every Saturday 7pm to 10pm

Set Lunch @ 29 RMB from Monday to Friday

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Filipiniana

The Baro at Saya are the today’s blouse and skirt . This two-piece ensemble were known in Spanish term as Terno pronounced as “teee air no” , composed by the ancient tapis used as an overskirt, and eventually by the square kerchief called alam (worn to cover  the bossom).

The  saya was unelaborated until the peak of global trade. While for the baro, it was devoted to the most laborious artistry expressed in embroidery and weft floats. The patterning designs of baro: floriated, trellis-alike, lace designs. These were worn by the female indigenes of our country through the Spanish colonization.

 

Ligawan (Courtship)

Philippine Style - Traditional Courtship

Filipinos are romantic in nature. We are known to have different forms of interesting ways of courtship. Seranading is one of the most popular practices in courtship, when a man is true with his intentions to a woman, during the 1950's.

To serenade, the young man has to sing a love song in front of a young lady's house. The serenading young man is accompanied with his friend who plays the musical instrument, usually a guitar while singing his song.

Serenaders have to wait for the young lady to open her window and listen to the song. The lady has the option to invite them inside the house for some refreshment or to chat after the song. The suitor doesn't expect to have the chance of a private time with the young lady he's courting with even if they get to be invited. That is because the parents would also be there to entertain them.

Filipino parents on the early times were so strict with young couples going out for a date. The couple will need to have a chaperone as required so it will not be distasteful on the part of the woman to be seen along with her suitor. The chaperone is generally an older female family member or relative of the young lady. She has to protect and make sure the pair keep distance from each other. The chaperone gets to escort them until they get married.

In some cases if the suitor is too ardent, he has to prove his sincerity and love for the beloved in performing difficult tasks in the house which refers to activities such as chopping of wood to be used by the girl's family in cooking their food, fetching water from the "balon" or "poso" right to the girl's house, helping the girl's father do the farming. The said tasks symbolize the love and willingness to serve the girl and her family.

Love letter writing is one of the common but most direct way of a Filipino in expressing his love to the one he’s courting. The mere fact that a pen and paper shows how the man will pour out his heart and soul, it is an art of wooing a Filipina’s heart.

For more travel information, contact the Philippine Tourism Office-Philippine Consulate General Shanghai thru Tel. No. (021)-6279-7550 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

or vist www.wowphilippines.gov.ph and www.philcongenshanghai.org

 
 

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The very popular cooking process indigenous to the Philippines is Adobo.

During the Spanish era it was found out that an indigenous cooking procedure involves stewing with vinegar that was referred to “adobo”. The description of “adobo” in Spanish cuisine share similar characteristics, but  still is being differentiated based on cultural roots. Philippine Adobo can be considered adobo which is said to be a marinated dish in Spanish sense, the Philippine usage is much more specific. This is strongly associated with large Filipino communities, like in Hawaii.

The dish is typically consist of pork or chicken or both. It is slowly cooked in soy sauce, vinegar, crushed garlic, bay leaf and black peppercorns, often browned in the oven or pan-fried afterward to get the desirable crisped edges.
 

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It will never be complete without the dessert in every Filipino meal. It may be a simply a fruit like bananas, mangoes, papaya and melons. However, the sweets like minatimis na kamote (sugar-glaze sweet potatoes), kaong (palm nut), native cakes like biko or bibingka made from rice and coconut milk define the true dessert of Filipino food. This is to counteract the salty, sour and sometimes bitter taste that are part of the regular meal.

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Experience the warmth and presence of a truly Traditional Filipino Cuisine brought here in China. We provide you a soothing ambiance while you are enjoying the affordable but outstanding taste, authentically served Filipino food along with our other  variety of international cuisine.