Good Food
Jonathan Gold’s love of Filipino cuisine
The late restaurant critic Jonathan Gold was a longtime champion of Filipino food as well as the communities that make it.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readThe late restaurant critic Jonathan Gold was a longtime champion of Filipino food as well as the communities that make it. In 2017, he visited Irenia, a Filipino restaurant in Santa Ana specializing in what you might call “Pinoy-California” food.
The full episode
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A look back at Filipino foodways- 0:00Exploring the menu at Filipino fast food chain Jollibee
- 4:52“I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook”
- 20:14Toto’s Lechon Manok lures diners with Filipino roast meats
- 23:56The drinking foods of the Philippines
- 36:25How Filipino food made its way around the world
- 45:40Jonathan Gold’s love of Filipino cuisineYou’re reading this
- 49:10Sampling Filipino classics at a “turo turo” restaurant
- 52:20The sweet pleasures of Filipino bakeries
The full episode
6 of 8A look back at Filipino foodways- 0:00Exploring the menu at Filipino fast food chain Jollibee
- 4:52“I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook”
- 20:14Toto’s Lechon Manok lures diners with Filipino roast meats
- 23:56The drinking foods of the Philippines
- 36:25How Filipino food made its way around the world
- 45:40Jonathan Gold’s love of Filipino cuisineYou’re reading this
- 49:10Sampling Filipino classics at a “turo turo” restaurant
- 52:20The sweet pleasures of Filipino bakeries