{"id":51250,"date":"2015-06-04T11:47:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T03:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=51250"},"modified":"2015-06-04T11:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T03:47:41","slug":"apl-de-ap-promotes-filipino-food-in-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/04\/apl-de-ap-promotes-filipino-food-in-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Apl.de.ap promotes Filipino food in USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aside from being a a rapper, record producer and break dancer, Apl.de.ap is all a food junkie. (Photo from Apl.de.ap’s website)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Black Eyed Peace member and The Voice Philippines coach Apl.de.ap promoted Filipino food in Filipino Food Movement\u2019s recent event \u201cSavor the Night\u201d held in the United States of America.<\/p>\n

Filipino Food Movement aimed to popularize Filipino cuisine. In their latest event, innovations of Filipino food were featured.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very passionate with our cooking so we put our heart and soul into it so everyone should feel that. It\u2019s like the soul food of Asia,\u201d Apl.de.ap said, constantly engaging with the attendees.<\/p>\n

Not known to many, Apl.de.ap was the unofficial chef of his hip hop group.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe cooks for the band when they\u2019re on tour. He\u2019s always been an aficionado of Filipino food so the connection was always very natural for us,\u201d Filipino Food Movement founder PJ Quesada said.<\/p>\n

Apl.de.ap Foundation International was the beneficiary of the event. The foundation will then use the proceeds of the event to fund its project of providing education for children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen it with my own eyes that when you give someone an opportunity they excel, especially Filipino kids. We\u2019re so talented. We just need the opportunity,\u201d Quesada said.<\/p>\n

Aside from new trends in the Filipino cuisine, the event also featured traditional comfort foods.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust using the resource we grew up with and using it to our palettes now can definitely challenge the community, but at the same time we can also have fun with it and enjoy great food that way,\u201d Kainbigan in Oakland chef Charleen Caabay said.<\/p>\n

Truly, Filipino food has been something every Pinoy can be proud of, wherever in the globe they may be.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number one thing I got from Filipino food is that it is a family gatherer and no matter what problems you have in the family the food will always bring you together,\u201d Nouveau Filipino in Napa chef Kelsi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFilipinos are taking ownership of their own cuisine. They\u2019re saying \u2018Hey, we are a culture that has our own cuisine and we\u2019re very proud of it\u2019,\u201d DiCarlo of Xroads Philippine Sea Salts chef Lennie Buenaflor added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Black Eyed Peace member and The Voice Philippines coach Apl.de.ap promoted Filipino food in Filipino Food Movement\u2019s recent event \u201cSavor …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":51254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-food","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}