2016 was a pretty good year for Filipino food, will 2017 be even better?
Eater included Filipino cuisine in its Official Megalisticle of All 2017 Food Trend Listicles, which rounds up “all the highly unscientific predictions made by restaurant industry associations, food media, and brands so far this year.”
Guess who’s in the 28th spot? Filipino food, backed up by Bloomberg and the Food Network.
READ: The most wonderful things we ate in 2016
Bloomberg described Pinoy food as “a mix of, among other things, Chinese, Spanish, Malay, and plenty of other Southeast Asian influences.” It noted the increasing number of Filipino restaurants in the US such as Bad Saint in Washington, Mission Chinese Food in Manhattan and Talde Miami Beach in Miami.
READ: Bad Saint in Washington, DC, named second best restaurant in America
“It’s all about adobo,” said the Food Network. “Don’t know much about lumpia, longganisa, calamansi or kinilaw? In 2017, you may learn,” it added.
Other interesting items in Eater’s list are African food, cauliflower, charcoal, purple food and seafood towers.
You may view the complete list here.
