Barely two years into the job and United States Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr. is smitten with everything Filipino. He’s tried ‘balut’ and ‘lambanog’ and swears he likes them.
“I couldn’t be more than a few weeks without Filipino food,” he told a Filipino American crowd gathered at the Asia Society in Washington D.C. ‘Adobo,’ he confessed, is his favorite Philippine dish.
Food and Drink
US envoy’s fast-food diplomacy
- 20 August 2011
- Maricar CP Hampton, FilAm Star
Filipino Baker Concocts New Fruit Beverage, Names It 'Pacquiao Punch'
- 30 April 2009
- Romeo P. Marquez, Editor, Philippine Village Voice
SAN DIEGO (Apr. 30) - The enterprising Filipino baker who re-created the whole concept of pan de sal (Philippine national bread) and named it after US President Obama is doing it again.
This time, Wilma Fernandez Ventura has concocted a fruit beverage she calls Pacquiao Punch to honor Filipino boxing giant Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao.
Philippine Food Festival opens in Tokyo
- 15 April 2009
- Kobakila News
TOKYO (Apr. 15) -- In an event organized with the Department of Tourism (DOT), the Philippine Embassy opened the Philippine Food Festival 2009 at the Hilton Tokyo in Shinjuku on April 13.
The 10-day event, which started with a sit-down buffet dinner featuring the culinary talents of Chef Myrna Segismundo, was attended by Filipino and Japanese VIPs.
