April is Filipino Food Month. And it’s the occasion for Portland’s first Filipino food tour, which organizers are calling “Sobrang Sarap” (which in Tagalog means “very delicious”).
Theme Weeks for Filipino Food Month
Check out specials each week for “Sobrang Sarap” — “ube, adobo, calamansi, and [then] pancit,” the Portland Mercury explains, “that's purple sweet yam, simmered marinade, a Filipino citrus adjacent to the kumquat, and finally the versatile, unpredictable prompt of noodles.” This week’s ube theme is still underway, and you can catch:
- ube mocha at Kalesa Coffee
- ube champurrado (a "sweet chocolate rice porridge”) at Fork and Spoon PDX
- ube karioka (a deep-fried doughnut) at Makulit
- ube and foie gras whoopie pies at Magna Kusina. [Portland Mercury]
Participating Filipino Restaurants
The full list of 16 participating restaurants includes places from across the region: Magna Kusina, Magna Kubo, Fork and Spoon, Tambayan Restaurant, Grind Wit Tryz, Sugarpine Drive-In, Hunny Beez, Baon Kainan, Makulít, Kalesa Coffee, Chik and Chuck’s Coffee, Shop Halo Halo, Sun Rice, Kalo Kitchen and Balong. [Oregonian]
Plus, Oregon’s First NA Brewery and New Restaurants
- Roaming Nobles, Oregon’s first nonalcoholic brewery, is the brainchild of a husband and wife team who drew inspiration from Germany’s beer culture and the high quality of the country’s nonalcoholic beer. They’ve gotten help with their creations from Steeplejack Brewing as the market for NA beer has nearly doubled worldwide since 2022. [Oregonian 🔒]
- A new Sinaloan restaurant — Colibri by Tamale Boy — opened in the Pearl District. And South Portland got a new vegan coffee shop: Our Spot. [Eater Portland]
