I found a few filipino stores in Virginia! TG!

Filipino Global Market Falls Church VA USA

Filipinos

Wherever they are in the world, Filipinos always crave for Filipino food and look for Filpino stores to get them.

There are few places in America where significant populations of Filipinos or Filipino Americans can be found such as in California, Hawaii, New York, Illinois and Texas.

Filipinos are the biggest asian people in California, finding filipino food, filipino stores, or filipino restaurants is not a problem.

In Montana, where I lived for a year, my filipino friends and I drove to Great Falls to get filipino food from an Asian Store called Kims Oriental Market. Not a lot of choices for filipino food but Kims Oriental Market sells Pancit, Lumpia Wrapper, Patis, Mang Tomas, Monggos, Sardines, Longganisa, & Suka, stuff that Filipinos will most likely buy.

When we moved in Virginia, my husband surprised me when we walked inside the Filipino Global Supermarket - Manila Oriental in Springfield Alexandria Va. I was very happy, first thing's first, I grabbed Pancit Cantoon and searched for my #1 Polvorone.

The people working in Manila Oriental filipino store are all Filipinos. The store has big selection of Filipino food. Manila Oriental is not only a place to shop filipino food, it also offers dining-in cafeteria-style. After shopping or before shopping, Filipinos can enjoy a meal from a selection of Chicken Adobo, Pancit Bihon, Lechon Kawali, Fried Tilapia, Mechado, banana-que, pork sticks, bangus, buwad, bagoong, lumpia, and many more.

Filipino Food Shopping in Filipino Global Supermarket in Falls Church VA

FILIPINO STORE LOCATIONS  (Northern Virginia & Washington DC area)
Filipino Global Market 
5509 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041

(703) 820-1961
(this was the old location of Manila Oriental, the store has moved to a new location -- please see new address below at Springfield VA)

Manila Oriental
7026 Commerce St
Springfield, VA 22150
(703) 379-0595

Philippine Oriental Market
3610 Lee Hwy
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 528-0300

Fiesta Oriental Store
4815 1st St N
Arlington, VA 22203
(703) 516-9160

Danny's Tindahan
 4115 Wisconsin Ave NW
(between N Van Ness St & N Upton St)
Washington, DC 20016
Neighborhood: Tenleytown
(202) 244-7221

Filipinos Love Siomai

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 4th of May

I love Siomai,

Filipinos Love Siomai

Few weeks ago, hubby had a lunch with colleagues at Red Parrot Asian Bistro. "Oh it was pretty good" he said! and I said, "hmmp"!

I knew he's gonna take me to Red Parrot Asian Bistro and he did! We went to Red Parrot Arlington, everything on the menu looked really good to me. I was going back and forth with the Thai Pattaya Seafood and Katsudon. I was, "Can I just order everything?"
 
Anyways, we had the Spicy Shrimp Sushi, Happy Family (Jumbo shrimp, scallop, chicken & beef sautéed with mixed vegetables in brown sauce), it was a huge plate for a Filipina woman like me! Burp! :) I super love the Spicy Shrimp Sushi, the Happy family was okay for me but my husband love it!

Then I had quick glance at the appetizer menu, I saw the Siopao.. I kept reading.. I was like omg! it's SIOMAI!!! It's siomai... it's my favorite! it's famous in the Philippines, I wanna have it too! I couldn't describe my feeling that time, it was like not seeing a good friend for a very long time.

Siomai is a dimsum of Chinese origin, made of shrimp and pork wrapped with small wanton or siomai wrapper. We, filipinos love siomai!

The Siomai in Red Parrot Asian Bistro taste a little different, but it was good. The sauce was different too and not spicy. In the Philippines or the Filipino style Siomai ~  Siomai is dipped in a Chili Paste and it's very very good and very very spicy!!!

Filipino Siomai is made of ground pork, water chestnuts,  carrots, minced onions,  spring onions , egg, sesame oil,  freshly ground pepper, and salt. And, filipino style siomai sauce is made of soy sauce, lemon, sesame oil, & chili paste.

Overall, the siomai at Red Parrot Asian Bistro made my weekend's foodgasm!

To Filipinos , if you're in America or just came to America and craving for Siomai, go to Red Parrot Asian Bistro!

Why Filipino Mama is the best?

2010 Mother's Day Picture of Mama

2013 of May (Happy Mother's Day)
Living in America, /ˈjäblis/, gives me extra time facebooking, tweeting, instragraming, blogging... as inzz... not that I'm bored, it's just my passion!!! No kidding!!! lol

Another night of updating facebook status, uploading pictures, browsing albums, reading timeline, and all that... then I found
 <<== this!!!

It's been three years since I took this beautiful picture of my mom on a Mother's day in the Philippines.

And, I was like, dang, if my mom was here, all I have to do is to earn money and period.

So anyways, I thought  I should write something meaningful about it. This is actually the first time I posted a picture of my mom on a web page available for public view.

Filipino Moms are the best. Why?!!!

• Mama hand washes and irons not only your baby clothes but, to school uniform, to office uniform, to her *apo's clothes, kay sayo man naminyo!!! (*grandchildren's clothes)
• Mama prepares your breakfast, lunch, and supper even you're *gi bol bol na! (*grown up to take care of own's self)
• Mama patiently listens to your *"yawyaw" (*constant bickering)
• Mama tells you "You are beautiful *pero padaut gamay day para samot ka gwapa!" (*even you are fat)
• Mama hides your secret from papa *kay ga ibog ibog lagi maskin highschool pa. (*about your puppy love)
• As a kid, Mama scolds you but gives you a lollipop afterwards kay nangluod naman konohay ka unya dili na mokaon ug kan-un. (Filipino Moms are tender-hearted)
• As a teenager nga wala pay buot, Mama just cry when you balikas at her! But uban mama kay sili an jud imong baba. (Filipino Moms  only cry when her teenager kid is back-talking at her)
• Mama takes good care of you until her last breath!!! (maskin nilapas na sa kalendaryo imong edad si mama naa japun gaatiman sa mga anak) Literally takes care of you - cook for you, do laundry for you, make coffee for you & etc.....

 

This Filipino Girl enjoyed the former SNL Stars

16th of February

Saturday night date with my American Hot Lover Husband at Moon Palace Cancun Mexico.

During our stay at Moon Palace we received  $1500 worth of credits that you can use for extra services , entertainment, or souvenir shopping.

We used the $300 credit to watch the Former SNL Stars:  Jon Lovitz, Chris Sattan, and Tim Meadows.

Before the show, there was a cocktail party and a lot of people came to watch the SNL stars.

The show was fun but there was a drunk man sitting behind us who kept laughing like a hyena! So, we just left early, before my husband gives him a swift kick in the butt!

Filipino and Dog 24/7 Bonding

As I've said on my previous blog posts, this is my very first time having my own dog.

My husband got us an English Springer Spaniel from North Dakota and we named him Shadow.

Shadow is a very loving dog who always want to be around with people. Having him has completely changed my feelings towards dogs.

Back in the Philippines, I grew up with dogs at my grandparents house. We call them "askal", they are outside dog and most filipinos don't treat them family. Askal dogs are feed with human food in the Philippines, no toys, & no chewing sticks.

When an english springer spaniel puppy came to our family! He's been around me like 24/7. Shadow is a good companion that stays beside you in sickness and in health.

Living a life in America, especially states like Montana can be lonesome and too quite. You barely see people from your neighborhood during a long winter season. It honestly helps a LOT having a dog as a companion. You can at least say something like sit, come, go get it, and NO! lol

And just so know, dogs are very smart, and they can be really good dogs if trained well.

To filipinas married to a foreign man,  if you live in places na parang nasa toktok ng bundok, Get a Dog! :)