Lechon, the national pork dish of the Philippines, is poised to pick up a serious fan base in pork-loving Cincinnati. Eduardo Deza, one of the owners of Kuya Ed's, said he sold out in four hours ...

The Philippines is heaven for pork lovers. Probably the most impressive dish is lechon, where a young pig is roasted whole until the meat is succulent and the skin is crisp, then served as the ...

Forget the eggnog, the Christmas ham, and the hot buttered rum. For many Filipino families, no Christmas Eve dinner can be complete without one crucial, crispy-skinned centerpiece: a whole roast pig. ...

THE JUDGES of the Philippine Culinary Cup enjoying our “lechon” I had lots of fun in last week’s World Food Expo as one of the speakers of Wofex University on “The Different Faces of Philippine ...

After staying in the Philippines for a month in 2014, I've had a craving for classic Filipino dishes, like ube, adobo and lumpia — and you'd think it'd be easy to find them at a good Filipino ...

When Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly reopened for takeout, the well-regarded Filipino restaurant outside of Rockville had to do away with its monthly kinamot meals. The communal feasts, made up of dishes meant ...

Before COVID, it looked like Brian Webb had a solid business plan for Phx Lechon Roasters – a vendor we touched on in August while diving into the Valley’s under-the-radar Filipino cooking scene. Webb ...

Ah, lechon! That all-too-familiar crackle from its skin is enough to send pleasurable chills down one’s spine. Whether it’s a whole roast, baked pork belly, lechon kawali, minced for sisig or a taco ...

At Lola Tining’s Cuisine in Oak Park, they make lechon kawali throughout the day, “so that it’s always crisp,” explains manager Ashley Strong. In the Philippines, this terribly delicious traditional ...

Tucked away in the corner along a stretch of other eateries and malls in Novena, the restaurant has been in business since December 2018. AJ, the owner, is actually the third-generation owner of the ...