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Filipino Food Week returns

HawaiiGrinds Staff
Chef Chai’s Crispy Golden Tilapia

After a year on hiatus due to the pandemic, the restaurant edition of Filipino Food Week returns on June 6-12, 2021.

Filipino Food Week is a week-long celebration of Filipino cuisine, where diners can go to participating restaurants in Hawaii to try the Filipino food specials that are offered by different chefs and food establishments.

In commemoration of the 75th year of the establishment of the bilateral relations between the Philippines and the United States, this year’s Filipino Food Week shall focus on the ways Filipino cuisine has enriched Hawaii’s culinary landscape. Restaurants across the State will be offering special Filipino dishes that combine both Filipino and Hawaiian influences.

Participating Restaurants

Tante’s Lechon Kawali

Restaurants on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island will participate in this year’s Filipino Food Week. In Oahu, the following establishments will feature a special Filipino/Hawaiian dish from June 6-12: Cafe Julia at YWCA, Chef Chai, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Eating House 1849 by Roy Yamaguchi, Elena’s Home of Finest Filipino Foods, GOEN Dining + Bar, MW Restaurant, Pai Honolulu, Roy’s Hawaii Kai, Roy’s Koolina, Roy’s Waikiki, Stage Restaurant, Tiano’s Restaurants, and Tiki’s Grill & Bar. For Maui, the following restaurants will be participating: Humble Market Kitchin, Joey’s Kitchen, Roy’s Kaanapali, and Tante’s Island Cuisine. Meanwhile, diners can taste the sumptuous FFW specials at Roy’s Waikoloa Bar & Grill in the Big Island and Eating House in Kauai.

Filipino Food Week Specials

For this year’s week-long event, a diverse mix of restaurants are participating, which includes Hawaii Regional Cuisine pioneers, award-winning restaurants, Asian fusion/modern local food outfits, alongside local Filipino favorites. This diversity will allow diners the opportunity to taste and compare the different renditions of Filipino dishes.

Below are the FFW Specials of participating restaurants:

OAHU RESTAURANTS

Cafe Julia’s Osso Bucco

Cafe Julia at YWCA

  • Osso Bucco Kare Kare $18.00
  • Butter Mochi (bibinka) Ala Mode $8.00
  • Halo Halo $8.00

Chef Chai

  • Complete Family Style Dinner (minimum 2 person) $50 per person
  • Pork Dumplings with Roasted Bell Pepper Guisantes Sauce Crispy Green Peas and Garbanzo Beans
  • Sisig Chicken Wraps with Fresh Pineapple Mango Salsa – Filipino Style Chicken
  • Lettuce Wraps
  • Black Tiger Prawns with Calamansi Sinigang Broth With Daikon, Mixed Cherry Tomatoes and Baby Bok Choy
  • Pork Belly Lechon Roulade with Mung Bean Risotto and Lechon Sauce
  • Deep-fried Crispy Golden Tilapia with Spicy Garlic Patis Lime Dipping Sauce
  • Steamed Rice
  • Halo-Halo, all natural, sugar free dessert
  • Fried Caramelized Banana Lumpia, A la mode

Dickey’s Barbecue Pit

Elena’s Lechon Special
  • Smoked BBQ Stick (available Monday)
  • Smoked Wings (Adobo or Street-Style BBQ (available Wednesday)
  • Adobo Pork Belly Burnt Ends (available Friday)

Eating House 1849 by Roy Yamaguchi

  • Adobo Glazed Short Rib & Pork Belly – Kabocha Puree, Luau Sauce $35

Elena’s Home of Finest Filipino Food

  • Lechon Special, Pork Adobo Fried Omelette, Sari Sari, Pansit, Shrimp Sarciado, Squid Guisado – $65

GOEN Dining + Bar

  • Adobo Glazed Short Rib & Pork Belly – Kabocha Puree, Luau Sauce $35

MW Restaurant

  • J Ludovico Farms Adobo Chicken with OK Farm Egg for $15

Pai Honolulu

  • Kare-Kare Beef Stew with peanuts, bok choy, and fermented shrimp / $46
Cafe Julia’s Butter Mochi

Roy’s Hawaii Kai

  • Karekare Surf & Turf – Tender Beef Short Rib, Butter Shrimp, Arroz Caldo Risotto $38

Roy’s Koolina

  • Karekare Surf & Turf – Tender Beef Short Rib, Butter Shrimp, Arroz Caldo Risotto $38

Roy’s Waikiki

  • Karekare Surf & Turf – Tender Beef Short Rib, Butter Shrimp, Arroz Caldo Risotto $38

Stage Restaurant

  • Filipino Food Week Special Menu (TBA)

Tiano’s Restaurants

MW Restaurant’s Ludovico Farms Adobo Chicken
  • “SU TU KIL = Sugba, Tula, Kilaw = Bbq/Flame-broiled, Soup or Poke-style” Diners can choose style of cooking (Sugba, Tula, Kilaw) and their Fish items: Ahi Tuna $24, Akule $24 or Opelo $24; or Meat items: Pork $24 or beef $26
  • Tiki’s Grill & Bar

Lechon Kawali, adobo braised and crisped pork belly, garlic rice, calamansi island tomatoes & island grown long beans. $28

MAUI RESTAURANTS

Humble Market Kitchin

  • Ora King Salmon Belly Sisig – Calamansi Hawaiian Chili Water Ponzu, Smoked Ikura, Crispy Garlic $25

Joey’s Kitchen

  • Caramelized Scallops, Maui Cattle Co. Oxtail Kare Kare Risotto rice, Fried Okra, Bagoong chili oil & Chopped Peanuts $36

Roy’s Kaanapali

  • Karekare Surf & Turf – Tender Beef Short Rib, Butter Shrimp, Arroz Caldo Risotto $38

Tante’s Island Cuisine

  • Lechon Kawali Garlic Fried Rice Loco Moco with Mushrooms & Mama Sita’s Siling Labuyo $14.50

HAWAII ISLAND RESTAURANTS

Roy’s Waikoloa Bar & Grill

  • Karekare Surf & Turf – Tender Beef Short Rib, Butter Shrimp, Arroz Caldo Risotto $38

KAUAI RESTAURANTS

Eating House

  • Adobo Glazed Short Rib & Pork Belly – Kabocha Puree, Luau Sauce $35

Filipino Food Week Partners

The Filipino Food Week is being spearheaded by the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu in partnership with East West Marketing Inc., GK SKAGGS, Jun’s Awesome Sauce, Kasama Rum, Marigold Corporation (Mama Sita’s), Oishi, Philippine FoodTrade Co., and Tanduay USA.

Way forward

By organizing the Filipino Food Week, the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu hopes to generate more awareness and interest among locals and restaurants to try and feature Filipino food. The Food Week is part of a US-wide effort of the Philippine Embassy in DC and various Consulates in the US to promote Filipino cuisine and culture.