Filipino Food in Singapore

We held a Pinoy Potluck farewell dinner for a friend last Friday. As cooking has never been one of my strengths, the only way to survive hosting a dinner party was to order food from a nearby restaurant.

This involved a quick trip over to Lucky Plaza, shopping mecca for all things Filipino. Most of the Filipino food places at Lucky Plaza aren't impressive; Kabayan and others are more cafeteria-style karinderias than anything else. So I opted for GP Asian Restaurant on the fourth floor, a pricier Filipino place that also serves Thai cuisine. The P&G expatriate Filipino community hires GP to cater for unofficial functions, so I'd tried some of their food before.

The best part is, they deliver. The food arrived hot and about fifteen minutes early.

GP was a good choice. Their lumpiang shanghai got good reviews from Jill and Karen. As usual, I ordered too much food and guests brought even more, so we had lots of crispy pata and lechon manok left over for everyone to bring home.

We made sure to save plenty of space for dessert... Donna's delicious home-made turon and Mina's yummy flourless almond chocolate cake.

I don't often go out for Filipino food in Singapore, preferring to eat chicken rice, wonton noodles, or chilli crab (when in Rome...). But the next time any of us gets a craving for bagoong or daing, we're going to GP.

Information and Contact Details

• GP Asian Restaurant is at 304 Orchard Road, #04-50/51 Lucky Plaza
  
• Delivery charge was S$10 for an S$85 order.
  
• Phone: +65 6733 2723
  
• Fax: +65 6733 6947

What other people are saying about the Filipino food at GP...

• Pictures of GP's sisig, crispy pata, and sinigang - picturing_food
  
• "I've eaten here many times previously, and I can testify for the awesometitude." - Raymond Angelo, having halo-halo
  
• "the best crispy pata hereabouts..." - Jet David

Find out more about Filipino food

• Names and descriptions of common Filipino dishes at WikiTravel
  
• See what lechon and other dishes look like at the Pinoy Food Photoblog
  
• Filipino recipes at www.filipinofoods.info
  
• Filipino delicacies at pinoycook.net
  

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Our Best Stories of 2006

Happy New Year from John and Ching! Here are the funniest and most fun things we did in 2006... click on the link to see the full story.

1. Our Bungy Jump

"You booked the tandem one?" asked the lady at the AJ Hackett Bungy counter. "You're crazy."

2. Fox Glacier Heli-Hike

Fox Glacier Heli-Hikes are billed as a once-in-a-lifetime experience. That’s partly because after paying our tab we were too broke to consider a second go. Kidding aside, the glacier was amazing.

3. Our Scary Bed and Breakfast Stay

There was a huge closet in the bedroom. It was large enough to hold a person and I was afraid to open it for fear that it did.

4. Capoeira, Football, and the Standard Chartered Marathon

We did a lot of sports this year - Ching sparred with Brazilian guys on the sidewalk on Orchard Road (imagine that), while John played football with Pirates FC and finished the 42K Standard Chartered Marathon for the second year in a row... despite swearing after last year's marathon that he'd never do it again.

5. Trekking Toa Payoh

Yes, I know... suburban Singapore isn't exactly the height of death-defying adventure. But given the scarcity of mountain peaks and ocean depths within walking distance from our apartment, beggars can't be choosers :)

Many more stories and a ton of pictures are up on my blog at makati.blogspot.com

May you all have a great 2007! Keep in touch!

Cheers,

Ching and John

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