2026-09-27 09:08 UTC
My family moved to South Jersey shortly after I was born, and I spent my childhood there. We were the only Filipino family for miles around.
But, on the rare occasions that we would attend parties with other Filipino families far away, once the hour got late, and the men got drunk, the guitars would come out, and someone would sing "Dahil sa Iyo".
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@gcvsa@mstdn.plus 2026-09-27 09:12
Up until very recently, for reasons unknown, Filipino restaurants have been extremely rare in the US, outside of maybe a few Fil-Am enclaves in NYC, the West Coast, or Hawai'i. So, when I discovered Manila Bay in Philly, around the time I was getting divorced, it was a great comfort to me to be able to go there late at night, and enjoy good food and good company. My house in New Jersey was just across the Tacony-Palmyra bridge from North Philly, so it was easy to get there.