New cafe melds Filipino flavours with Canadian touch
After a long time of functioning out of their house, Nica and Robin St. Laurent have opened their first restaurant.
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The pair opened Chibog Express by Danny’s Kitchen on Jan. 6 and have been featuring a variety of Filipino-Canadian favourites to Hatters considering that.
“We’re regular so much and people today have started off to listen to about us,” Nica reported. “We’re observing a lot of new faces and we’re pleased to be open.”
The restaurant gives Filipino foodstuff with a Canadian fusion – recipes Nica has labored on for many years.
“My home is 75 for each cent Canadian, so I have to have to make factors they like and that I like,” she stated. “I begun making recipes and dishes so that all people would be joyful eating it.
“I want to introduce people today to food stuff that I ate expanding up, for the reason that a good deal of persons have hardly ever tried out Filipino foods.”
Nica and Robin are new to the restaurant small business, but put in the time to establish it.
“We began in our house seven years back,” he explained. “We were sitting down down at the table wrapping spring rolls and we talked about owning a cafe a person working day.
“Nica arrived in this article to see about providing items at a current market and ended up talking with the landlord here. They talked and seemed at the spot, we renovated and now we’re here.”
The organization was named right after a incredibly distinctive human being to Nica.
“Danny is my dad and he is the a person who taught me how to love food stuff,” she stated. “There ended up so quite a few times the place he’d acquire me out for distinctive food items. Just about every Sunday just after church back again residence, we often went to the similar spot to eat food.
“He passed away a long time ago, so I considered it would be great to have him in the identify.”
The phrase Chibog suggests ‘food’ or ‘eats’ in Filipino and the pair claims the menu will continually evolve above the subsequent number of months.
Every single get is produced fresh new and can choose some time, looking at they are operating out of a scaled-down kitchen. For people who can’t wait around for an buy, get in touch with in ahead to make preparations at 403-487-2422.
The business is located at 401 Third St. SE and can be found on Fb and Instagram.
Mo Cranker, Nearby Journalism Initiative Reporter, Medicine Hat News
