I’ve seen you on Jessica Soho and Anthony Bourdaine “No Reservations” shows. My husband and I are proud to have somebody like you represent the Filipino people and our Cuisine. Is there a link so that we can put you on our facebook page? We are fascinated by your Pili Nut Cake recipe hehehe, do you mind sending us a recipe? By the way we live all the way in Canada and reading your blogs makes us feel at home whenever we are homesick.

Semi-royalty aside, most non-Bikolanos I meet only know pili as a nut and few can imagine eating the fibrous part that encases the hard shell, as we do in Bicol. While the usual ‘dip’ is patis or kuyug, some of us prefer white sugar (dessert!). It’s an acquired taste, I know — one of my brother’s city-bred friends once accurately described it as ”lasang tela”, haha.

Daphne just posted the pages from this magazine on her site (daphneDOTcom). I saw a pic of (me thinks) Ivan Henares. I guess they called a lot of contacts before coming and meeting them up. Not sure if your picture is there, knowing you as a face covering ala the neighbor of Tim the Toolman show kinda dude.
Anyways, it looks like a good write up and more on street food.