This month, we’re welcoming guest chef Diana Manalang to prepare a Filipino Feast! Brunch will be served outside in the garden - join us as we celebrate the last days of summer with a transportive meal!

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COURSE 1: Longganisa Bruschetta - sweet and spicy Filipino-style sausage, pickled cabbage, papaya, toast

COURSE 2: Arroz Caldo - savory rice porridge, ginger, garlic, scallions, soy, soft poached egg

COURSE 3: Embutido - Filipino “Scotch egg” - meat loaf, egg, garlic fried rice

COURSE 4: Ube Waffle - coconut syrup, citrus whipped cream

TO DRINK: Calamansi Mimosas

*No substitutions please. Menu subject to change based on ingredient availability.

Diana Manalang, Founder, Little Chef Little Kitchen

As a self-taught chef, Diana learned the tricks of the trade from practice, research, and countless kitchen experiments. Now, after 15 years of experience in the restaurant industry, she’s bringing culinary expertise directly to her community with Little Chef Little Kitchen. Her mission is to combine her industry knowledge and a personalized approach to create dishes and menus that are tailored to client’s personal taste buds, special dietary needs, and specific occasions. As a child of an immigrant in the 80s and 90s, Diana was embarrassed by her mom's accent and the "weird" food she would cook for her and her friends. When everyone was having toast and eggs for breakfast, her mom was serving steaming bowls of arroz caldo (rice porridge) or garlic rice with fried eggs and fish! It wasn’t until Diana went to college that she discovered should be proud and embrace her heritage. Since then, she hasn’t looked back. Every dish on this month’s menu pays homage to her mom and her roots. All of the flavors remind her of home and are not only delicious, but evoke memories that make her feel an entire range of emotions - ones that she is excited to share with guests by putting this beautiful food on a plate and allowing them to create their own connection and emotion through these flavors. What a remarkable journey she took us on in September!