BREAKING NEWS! Our own Yana’s Salo Series was featured on CNN! So proud of you and keep up the great work. You give us so much more than cooking – like laughs, inspiration and fun!
Back in December, on the eve of our first proper snow-fall, I tramped through the slushy streets of Greenpoint on a mission to experience my first ‘Salo‘, an underground Filipino supper hosted by Greenpointers’ very own wonder-chef Yana Gilbuena.
I stepped out of the frosty night air to find a glowing interior, a long table wrapped in banana leaves and a gang of friendly strangers – sharing wine and inhaling delicious cooking aromas. Continue reading
Our wonderful Yana hosted a Salo Pop-Up Dinner at Sindicato Cocineros in Greenpoint on Monday to raise money for typhoon disaster relief and Bedford and Bowery made this short video about it – paying special attention to the pig hearts that were served. Mind the after school special narration and enjoy gorgeous Yana and her beautifully prepared Philippino food! You may also recognize a lot of Greenpointers in the video…PETER!
In the horrifying aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan that struck the Philippines recently, local resident and chef extraordinaire Yana Guilbuena will be hosting a benefit dinner, SALO Labing-Isa, in Greenpoint next week to raise urgently needed funds for victims of the disaster.
On Monday, November 25th at 6pm, Yana will be serving an incredible five-course Filipino dinner at Sindicato de Cocineros on Nassau Ave. The meal will feature dishes from islands affected by the typhoon: Cebu, Panay, Negros, Leyte and Masbate. In keeping with other SALO dinners, the meal will be served ‘Kamayan’ style, a.k.a sans utensils. Continue reading
What choo want? Yana’s got chicken butt, chicken wings, legs, skin, feet, eggs, neck, intestines… All in the name of Filipino Street Food!
Her Salo Tatlo Supper Club will be this Sunday August 18, 2013 at 6pm at The Mother Ship (I know what’s that?) in Greenpoint.
Yana impressed Greenpointers at our Sunday Supper #6 at Domestic Construction with her dreamygarlic fried rice and cheese! ice cream.
The avocado popsicle sticks on this Sunday’s menu look very intriguing, too. Plus it’s Yana so it will be a crazy great wild time! Guaranteed!
Get tickets for this truly unique and perfectly fried dining experience.
Happy crazy eating!
Yana “snuck” learning how to cook in order to impress her Grandma in the Philippines – and the first dish she ever made was get this – Pasta Alfredo! Anthony Eats America featured a dish called Kaldereta – a goat stew served at a recent Salo Pop-Up Dinner in Bushwick that Yana hosted with her cooking buddy Kyle.
Here is food porn from our last Sunday Supper at Domestic Construction – sponsored by Brooklyn Gin. See more photos at Salo’s Facebook. Thanks to Niki Jackson & Jon Pywell for photography.
Check out what’s in store for our next Sunday Supper – a big fat Sicilian feast.
