Filipinas are such nice people, but there are so few Filipino restaurants. Why is that?

Question

Every city on North America I go to, there are Thai food, Japanese, and of course Chinese...even specialty Chinese like Shechuan, Italian, Greek, Mongolian, Singaporean, Vietnamese, Cambodian, etc, but very few Filipino restaurants, even though there are many thousand Filipinos in the area...How come Filipinos dont have more restaurants?

Could it be the food is visually un-appetizing?

Answer 1

Because you don't live in the Bay Area. We have tons of very good ones, even the filipino fast food restaurant Jollibee! :)

Answer 2

I think part of the reason is cultural and part of it has to do with the cuisine itself. Many Filipinos have large families so eating out can get kind of expensive. However, also I think there aren't too many Filipino restaurants because many of their dishes are more or less made to cook in large quantities, like soups & stews, not like Chinese or Japanese where you can relatively cook in small portions (to feed 4 people or less). So, if you are already cooking in large quantities, going out to simply because it's convenient doesn't really make too much sense. Also, Filipinos are very centered on family so when they eat to celebrate (birthday, anniversary, etc...) most of the time they have a large gathering at home and all the women help out and cook at home (versus catering). Of course it's stereotypical to say this, but I think most Filipina women know how to cook or at least feel it's the proper thing to do. Not that other Asian women don't cook, but in other Asian cultures, it's ok to eat out for celebration or convenience whereas most Filipinos might prefer to eat & celebrate at home. So part of the reason might have to do with how they celebrate & their families.

Many of the larger urban cities do have quite a few Filipino restaurants but even when you eat there, you can see mostly that it's large families of 6+ eating whereas you can go to a Thai, Chinese or Japanese place and see many 2 or 3 seater tables.

So, I think the reason might be part cultural and part food-related....

Answer 3

filipino cuisine just hasnt hit the mainstream yet. Im sure you'd be able to find more filipino restaurants in cities that have a high concentration of filipinos

Answer 4

Maybe Filipinos just don't like to own restaurants.

Answer 5

Maybe they have some restaurants in other parts of the world like in the Philippines

Answer 6

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Answer 7

why thank you for saying filipinos are nice. and that's a good question becuase the food is really good. maybe my mom can b e the first to put one up. that would be awesome.

Answer 8

if they eat lizards, snakes, cockroaches and mice, does it really matter how nice they really are? would it make you want to eat at one of their restaraunts? your question is more stereotypical. grouping any people into one category 'filipino people' are nice, is a stereotype...