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Originally Posted by someone123
Does Winnipeg have any higher-end Filipino restaurants?
The Filipino places I've gone to have not been very good, and I'm not sure I've ever seen one that wasn't lower end. Jollibee... doesn't look amazing. When I google it one of the first images includes a 50 cent coupon for a hamburger steak with a side of plain rice.
If you look at Chinese or Indian food in comparison it's easy to find both cheaper and more upscale places. There's also some very tasty and cheap Chinese and Indian food.
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There are no fine dining restaurants in Winnipeg serving Filipino cuisine, but there are a couple of places that are a step up over the kinds of restaurants you describe.
There is only one Filipino place here I can think of that aims for an image of being slightly higher end in a way that would appeal to non-Filipinos (i.e. white folk), and that's
this place. There are a couple of other similar places operated by younger chefs with a more modern sensibility.
The other somewhat more upscale places tend to be focused on Filipinos and their various banquets and functions. These are the places with huge dining rooms and banquet halls. Then after that you're down to the simple hole-in-the-wall type joints. Jollibee is straight up fast food... the best analogy I've heard is that it's like the Filipino version of Tim Horton's and it pushes similar buttons.
Despite the large number of Filipinos here, there have only in the last decade or so been a small number of Filipino restaurants popping up. I'd liken it to how it used to be with Ukrainians years ago... huge number of ethnic Ukrainians, but no more than a couple restaurants serving Ukrainian food. Dining out just wasn't part of the culture... moms, aunts or grandmothers made Ukrainian dishes to eat at home. Contrast that to the Chinese where eating out is definitely part of the culture.