Kucina Eat and Drink

21/08/2022

Finally. After 2 years, some hard work, persistence and PUSO, we will be launching the kultivation festival this year.
We hope to grow year by year and create a movement for the youth and filipino community .

Head to kultivationfestival.com to see the event schedule, support local and discover more about the filipino community and coolness.

Plz share away peeps.

I'll be attending ALL 20 concepts and events over the 3 days. So maybe I'll....

See you at the festival!

Kultivation F.A.M.D. is a three-day festival that will take attendees on an immersive journey through the perspective of next generation Filipino-Canadians.

02/08/2022

**AMAZING GIVEAWAY**
Do you Love Lechon?
We are doing a GIVEAWAY with one of our KF festival sponsors Jenny/Lemuel] and KANTO ’s Bar & Lounge]. for
ONE WHOLE LECHON. Over $280 Value!

YES. You read that right. Our friends are donating 1 whole lechon as a giveaway prize as part of The Kultivation Festival weekend that runs from August 26-28, 2022.

The Kultivation Festival is a new festival in the city promoting culture and community though Food, Art, Music, and Dance.

To enter YOU MUST:

1. FOLLOW ALL 3 of the following
Jenny/Lemuel]
KANTO ’s Bar & Lounge]

2. TAG 3 FRIENDS you want to share the lechon with (5 entries limit per Instagram account)
3. LIKE the giveaway post

BONUS ENTRY* Share on you stories for a bonus entry (private accounts DM a screenshot to our the KF instagram)
Contest ends August 28 at 12:59pm on the last day of the Kultivation Festival and the winner will be chosen Aug 29, 2022.

Jenmuel’s Cebu and Grill are one of the premier Filipino restaurants in the city with 3 locations.
63 Euclid Avenue
44 McPhillips street
1514 Regent Avenue
Kanto bar and Lounge is a new collaboration concept located at 44 McPhillips Street
Both will be part of the Kultivation Weekend festivities with music, karaoke battles, new cocktail menu, beer launch and of course food specials with LECHON.

GOOD LUCK! And see you at the festival.
As per Instagram rules, this promotion is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm that they are 13+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram's terms of use."

22/01/2021

Day 4 of 5
You cannnnnn dooooo ittttttt.
I think many of the participants are bumping right now to say the least. Each place i have visited was non stop orders.
Thank you winnipeg for supporting your local restaurants!

Today's bangers.
- cheddar mad hero

- kung pow Chipotle chicken box
- bird waffle
- the dude abides chicken burger
- fried chicken and garlic fried rice
#1 - what the schnitzel
#2 - chicken confit taquito
- spicy jerk fried chicken sandwichare.beautiful - rancho Cucamonga

21/01/2021

Round 3 of 5 of Fried Chicken Fest Judging.
There is too much fried chicken....SAID NO ONE EVER.

Jokes aside. Seeing restaurants busy and bustling is a great thing to see. Infusing our own money into our communities and economy especially right now is integral for growth in the industry. And thats why we enjoy the things we do with festivals, fund raisers and events.
Thank you everyone for supporting your local restaurants!


- The tropical Depression

- If it ain't broke
- Fried chicken n waffleseatery - La Bomba Unchicken Burger
- Kanada Fried Chicken Burger
- Spicy Chicken Sandwich
- Kode Red Krispy Bao
- The Ting
- Pollo Piquant

Fried Chicken Fest on till Sat. Git some.
And remember spread the word to support your local restaurants,chefs, farmers and businesses people.

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20/01/2021

Round 2 of 5 of Fried Chicken Fest Judging.
The bangers just keep on coming and the arteries are not clogged....yet..

Little goat - The Ragin rooster
Kyu bochi - Hat Yai Thai Fried chicken box
Kyu grill - Spicy Chicken Yakima Noodle
Yard burger - The Goober
Shark club - Southern Fried Chicken Sandwich
The Velvet Glove - Southern Comfort
Local pub eatery - Local Hot chicken sandwich
The merchant kitchen - Trip Down South
Smith - The Seoul Nine Yard Burger
Deer and almond - Tribute to Don

Fried Chicken Fest on till Sat. Git some.

19/01/2021

Its been way too long. But we out and about and blessed to be one of the Fried Chicken Fest Judges this year.

Round 1 of 5. Fried Chicken Fest judging.

St James burger - Tropical chicken burger
Rae's Bistro - An Oldie but a goody
Crspy Bnch Entry #1 - Juicy Side Chick'n
Crspy Bnch Entry #2 - Cheat day Sandwich
Underdogs - PB Jellybuyck
Moxie's Polo Park - Mushroom Chicken Mushroom
P.F. Chang's - Crispy Korean Chicken Sandwich

Hopefully my arteries can last till Friday.

13/01/2021

Winnipeg Fried Chicken Fest will return for a fourth year in a row! The 2021 festival will run from January 16 – 23. Here are photos from some of the restaurants participating! The ultimate competition will find the best (and most unique) fried chicken in...

14/10/2020

Support local.
Lunch at filipino restaurant .
Bagnet Kare Kare.
Filipino bcue.
Iskrambol with bubbles.
Strawberry winter melon.

23/09/2020

We back at it.
****contest alert****
We along with the upcoming new Food and drink magazine would like to give out a DINNER FOR 4 for a family out there thats been cooped up during this time. ($160 value)

To enter you must
1. Tag your 3 family members you would like to bring.
2. Like our page
3. Like the magazines page
*limit 5 entries per person*

Crazy times in the restaurant industry but the show must go on. Closing and halting creativity and culture like the past 6 months is NOT sustainable in the long term.
However, we do believe if done correctly and following guidelines we can return to a new normalcy. And that is just how we will survive this, adapting to a new norm.
We will be bringing back our kamayan dinners with certain guidelines.
We do reserve the right to refuse service if these are not followed.

We will be implementing the following.
- social distancing between tables in effect
- masks MANDATORY upon entry and anywhere besides your table while eating.
- suggested use of hand sanitizers located at each table
- temp gun readings prior to entry (too high and we will have to refuse entry)
- all beverage and plateware (if applicable) will be disposable
- 4 persons per table for your party, no groups of people that are not from the same household or from different parties (strangers)like we had before.

For all the people hating out there on our bringing a traditional style of eating to people. Please know that other places and people are fine eating chicken wings, fries, nachos, chips and dips and any other hand foods amongst their 4 person tables. Do not try to suppress other people's cultures and traditions while making exceptions based on what some deem as "normal". Eating fries with your hands is no different than eating rice with our hands.

Please respect our decision on this, although we may not be perfect and some may consider us over board with precautions we are doing what we must to adapt.

DM for table reservations or email [email protected]

Menu TBA Oct 9 winner chosen

22/09/2020

In this masterclass, you will be introduced to the history of sake and explore the basics of production and styles

21/09/2020

We will be partnering up with Baon Bistro / Manila Nights for our first giveaway.

We back at it.
****contest alert****
We along with the upcoming new Food and drink magazine would like to give out a DINNER FOR 4 for a family out there thats been cooped up during this time. ($160 value)

To enter you must
1. Tag your 3 family members you would like to bring.
2. Like our page
3. Like the magazines page
4. Share this post
*limit 5 entries per person*

These are crazy times in the restaurant industry but the show must go on. Closing and halting creativity and culture like the past 6 months is NOT sustainable in the long term.
However, we do believe if done correctly and following guidelines we can return to a new normalcy. And that is just how we will survive this, adapting to a new norm.

We will be bringing back our kamayan dinners with certain guidelines.
We do reserve the right to refuse service if these are not followed.

We will be implementing the following.
- social distancing between tables in effect
- masks MANDATORY upon entry and anywhere besides your table while eating.
- suggested use of hand sanitizers located at each table
- temperature gun readings prior to entry (too high and we will have to refuse entry)
- all beverage and plateware (if applicable) will be disposable
- 4 persons per table for your party, no groups of people that are not from the same household or from different parties (strangers) like we had before.

For all the people hating out there on our bringing a traditional style of eating to people. Please know that other places and people are fine eating chicken wings, fries, nachos, chips and dips and any other hand foods amongst their 4 person tables. Do not try to suppress other people's cultures and traditions while making exceptions based on what some deem as "normal". Eating fries with your hands is no different than eating rice with our hands.

Please respect our decision on this, although we may not be perfect and some may consider us over board with precautions we are doing what we must to adapt to everything.

DM for table reservations or email [email protected]

Menu TBA / winner chosen Oct 9

21/09/2020

Sorry we have been absent for such a long time.
Our goal was to create and start a new food and drink magazine in the city of winnipeg that focused on cultural diversity, the small mom and pops, real deal stories from different people and places and all the wonderful food and people that comprise our provinces food and drink scenes.
Unfortunately with the circumstances and Covid the restaurant scene and many aspects of life took a pause, the team at Kucina Food and Drink were no exception to this either, we used this time to reset and concentrate on the safety of others, ourselves, families and our work.

Fast forward to today and we have decided to GO ON WITH THE SHOW. And now we "Pivot", some things are not in our control but we can move and adapt to this new way of life and living.

Stay tuned for our first Pivotal issue.

We out chea and we coming 💪💪💪

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03/03/2020

This.
Been in the lab these past couple of months with a huge group of extraordinary individuals promoting unity, growth and collaboration. No egos just making magic.
A new direction for the city and the youth.
Let's goooooo.

26/02/2020

What the team has been working on the past few months.
Follow for more info.
Salamat to
and
For collabing.
Changing the game in 2020.
Click link in the bio for more info.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/community/garden-city-bureau-filipino-community-1.5476018

22/01/2020

3rd Annual Fried Chicken Festival Entries.
2 of 3.
Photo from the fantabulous
ALLLL THE CHICKEN.
Happening right meowwww.

Clockwise top left to right.

1. "A Hen so Nice we cooked it twice"
/ Chef Lorne Giesbrecht.
2. "Tori Katsu Ricecake"
/ Chef Matthew Marcalinas.
3. "Korean Nashville Chicken"
/ Chef Calvin Truong.
4. "Fried Chicken on grilled sourdough"
/ Chef Alex Svenne.
5. "La Burgesa Ebria"
/ Chef Kristjan Krisjanson
6. "Atilla the Hen"
/ Chef Quinn Degner.

Which creation is YOUR favorite?. .

This homegrown food festival is the brainchild of of Sparker Strategy Group and Chef Allan Pineda of

21/01/2020

CHICKA booooommmmmm

10/01/2020

It's that time of year again.
We are honored to be a part of the fest this year with
How much fried chicken is too much fried chicken?.
Answer: THERE'S NEVER ENOUGH FRIED CHICKEN.
3rd Annual fried chicken fest.
Here are some entries from last year with taking home the win for BEST entry.
Who has your favorite fried chicken?
For local Manitoba restaurants wanting to register we still have some spots available please go to the link below...
https://forms.gle/Uv6bRxM7zqFDiuLV9

04/01/2020

Lechon skin.cooked to perfection on the .
Follow our page and look out for our first issue with our cruise line food review.
Did you know minorities make up more than 90% of the staff on most cruise ships?
A large percentage of them being filipino.
Find out more in our first issue of

03/12/2019

Real ones know the deal.
Boom

A whirlwind trip calls for a full itinerary of interesting food and drink in the Manitoba capital

28/11/2019

Ooohhhhh boyyyyyy.
There's a new kid on the block in
Here is a sneak peek from their media event yesterday.
GRAND OPENING Nov. 28. 2019. 8am.
with their 2nd location in Canada.
A Filipino supermarket chain out of California. This gem combines grocery shopping with a RIDICULOUS amount of food. Next level deep fry, barbecue and soup game.
So many filipino favorites, they have everything you need.
Its gonna be crazy busy.
FOUR , 4 foot barbecue grills, deep fryers, rotisserie ovens (can we say lechon?) and an army of workers will be pumping out easily over 100+ items in a grab and go style with seating for over 100.
AND they are giving away 150 BAGS of rice for $1 for the first 100 customers I believe.

Thanks again to Raymond and Seafood City team for letting indulge in the goodness.

26/11/2019

We will be on with Carol Off tonight at 6:30. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-2-as-it-happens talking about our fight to as well as the wider systemic issues that small scale farmers and processors struggle with while dealing with our Manitoba Agriculture department. Take a listen hopefully we sound ok.
The department has shown a history and pattern of mismanagement and a lack of acting in good faith when working with small processors and farmers. We are hoping with more public support and pressure we can work towards change so that all sectors can grow.

24/11/2019

🤔

Why doesn’t the coursework at traditional culinary schools reflect the diverse cooking happening in today’s restaurants?

22/11/2019

So many stories in the community like Dustin Peltier and Rachel Isaak 's

Kucina food and drink aims to be the voice of the people and support cause and stories similar these two cool cats.

We have done everything we can think of to ovoid getting to this point but unfortunately, we are left with no choice.

We can no longer produce our Prairie Tradition Cheese using raw milk.
This is not only our story, its the story of how artisanal food production across the province is being cut down by fear of liability. Governmental departments refuse to assume any risk, and our food culture is the blander because of it.

This is the story of how the department of agriculture has brought us to our knees.

It has an incredible legacy. A recipe brought across an ocean from France in 1893 and then across a country from Quebec in 1918. In a time when those journeys meant long travel in harsh conditions.
The raw milk Monk style cheese had been made right here in Manitoba at the Trappiste Monastery since then. We had been using it in our cooking careers for its unparalleled taste and texture.
And we weren't the only ones.
The Brothers made upwards of (9,600) wheels of cheese each year! Distributed through a local wholesaler many families and chefs used the cheese in their kitchens for decades.
Knowing that the Brothers were inevitably aging out of cheese production, and having an entrepreneurial spirit, we asked Brother Albert if he would be willing to take on a protege. And to our delight he said yes.
We spend the next year learning to make this popular cheese. We wrote up a business plan, built a commercial dairy processing facility and began production.
That was almost 3 years ago. What began with an earnest naivete has turned into the hard reality of where we are now.

131 batches of cheese made at a cost of $180 each. 80 plus batches of cheese rejected by the department of health and having to be destroyed. We have spent 2 years and over $20,000 following the departments directions of ordering costly tests from labs with questionable outcomes. The story is long and painful and confusing and complicated. The simple version of how and why this all ended is this.

Raw milk cheese is a special product. The milk can contain bacteria not suitable for human consumption, so aging the cheese is very important. continued in comments

18/11/2019

The good people at Bear Clan continuing to do awesome work.

Nearly every day of the week, volunteers and staff of Bear Clan Patrol guide hundreds of people through a warehouse where they can access fresh food donated by local grocers.

18/11/2019

This

Chicago chef Mariya Russell is very soft spoken. She’s even a bit shy in person. But when she starts gushing about food, she immediately lights up. And once Russell’s in her work kitchen—which cranks out globally inspired fare for dual establishments Kikko and Kumiko—she truly allows her foo...

16/11/2019

With our upcoming launch in 2020, what would you like to see and tall about in Winnipeg's newest food and drink lifestyle magazine?

16/11/2019

Winnipeg ain't ready. Seafood city is next level.

Seafood City Supermarket will open its first Winnipeg location at Garden City Shopping Centre on Thursday, November 28, 2019. Doors will open at 10:00am. Thursday, November 28 is the day before Black Friday, so expect to be waiting in long line ups all weekend. Seafood...

16/11/2019

Winnipeg's newest Food and Drink Magazine.
Your Local guide for Great Food and Great Stories.
Events, Food Challenges, Best Restaurants.
Watch out for 2020.

DM for info, collaborations and advertising opportunities.

05/11/2019

Our first issue will include filipino breakfast's and where to get them.
A go to staple in the filipino community, alot of families remember waking up to the smell of garlic fried rice with a spread of different "ulam" that includes a huge variety of dried fish, cured meats, sausages , bacon etc.

Where are your top 3 favorite filipino breakfast/silog places?

******
*Filipino breakfast for 4 people*
TO ENTER.
1. LIKE OUR PAGE Kucina Eat and Drink
2. TAG 3 people you want to bring to enter to WIN FREE filipino breakfast for 4 people.
*******

We will be doing the draw in 1 week. It will be one of the top 3 chosen.

Goodluck.

Stay tuned for the magazine launch February 2020. Changing the game in wpg and your go to for everything food and drink.

#204

22/10/2019

Vegan food.
Where are the best places to eat to get good vegan food?
What are 's best vegan dishes?
No clue?
Find out where the best food, events and happenings are in wpg's newest food and drink magazine. Coming 2020.
Featured here is a vegan kamayan dinner series from .eatery and

Photo cred.


Kucina food and drink , your local guide for great food and stories.