Great Adobo Cook-Off Announces 2017 Best Adobo in Hawaii
Left photo: The 2017 Best Adobo in Hawaii was Tante's Restaurant's braised adobo veal shank. Right photo: Mr. and Mrs. Tante Urban, 3rd and 4th from right, winners of the Great Adobo Cook-off pose with the judges and officers of the Philippine Celebrations Coordinating Committee of Hawaii (PCCCH), Mesdames Cecilia Villafuerte, 3rd from right, and Bennette Misalucha, 2nd from left, and Consul Joyleen E. Santos (1st row, 2nd from right).
19 June 2017 HONOLULU — The braised adobo veal shank by Mr. Tante Urban of Tante’s Restaurant in Maui, bested six other local restaurants and was declared “Best Adobo” in Hawaii during the first Great Adobo Cook-off held at the Philippine Consulate General on June 8.
The cook-off is the third annual food festival organized by the Philippine Consulate General in partnership with its outreach arm, the Philippine Celebrations Coordinating Committee of Hawaii (PCCCH), following the first and second Filipino Food Fair in June 2015 and June 2016, respectively. It seeks to put a spotlight on Filipino cuisine. It is also one of the activities organized in celebration of the 119th Anniversary of Philippine Independence.
The event was also the culminating activity for the Adobo Festival, which ran from June 1 to 7, where twenty-two Hawaii restaurants participated by featuring their own versions of adobo to their patrons and diners for the entire week.
Aside from Tante’s Restaurant, local restaurants including Shay’s Café, 3 Star Gourmet, Nayong Filipino, North Star Deli presented their own versions of the adobo. Shay’s Café’s adobo pizza won the People’s Choice Award and Most Creative Adobo. Judges include the founder of the Filipino Food Movement PJ Quesada and Filipino American chef Paul Rivera of Duke’s Waikiki.
Mr. Urban won a round trip ticket to the Philippines courtesy of Philippine Airlines, and has the bragging rights of winning the 2017 Best Adobo in the State.
Adobo, cooked using basic ingredients of vinegar, soy sauce, meat and bay leaf, is one of the Philippines’ popular dishes and favorite comfort food.
For more information, visit www.honolulupcg.dfa.gov.ph / www.philippineshonolulu.org or https://www.facebook.com/PHConsulateHonolulu. END