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Heritage Pork and Partridge for Thanksgiving at Purple Yam

November 21, 2011

We have much to be thankful for!  Happy Thanksgiving to all!
We are very thankful for all the support that our friends and family have given us for the past two years since we opened Purple Yam.  It’s been a tough two years and we are sure that many other people are struggling as well.  So [...]

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Purple Yam open Sat, closed Sun for Hurricane Irene

August 27, 2011

Saturday, August 27, we have Chef Romy and our Korean Chef Haegeen Kim at the Purple Yam stoves all day until about 9 or 10 pm.  It depends how many people still want dinner.
So get your adobo and kimchi fried rice fix NOW from the two best chefs we know!
Sunday, August 28, WE WILL BE [...]

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Father’s Day specials at Purple Yam

June 18, 2011

We will be serving our regular brunch and dinner menus on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19, 2011.  Brunch is from 11 – 3:30 pm and dinner is from 5:30 pm – 10 pm.
For reservations, call (718) 940-8188.
However, there are a few specials that we will be offering:
Both dishes will feature heritage breed Duroc pork.  The [...]

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Southeast Asian Ice Cream/Sorbet/Halo halo Class at Purple Yam

May 16, 2011

Homemade ice cream and sorbet flavors at Purple Yam, photo by Neal Oshima

Expand your ice cream and sorbet palate and make your own halo halo (the classic Philippine iced dessert)  in this class at Purple Yam
Saturday, June 4, 2011,  12 noon – 4 pm,  $45.  To register, go to Brown Paper Tickets.
I remember when [...]

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Toddy Shop Cooking of Kerala at Purple Yam

May 13, 2011

Toddy Shop Cooking of Kerala with Guest Chef Maya Kaimal   Thursday, June 9, 2011, $ 45 prix fixe, two seatings: 7 & 9:30 pm.  For reservations, call (718) 940-8188.
Prix fixe includes all the food in the menu.  Drinks, sales tax and gratuity are extra.
We are happy to be reunited with Maya Kaimal, an old friend [...]

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Celebrating Mother’s Day at Purple Yam

May 4, 2011

This was taken at Luneta Park in Malate, Manila.  Once upon a time it was such a pleasant walk from our house on Nakpil to Luneta which was only several blocks away.  The breeze from Manila Bay was soothing then.  Mom was still a young woman then taking care of little kids while building her [...]

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Lobster, Oyster, Clam, Shrimp Cooking Class at Purple Yam

April 27, 2011

Seafood Cooking Class with Chef Romy Dorotan at Purple Yam, Saturday, May 14, 2011, 12 noon – 4 pm, $ 75.
To register go to Brown Paper Tickets
How Not to Mangle that Lobster or that Fish
It takes a certain sensibility to appreciate the gifts of the sea to us — sharing flavors of salt, ocean, waves [...]

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Easter Brunch & Dinner at Purple Yam

April 20, 2011

Easter here in the United States really feels a whole world different than that spent in the Philippines.  For one thing the weather could not be more different.  Holy Week in the Philippines is summertime at its peak which is why most of the people in Manila pack up and trek up to Baguio, the [...]

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Nostalgia for 1920s Hawai’i at Purple Yam

April 14, 2011

To reserve for this Territorial Hawai’i Dinner, May 5; two seatings: 7 and 9:30 pm seatings, $50 prix fixe, pls email Amy at acbesa@prodigy.net.
A Celebration of a Culture and a Cuisine before Hollywood Changed it
We all have our stereotypes of Hawai’i, Hawaiian food (mostly poi), the hula, its music — all shaped by Hollywood (at [...]

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Trinidad & Tobago Carnival Dinner at Purple Yam rescheduled to Fat Tuesday, March 8

February 15, 2011

Celebrate Carnival with a Trinidad & Tobago Dinner with Guest Chef Ramin Ganeshram, author of Sweet Hands.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 2 seatings: 7 and 9:30 pm, $ 55 prix fixe (includes everything in the menu, but does not include drinks, tax and gratuity)
NOTE: Due to a conflict in Ramin’s schedule, we have moved this dinner [...]

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