“My relatives in the Philippines don’t celebrate Chinese New Year,” said Charles Olalia of the Silver Lake restaurant Ma’am Sir. “But my family here did because my dad’s a doctor and all his Chinese ...

Crunchy and stuffed with juicy shrimp, pork and vegetables, these rolls make a great appetizer or side dish. For a milder dipping sauce, you can substitute serranos for the Thai chiles and seed them.

Shatteringly crisp and stuffed with juicy pork filling, Shanghai lumpia are a popular Filipino dish similar to fried spring rolls. Pork is the traditional filling, but lumpia can also be made with a ...

Every East Asian country has its version of the fried spring roll, but none are as easy to recognize as lumpia, the version that hails from the Philippines. Lumpia is typically made from a combo of ...