Purple Patch Food & Drink — Washington, D.C.
The popularity of Filipino food is long overdue, reports Andrew Freeman & Co., which put the cuisine on its list of top 2017 trends. Filipinos make up the second-largest Asian population in the U.S., and restaurants across the country are embracing it, including Purple Patch in Washington, D.C. Owner Patrice Clearly, who was born to a Filipino mother and an American father, dedicates half of the menu to her mother’s recipes and the other half to American classics. Some Filipino menu highlights include Pork Sinigan, a lemon broth soup with braised pork, long beans and jasmine rice; and Sizzling Sisig, which features chopped pork belly and shoulder with bird’s-eye chili, jasmine rice and an egg (pictured).