SWILIPINO
From potato-eating Swede to frankenfood chef extraordinaire
When Chef Tintin Jonsson started her Swilipino supper club in 2019, she wasn’t just trying to figure out how to make delicious food, she was trying to figure out who she was.
Despite being half Swedish and half Filipino, most of her childhood was spent “being a potato-eating Swede” she says.
“I didn’t realize you could be both and have a richer life”.
Like the portmanteau Swilipino, Tintin’s food is a mashup of her Swedish and Filipino heritage. It’s so unique that she even created her own food category: Frankenfood.
“Some people call it fusion, I call it frankenfood. Normally the term might refer to genetically modified food, but my interpretation is a more romantic version minus murder, but with some zombie vibes, for spice.” - Swilipino Substack
SAVE THE DATE
SWILIPINO: FRANKENFOOD FEAST SUPPER CLUB
Sunday afternoon, December 1st
My Neighbours the Dumplings, E5 8EQ
Booking details to be shared shortly.
Some of Tintin’s frankenfood favourites include Crayfish Alavar, crayfish smothered in a sauce originating from the southern Filipino city of Zamboanga, made with coconut milk and crab roe paste, Ube Semla, a Swedish cardamom wheat bun filled with coconut paste, ube halaya and whipped cream, and Jonssons Temptation, plantain and anchovy gratin.
“They are a bit bonkers but I think that’s the charm.”
Stay tuned for a full menu and booking details for our Swilipino Frankenfood Feast Supper Club on Sunday December 1st.
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