The Bay Area is a rich melting pot of different ethnicities, which allows for cultural crossovers and introductions. Over the past five years alone, numerous cooking and food-related publications and personalities, such as Andrew Zimmerman, Vogue, and Anthony Bourdain have cited Filipino food as being the “next big thing.” Our Chief Editor, Trami Cron, met a local Filipino chef and restaurateur, Rod Reyes, who owns Barya Kitchen (in Tagalog, barya means ‘loose change’ or ‘loo