Most Filipinos are of mixed Asian/Native heritage, and are heavily practicing Catholics (98% of the country). I'm Filipino, but my grandmother was Chinese andI have a Spanish surname. All signs definitely point to Josh and Father Brah being Filipino-Americans.

The scene between Neal and his mom at the end of the show makes me reflexively and immediately tear up every time I see this episode - incredibly nuanced acting between both Amy Aquino and Samm Levine.

I ate at Traif last summer and it is excellent! I think the dishes are more a play on the fact that it's in an area of Williamsburg that used be largely Haisidic. On the other hand, I ate at Ilan Hall's restaurant a couple years ago (http://thegorbalsla.com/) - which definitely shoots for an "un-kosher" theme, i.e.…

I am half-Filipino and have eaten many lumpia - frozen hash browns are definitely not authentic.

Registered just to answer your burning question: That Blockbuster was there in 2008 and is still there (around the corner from my old house). It was also a lifesaver when Netflix still refused to deliver to that neighborhood 6 months after Katrina. Sonny's at the Louisiana Music Exchange across the street, which…

Registered just to answer your burning question: That Blockbuster was there in 2008 and is still there (around the corner from my old house). It was also a lifesaver when Netflix still refused to deliver to that neighborhood 6 months after Katrina. Sonny's at the Louisiana Music Exchange across the street, which…