Maranao flavors right in Quiapo

  She began with a small table of pater, a Maranao staple of rice and minced adobo, wrapped in banana leaves. Today, Noron Sharief Macatanong, 57, leases a two-story building for her restaurant, June-Nairah (“good luck” in Manarao), in Muslim Town, Quiapo.   In 1976, when Noron was 15,  her family took a boat to Manila to escape poverty in Lanao del Sur. Her parents tried to make ends meet by selling pater or rice cubes.   “They made a […]

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