October 10th 2021
Raquel and her mom Joy reached out to us because they wanted a menu reminiscent of our heritage flavours for her wedding. For those of you that are unaware know Raquel is the owner of Bukobaba Essentials and trailblazers in the local Filipino community. She provides the Vancouverites with healthy alternatives with coconut products from jams, vinegars, oils, aminos and many more, all of her products are sourced and created in my families home town of Laguna, Philippines.

Give them a follow @bukobaba.essentials on Instagram.

October 2nd 2021
We ran into Tristan and Vanessa at the NBA Crossover event back in 2018 and that’s when they asked us to support their wedding. The fact that they put their entire trust in us on their special day made it impossible for us to say no.

Their wedding was held at the beautiful Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver.

June 2021
In light of heritage month due to popular demand, we’ve decided to team up again with Kasama Chocolate and bring back the Roasted Ube with Philippine Pineapple Chocolate Bar.

We at Layunin roasted purple yam, pureed it, then it went through a 24 hour dehydration process before grinding into a fine powder. The good folks over at Kasama Chocolate then stone ground it with cocoa butter and Philippine pineapple giving it a signature texture, with a hint of citrus and is entirely vegan and gluten free.

Ann Liao designed the wrapper, it depicts a Tandang ("rooster") – a symbol for courage, strength, and renewal – and was inspired by the famous Sarimanok - a legendary bird in Philippine mythology.

November 20th 2020
Typhoon Ulysses descended on the Philippines, destroying major areas of the archipelago, including the Cagayan Valley where our good friend Vince of Kasama Chocolate began their chocolate journey. We’ve decided to team up and create a Roasted Ube with Pineapple Chocolate Bar where 50% of our profits would go to support those affected by flooding.

The cover art depicts a water buffalo swimming through a river - it symbolizes strength and patience. It was beautifully painted by Ann Liao, a Vancouver based artist and member of the Kasama Chocolate team.

October 19th 2020
We had an amazing conversation with Archirose and Archia from the Filipino Fridays podcast. We not only touched on our journey with our cuisine, but our intent and purpose to drive our culture to the forefront through community collaboration and education.

There’s so many honorable mentions in this interview that it eventually lead to a cultivator series with other local vendors that was extremely well done. If you get a chance, we suggest you listen to all of them! It’s a great way to learn about what our community and culture has to offer.

Clink the link to tune into the episode on Spotify.

November 16th 2019
We collaborated with another local vendor in the city and organized the very first Modern Filipino Market located in Vancouver’s, Gastown area.

The idea was to build brand awareness for over 20 Filipino small business owners from Food and Beverage, Arts & Crafts, Clothing, Hair Products, Tattoo Artist, Dance Studios and Live Music.

June 30th 2019
After a super successful popup restaurant with WSDMCLUB Barbershop we decided to host another, we featured 4 new courses, 3 new libations for 120 people. I was a beautiful sunny day with games provided by Higherworks, musical performances from Senti and Omar Khan as well as rotating DJ’s Jace, Rhy Rhy and Shaunic Sound.

June 20th 2019
We had our first media coverage with CBC’s Michelle Elliott during Filipino Heritage Month, we spoke on cultural diversity amongst our community as well as our favourite childhood flavours.

This was held onsite at one of the Philippines most popular restaurant chains, Max’s Restaurant.

June 8th 2019
This Hawaiian themed market which featured Polynesian Dancing, Hawaiian music, and an array of talented small business owners. Being a new company at the time we were extremely thankful to be apart of it so we featured a few of our casual favourites.

Ube Oreo Pie with coconut haupia
Mansi Pie with buko-pandan creme
Condensed Milk Icecream with amarena swirl & champorado crumb

These desserts were strategically created to build brand awareness through social media. Something our customers always ask us to bring back but we are waiting to share these in a restaurant setting.

Follow them @spreadthealohamarket on Instagram.

March 17th 2019
In collaboration with our good friends over at WSDMCLUB Barbershop, we held our first sold out popup restaurant for 60 people. This event featured 4 courses, 3 libations and music from local DJ’s Shaunic Sound, Kempeh & Des, located outside downtown Vancouver in the Strathcona community.