From Jeep to Joint: How a Filipino-Hawaiian family leveled-up their food truck | INDIE ALASKA

Donna-Flor Manalo and her family’s life transformed when they moved from Hawaii to Alaska--cultivating new passions and businesses. Manalo’s family created a food truck a.k.a “jeepney,” which refers to the inspiration of a public transportation vehicle commonly used in the Philippines. With Alaska's abundance of opportunities and Donna-Flor's love for Hawaiian and Filipino culture, her and her family established Jeepney Filipino-Hawaiian Fusion Food.
#fusionfood #filam #jeepney
Video and story by Mizelle Mayo
Music by Universal Production Music
Additional photos provided by Donna-Flor Manalo
Archived footage courtesy of San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
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[@BriONeil]

Jeepney, your food looks so good. I'm so hungry now, and I just ate. Nice history/anthropology lesson, too. Awesome...💓🌌

[@jaredo6303]

Jeepney on Artic is one of my favorite spots. I love the burritos.

[@GUTOMOFFICIAL]

Oh delicious! Congrats! Would like to try Jeepey Alaska!

[@djferran8758]

Good story!

[@valeriekern4639]

I love how this story opens up to a wider history on Filipino and Asian migration to the US and AK

[@Fallen_Grove]

Amazing documentary as always! I live in Northern Ontario and the one thing I miss is the different Chinese foods I've gotten used to growing up. I've had so many varieties of food including Tex-Mex, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, etc. growing up that I miss here. I've been making whatever I want to eat by myself, but some ingredients are hard to get or don't exist in stores. I love the place, food wise, there's not much to do and the places that are there are expensive. I just want some food that reminds me of home.

[@mm_comunica]

Qué deliciosa comida

[@alsalA1]

Can’t wait to try this. Missing my Hawaii Ohana…

[@kamakab]

Cool story.. but Ube is a yam not sweet potato. Aloha!!🤙

[@indiealaska]

Thanks for letting us know!

[@uyeda]

Yummy.

[@CarloPaclita-ef6bg]

Yami🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇦🇻🇳🇹🇭🇰🇷🇯🇵🇵🇭