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Pancit.com highlights the best Filipino foods, restaurants, and recipes — and the people and stories behind them.

Never tried Filipino food before? Our Intro To Filipino Food guide is a friendly place to start — the flavors to expect, whether it's spicy, and which dishes to try first.

Andrew Arcangel is a Filipino-American entrepreneur, and the owner and editor-in-chief of Pancit.com. Born and raised in New York, Andrew grew up eating and enjoying pancit and other Filipino dishes — like sinigang, kare-kare, and chicken adobo — thanks to his father, a Filipino foodie who cooks Filipino meals every day.

He first started Pancit.com to document the recipes passed down through his family. He named the site after pancit specifically because of what the dish represents — the long noodle strands are meant to symbolize long life, which is why pancit is a fixture at Filipino birthdays and celebrations. To Andrew, it was never just a popular Filipino dish to build a brand around — it's a symbol of well-wishes that perfectly represents the warmth and love that Filipinos share with one another.

Every time he asked a relative about a recipe, they answered with a story — a childhood memory the dish brought back. Those conversations made Andrew feel closer to relatives he'd never had the chance to meet, and inspired him to grow Pancit.com into something more.

Today, Andrew is working to turn Pancit.com from a simple cookbook into a detailed storybook of Filipino cuisine, which captures Filipino culture, history, and family traditions of generations past and present. Part of that is the food itself — but just as much of it is how Filipino food gets eaten: kamayan, merienda, and the hospitality customs built around the table.