A cookbook, and a storybook
Pancit.com started with one family's recipes, and the stories that came with every one of them. Today, it's a home for the best of Filipino food: the recipes, the restaurants, and the people and stories behind them.
The inspiration behind Pancit.com
Andrew Arcangel is a Filipino-American entrepreneur and the founder, 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.
Food is his compass
Andrew's love of Filipino food doesn't just stay in the kitchen. He's always planning his next food adventure: looking up the Filipino restaurants in a city he's never been to, and letting them be the reason to go. Some people plan a trip around museums or beaches; Andrew plans his around lumpia, lechon, and a good bowl of pancit. As he likes to say, food is his compass.
That's where Pancit.com's free member accounts came from. Andrew wanted a way to document and map out his own Filipino food adventures — every restaurant he's tried, every family recipe he's cooked — and to share the journey with others, so more people go out and experience the Filipino food and restaurants around them. To Andrew, every shared meal and every new spot discovered is a way of carrying Filipino traditions forward.
Follow Andrew's food journey His own Pancit.com profile, @kuya.
Andrew's Favorites, so far
Every Pancit.com Favorite is a place Andrew has visited and enjoyed himself, rated one to three stars (here's how the stars work) and re-checked every year.
Know a Filipino spot Andrew should try next, or a family recipe worth sharing? Tell him on our contact page or at info@pancit.com — it might end up on the site.
What you'll find here
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Intro to Filipino Food
New to it? The flavors to expect, whether it's spicy, and which dishes to try first.
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Recipes
Filipino recipes, from everyday ulam (main dishes) to the whole Noche Buena table.
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Restaurant directory
Restaurants, food trucks, and bakeries across all 50 states, with a "near me" search to find the closest one.
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Pancit.com Favorites
The places Andrew has personally visited and enjoyed most, each rated one to three stars.
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Glossary
Filipino ingredients and food words, with how to say them and the recipes that use them.
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Food traditions
How it's eaten: kamayan, merienda, and the hospitality customs built around the table.
Start your own Filipino food adventure
A free Pancit.com account turns the site into your own food map and recipe journal — the same one Andrew uses to keep track of his.
- Remember every spot you've tried
- Cook your way through the book
- Earn badges as you go
- A profile worth sharing
- Eat together, even when you're apart
- Save it, plan it, share it