Gresham restaurant brings Taste of the Philippines
Kuya s Islander Cuisine blends traditional Filipino, Hawaiian dishes at new location on Powell Blvd.
While growing up in the Philippines, Fred Asa learned to cook by helping in his mother s kitchen.
Asa was part of a big family six brothers and five sisters and when he turned 11 he started making dishes with his mother that she would then sell as lunches to nearby office staffs. All of the siblings learned to cook, Asa said.
Those early days, cooking with family planted the spark in Asa that would eventually lead him to open his own restaurant in Gresham Kuya s Islander Cuisine.