Falafel Yo at Uptown Mall in BGC

Falafel Yo

Other than me whose excited to try out Falafel Yo a national dish of Israel? A vegetarian wrapped sandwich with onions, a bed of salad or pickled vegetables and drizzled with hot sauce. Thinking about it makes my stomach roar and can't wait to try it at their newest branch at UpTown, BGC on January 4, 2019, will surely fall in line.

Falafel Yo

As the founding family of Falafel Yo migrated to Manila in 2011, they wanted to share something from their culture with the Filipinos that they thought will be appreciated and liked. With little adoption and keeping the ingredients and sauces true to its cultural authenticity, Falafel Yo wants to use this popular dish as a bridge between different cultures around the world.

Falafel Yo

The origins of falafel is still a mystery. there’s no exact evidence where and when exactly the ancient vegetarian dish was born, but we can track some of it’s historical impact around the world.

Falafel Yo

Falafel Yo

Falafel Yo

Here are some facts about falafel you probably never knew about Falafel Yo:

1. The Coptic church in Egypt ate falafel as it was a vegetarian solution during Lent centuries ago.
2. As the Egyptians used fava beans in their falafel recipe, soon as it began spreading around the world, each culture had a different version for it. In Israel, the chickpeas replaced the fava beans, and by the time it got to Syria they replaced the chickpeas with foul beans. 
3. The meaning of the word falafel is a small round thing (pilpal in Aramaic).
4. After becoming an independent state, Israel went into an economic depression in the 1950s.  Falafel was a cheap, meatless, easy to make a solution that spread all over the country at those years and from that time on it became the national dish for the Israelis. 
5. The Philippine Independence Day and the International Falafel Day are both celebrated on June 12
6. Falafel Yo will open to public this January 4, Saturday, at the Uptown Mall in BGC, and we will give free falafel the whole day to anyone who passes by!

Falafel Yo