Bobi, Oberkampf's Filipino restaurant

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Published by Manon de Sortiraparis · Photos by Manon de Sortiraparis · Published on May 8, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.
For lovers of world cuisine, BoBi is the new Filipino restaurant that has just opened in Paris. On the menu are emblematic dishes and specialties from the Pacific archipelago, presented in a street-food format.

Want to take your taste buds on a journey? No need to go far away! Head for Paris's 11th arrondissement to discover BoBi, the capital's new Filipino restaurant!

On the menu, colorful and comforting Filipino family cuisine, prepared with carefully sourced products (spices and condiments come directly from the Philippines!).

So expect to discover the emblematic dishes of the Filipino culinary repertoire. Among them, three signature dishes, to be accompanied by bagoong (a sautéed shrimp paste), fried garlic, cucumber pickles and white rice. :

  • Adobo is "the country's national dish", a stew of chicken and potatoes in soy sauce and sugarcane vinegar, flavored with garlic and bay leaf.
  • Kinilaw is the country's "oldest dish", a recipe based on raw fish from the Cebu region, marinated in sugarcane vinegar, calamansi and ginger, then served with tomatoes, cucumbers, corn and shallots.
  • Kare-Kare, or "Filipinos' favorite classic", is beef cooked in a peanut sauce, with eggplant, long beans and pak choï.

Filipino cuisine, little known in Paris, is tinged with the Spanish, Asian and Anglo-Saxon influences that have infused the country over the centuries.

Dishes with a thousand flavors are accompanied by beverages also derived from Filipino tradition (calamansi juice, root beer, cocktails created by the bartender using Filipino ingredients) or Kapeng Barako, a powerful and subtly aniseed-flavored coffee from the town of Lipa!

Please note that it's been over 4 years since our last visit, so the place and experience may have changed.

Practical information

Location

17 Rue Oberkampf
75011 Paris 11

Route planner

Official website
www.bobiparis.com

More information
Open Tuesday lunchtime to Sunday lunchtime Open Tuesday evening to Saturday evening

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