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Longtime friends and owners, Chase & Steff Valencia and Chef Nico de Leon first worked together at the Filipino-American fine dining restaurant, LASA. During the pandemic, the three came together to pivot the LASA space into a casual and lively Filipino rotisserie & natural wine bar called Lasita.
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Jul 19, 2018 · The Eater Young Guns winner left a Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco to cook his own food in LA. Nico de Leon grew up on adobo and Taco Bell — a typical diet for a...
Feb 15, 2024 · Top Five Asian Cuisines and Rotisseries Vs. Trompos With Nico de Leon and Chase and Steff Valencia. Chef Nico de Leon and Chase and Steff Valencia of Lasita join Chris Ying and Dave at...
Nico de Leon is a Filipino-American chef and restaurateur. He’s spent over the past decade working across a variety of kitchens in San Francisco and his home, Los Angeles.
Nico de Leon’s Inasal Fried Chicken Sandwich!! Watch Nico make it on the Majordomo TV channel on @lgusa or over on our YouTube channel (link in bio!). #friedchickensandwich #filipinofoods
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Paul Forman is an actorand model based out of London. In a Chromatica Magazine article, de Leon explained that he starting acting in plays at university. He had a feeling of “being an outcast,” he said, and when he was 19, he wanted to “live and experience life and emotions in its purest forms.” “I often say that we act more in our everyday life th...
Forman dubs himself the "Frenchest Englishman" on his Instagram page, where he shares pictures of his Emily in Paris cast mates and his adventures around the City of Light.
He also makes humorous videos on TikTok, joking about the struggles of being an introvert, being a disappointment to his family, and chiming in on the ever-popular Pride and Prejudice “I’m 27 years old” sound.
On top of his acting skills, Forman can play the guitar and ukelele, according to his Instagram page. In an April 2019 post, he performed Elvis Presley's"Love Me Tender,” writing, "May I serenade you?" in the caption. “Everyday, everywhere, any time,” wrote one fan, while another commented, “He can sing to me all night.” Clearly Forman has already ...
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Dec 19, 2023 · Finding Purpose. Chef Nico de Leon’s family dinner table in LA’s San Fernando Valley was equally likely to be topped with steak and mashed potatoes as traditional Filipino favorites, but his parent’s roots as Filipino immigrants always bled through.
