Filipino Online Store is Closing
By Raine38
@Raine38 (12387)
United States
January 1, 2020 7:22pm CST
I live in the midwest where the nearest Asian store is a 2-hour drive away. Whenever I am craving for some Filipino snacks or canned goods, or even our rice stick noodles, I would place an order online at filstop.com. They have a brick and mortar store, but they also cater to online orders. This works fine for me and I have been a customer for over 2 years. Unfortunately, I just received news that effective today, they are no longer accepting online orders. They will still have their stores, but these are in another state.
Now I am on a lookout for a new online Filipino store. I know that we will be living here for a while because of work, so I have to rely to planned trips outside of town or ordering online for any Filipino foods fix. My husband, on the other hand, is a bit glad that I will no longer be able to cook "tuyo" (fried dried fish) for a while because I do not have easy access to it anymore. For now.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Jan 20
another thing they don't like is bagoong (shrimp paste)
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
5 Jan 20
@hereandthere My husband can eat it, provided it is cleaned, which means no scales or heads. For some reason everyone here (locals) do not like to see fish heads when they eat their fish. So our daing na bangus, even the ones marinated like how he wanted it to is a no-no because these are usually packed with the heads intact.
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
2 Jan 20
You don't like the smell too? Most of the people I know think that the smell is mouth-watering 
But I understand what you mean, and it is definitely not for everyone. I do have an agreement with the husband that I can only cook dried fish outside on our back porch - we have a grill that has one stove on the side that I use. Whenever I cook "tuyo" there, the neighbors' cats make an appearance and start to hangout in our back yard. Good thing we have quite a distance from our nearest neighbors. I can just imagine what they would think if they smelled this.
But I understand what you mean, and it is definitely not for everyone. I do have an agreement with the husband that I can only cook dried fish outside on our back porch - we have a grill that has one stove on the side that I use. Whenever I cook "tuyo" there, the neighbors' cats make an appearance and start to hangout in our back yard. Good thing we have quite a distance from our nearest neighbors. I can just imagine what they would think if they smelled this.1 person likes this
@Deepizzaguy (122256)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Jan 20
I am sorry to learn that the store where you made online purchases has closed down. Hopefully a new store to replace the store that closed will open soon.
@Deepizzaguy (122256)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
2 Jan 20
@Raine38 It is always darkest before the dawn in our lives.
@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
2 Jan 20
U can search the web & find many Asian stores which may provide even better food
