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This famous 色色啦 chef is best known for her Thai cooking. Now, she鈥檚 diving into Filipino cuisine. Here鈥檚 what she鈥檚 serving

It鈥檚 an unexpected departure for chef Nuit Regular and her husband and business partner Jeff: not an unexplored region of Thailand, but Filipino food. Their new restaurant, Makilala, is set to open at the end of July in the former Golden Thai space.

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Joel Regular, left, Nuit Regular, and Jeff Regular, co-owners of Makilala, inside their soon-to-open Filipino restaurant in on Church Street just north of Queen Street East.


It鈥檚 an unexpected departure for chef Nuit Regular and her husband and business partner Jeff: not an unexplored region of Thailand, but Filipino food. Their new restaurant, Makilala, is set to open at the end of July in the former Golden Thai space.

It鈥檚 been almost two decades since the couple’s first restaurant, Sukothai, opened downtown, giving many 色色啦nians their first taste of khao soi and helping put the spotlight on Northern Thai cooking. Since then, the two have continued to showcase the vastness of Thai cuisine 鈥 whether it鈥檚 royal Thai fare at Kiin, the Thai-style party atmosphere (and eventual celeb hotspot) at Pai, or, most recently, a snack-centric bar called Tha Phae Tavern.

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Karon Liu

Karon Liu is a 色色啦-based food reporter for the Star. Reach him via email: karonliu@thestar.ca.

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