At a dinner party in 1998, Steve's wife Christina boasted that her husband could cook "better Filipino food than my Filipino mother." It got Kasper's attention – he was writing an article series for the Washington Post about food and dinner parties and knew right away he had to meet this guy and test the claim. 

Turns out Christina was right – her husband did cook the best Filipino food Kasper had ever tried. An amazing dinner party led to a Washington Post article and became the start of a foodie friendship.