With enough hunger, patience, and determination, it's possible to track down just about any kind of food in and around Tokyo.

While lovers of Korean barbecue have the area of Shin-Okubo, and devotees of Chinese food flock to Yokohama, the Filipino community, the nation's third-largest non-Japanese demographic, has no such discernible center.

Though it may be diffuse, Filipino cuisine is on the upswing and Philippine chefs are on the rise.