Be More Pacific

"For the condiment connoisseur, this banana ketchup is a must. Heights’s Filipino restaurant Be More Pacific perfects the recipe with a combination of pureed banana, spices, vinegar, serrano pepper, and purple carrot extract for color, creating a tangy, sweet, and spicy sauce that complements nearly everything. The ketchup comes in original spicy and curry flavors." - Brittany Britto Garley

"If you’re looking for ways to increase your weekly spam intake or eat your bodyweight in lumpia, Be More Pacific, a Filipino restaurant, can help you out. Try the house spam silog with garlic rice and a bowl of braise chicken adobo, or snack on some longganisa tots smothered in house queso and banana ketchup. The colorful dining room—decked out in fake palm trees—has a full bar and a large patio deck. Plus, the bar windows next to the patio slide all the way open, which is great if you want to take in the breeze from the cars driving too fast down Yale Street. " - chelsea thomas, gianni greene

"If you’re looking for ways to increase your weekly spam intake or eat your bodyweight in lumpia, Be More Pacific, a Filipino restaurant in the Heights, can help you out. Try the house spam silog with garlic rice and a bowl of braise chicken adobo, or snack on some longganisa tots smothered in house queso and banana ketchup. The colorful dining room—decked out in fake palm trees—has a full bar and a large patio deck. Plus, the bar windows next to the patio slide all the way open, which is great if you want to take in the breeze from the cars driving too fast down Yale Street.  " - Chelsea Thomas

"Be More Pacific’s collaboration with Austin favorite Amy’s ice-cream results in two hard-to-resist ube dessert choices. Ube ice cream, made exclusively for the restaurant by Amy’s, is the star in in the halo halo shaved ice, which is made with house-made ube halaya, coconut strips and jellies, red bean, leche flan and crispy toasted rice. Nostalgic for an ice-cream cone? Here, Amy’s varieties like ube or calamansi are swirled with ube jam for double the fun." - Megha McSwain

"The desert menu at this Filipino restaurant features halo halo topped with Amy’s ube ice cream, red beans, coconut jelly, crispy rice, evaporated milk and more. The halo halo comes in two sizes — a lunch serving for one, or a larger bowl big enough to share." - Brittanie Shey