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A Filipino-food feast is spread across a chunky wooden table.<\/p>\n

There is shrimp adobo, a whole milkfish cooked in a banana leaf and stuffed with tomatoes, onions and garlic, and a hearty beef caldereta<\/em> \u2013 a rich stew \u2013 along with plates of grilled vegetables: aubergine, bitter melon and okra.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to try the fermented rice wrapped in a mustard leaf \u2013 it is so tasty,\u201d Allan Pineda Lindo says as he pulls up a chair.<\/p>\n

Pineda is Apl.de.ap, a founding member of Black Eyed Peas<\/span>, the American hip-hop outfit formed in 1995 with will.i.am and Taboo. On November 19, they will return to Hong Kong after 19 years for a show at the West Kowloon Cultural District<\/span>. Hong Kong-based singer Gin Lee will open for them.<\/div>\n

The Grammy Award-winning group, which J. Rey Soul joined after Fergie\u2019s departure in 2018, are known for hits such as \u201cPump It\u201d, \u201cBoom Boom Pow\u201d, \u201cI Gotta Feeling\u201d and \u201cWhere Is The Love?\u201d They have played to huge crowds, including a million people on Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on New Year\u2019s Eve 2006.<\/p>\n

But today, Apl is far removed from the crowds as he wanders the rice fields and fruit trees \u2013 mango, papaya, calamansi \u2013 on his farm in Pampanga, in the Philippines, where he was born.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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