{"id":314343,"date":"2019-12-19T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=314343"},"modified":"2019-12-19T06:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T20:00:37","slug":"otephs-bbq-opens-in-chalan-kanoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/otephs-bbq-opens-in-chalan-kanoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Oteph\u2019s BBQ opens in Chalan Kanoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-314343 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/otephs-bbq-opens-in-chalan-kanoa\/otephs-bbq-pix-1\/'>Oteph's-BBQ-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-314344'>\n\t\t\t\tOteph\u2019s BBQ opened in the village of Chalan Kanoa last Dec. 4 just in time for the holidays. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/otephs-bbq-opens-in-chalan-kanoa\/otephs-bbq-pix-2\/'>Oteph's-BBQ-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-314345'>\n\t\t\t\tOteph\u2019s BBQ\u2019s pork barbecue. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/otephs-bbq-opens-in-chalan-kanoa\/otephs-bbq-pix-3\/'>Oteph's-BBQ-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-314346'>\n\t\t\t\tOteph\u2019s BBQ\u2019s pork liempo.   (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Another barbecue joint has opened on Saipan, this time in the village of Chalan Kanoa. Oteph\u2019s BBQ opened shop last Dec. 4 just in time for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Olita, who owns and operates the business with her husband, Jun, said that opening their barbecue stand on Dec. 4 was no coincidence as the number is special to their family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. 4 is a very lucky number for us, because my youngest son, Jyosef, was born on June 4,\u201d she said, adding that their son is also the inspiration behind the store\u2019s name; Oteph is his nickname.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to open up a barbecue business because we know that barbecue is very popular at catered events, festivals, birthdays, or just a simple family dinner. I\u2026love food and love cooking, and we know that there\u2019s a lot of barbecue enthusiasts on Saipan that\u2019s always on the lookout for restaurants or places that serves good food and the best barbecue meals. And Oteph\u2019s BBQ is one of them!\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Oteph\u2019s BBQ currently sells barbecue to-go only, but wants to expand to dine-in if the business prospers, according to Michelle.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the usual barbecue mainstays like pork and chicken, Michelle and Jun\u2019s barbecue outlet also offers chicken inasal, grilled squid, lechon belly, pork liempo, pork ears, crispy pork sisig, beef intestine, and deep-fried barbecue chicken.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle admits that Saipan is an increasingly competitive environment, especially when it comes to food or barbecue, but encourages everyone to taste their offerings to fully appreciate Oteph\u2019s BBQ\u2019s unique taste and flavor, aside from getting more bang for the buck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live on a very small island but you can find numerous barbecue stands and restaurants. What we can offer at Oteph\u2019s BBQ are quality serving, tasteful menu, and affordable prices. We not only cater barbecue, we also have snacks, refreshing drinks, and complete sumptuous meals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from having an entrepreneurial mindset, Michelle said her passion for cooking also led to Oteph\u2019s BBQ. \u201cI love food and love cooking. Cooking for my kids and my family has always been my source of happiness. So I thought, why not convert it to a business?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Oteph\u2019s BBQ is located along Francisco St. corner Lucia St. in Chalan Kanoa District 1 and it is open from 3pm to 10pm daily. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, the barbecue stand will be open from 11am to 10pm, Monday-Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>For advance orders and inquiries, call Michelle and Jun at 488-0722 or 588-5509.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another barbecue joint has opened on Saipan, this time in the village of Chalan Kanoa&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":313411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2434,1351],"class_list":["post-314343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-bbq","tag-chalan-kanoa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}