Why is Philippine cuisine so.... umm... primitive?

[Vodka]

i've been to most of our asian neighbors and sampled their food. and lately we've been watching quite a bit of youtube stuff on the chromecast in the kitchen TV, particularly the food vloggers Mark Weins and The Food Ranger...

can't help but notice that the food of our asian neighbors, even just the "street food", are quite a bit more varied and complex than ours. funny thing is when Mark Wiens visited PH he never ventured outside of his hotel. perhaps because of fear of being mugged, or maybe because there's really no street food here in PH that's worth vlogging about

which reminds me of what my american cousin remarked to me. that the PH has no cultural export so starting today make every effort to show the world that pinoys are world-class

[cast_no_shadow]

I'd stick with cuisine muna.

Yep imagine when someone says asian cuisine its either chinese, japanese or thai which is very sad.

Never ata naging mainstream choice for asian food ang Pinoy cuisine.

Watch food channels sa cable, bihira na tayo ang featured.

Dahil ba mula noon colonized tayo? Lahat ng chibog naten puros inspired by other cuisines? Nawalan tayo ng originality and identity.



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[cast_no_shadow]

About that Mark Wiens nababadtrip ako dyan ang OA ng reaction pag kumakain hehe

Yup Spiral lang ata tinry niya nung andito siya.

BTT

Mag abroad ka excited ka tikman ang streetfoods offered.

Dito?

Nakupo mapapaisip ka muna hehe

Unless nasa mga posh place offered yan like weekend market / mercato / banchetto and the likes.




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[MR_BIG18]

i've been to most of our asian neighbors and sampled their food. and lately we've been watching quite a bit of youtube stuff on the chromecast in the kitchen TV, particularly the food vloggers Mark Weins and The Food Ranger...

can't help but notice that the food of our asian neighbors, even just the "street food", are quite a bit more varied and complex than ours. funny thing is when Mark Wiens visited PH he never ventured outside of his hotel. perhaps because of fear of being mugged, or maybe because there's really no street food here in PH that's worth vlogging about

which reminds me of what my american cousin remarked to me. that the PH has no cultural export so starting today make every effort to show the world that pinoys are world-class

Ive been following mark weins and his wife for awhile, my favorite vlog is his korean episode, i understand where you are getting at, even bourdain wasnt impressed when he came here, our saving grace was our cebu lechon though, as of now the only avenue other countries in asia can taste our food thru jolibee...in the states naman raming pinoy restaurants like jeepney and the like...btw..i went to this part of seoul where they serve bopis, dinuguan and puto, there was also SMB light btw...most of the patrons where koreans...

[Vodka]

About that Mark Wiens nababadtrip ako dyan ang OA ng reaction pag kumakain hehe

Yup Spiral lang ata tinry niya nung andito siya.

LOL. yeah that ridiculous expression on his face when he likes something

yeah he just went w/ the hotel buffet and went straight to boracay (which is a rant for another day, you know how bora is that pretentious little island )

there's no question pinoys can execute int'l cuisine very very well, like in that hotel buffet. but unfortunately for our own local cuisine, there's really no long history of cultural development that we could draw from

*but perhaps my cousing was wrong about the PH having no cultural export. visit any hotel and the band playing would be pinoys. but guess what they're playing, not pinoy music (and the vocalist would be trying hard to mimic some sort of american accent). so i guess my cousin is still right

[badkuk]

Warning: this post may be going a bit into the deep end...

i hope nobody gets offended...my theory as to why our culture(cuisine included) isn't that well known, despite OFWs being scattered across the face of the earth, is that there is no pride of ownership.

Yes, we say we are proud to be Filipino, but i feel there is this inherent feeling of inferiority, especially when you see how developed other countries are. So we tend to adapt to other cultures rather than promote our own;that our culture is "not good enough" to be exported; imported is always better than local; we have a "pwede na" attitude instead of striving for perfection(e.g. Japanese).. and so on, which is really unfortunate, because Filipinos are actually very capable(well, except maybe in self-governance)...

...and our food tastes damn good, even if it's just boiled bananas.

[Vodka]

Warning: this post may be going a bit into the deep end...

i hope nobody gets offended...my theory as to why our culture(cuisine included) isn't that well known, despite OFWs being scattered across the face of the earth, is that there is no pride of ownership.

Yes, we say we are proud to be Filipino, but i feel there is this inherent feeling of inferiority, especially when you see how developed other countries are. So we tend to adapt to other cultures rather than promote our own; imported is always better than local; we have a "pwede na" attitude instead of striving for perfection(e.g. Japanese).. and so on, which is really unfortunate, because Filipinos are actually very capable(well, except maybe in self-governance)

yeah exactly. well this is just a little observation plus a little rant thrown in i just wanna say that for pinoys to be actually proud of ourselves (not just lip service) is to have things to be really proud of. so far there's very little. so we can start today. it's not too late. this mediocrity has to stop

as for offending, there's this little story about how korean airlines used to crash a lot in the 70's. turned out the copilots didn't want to correct the pilots when they were doing something wrong, for fear of offending them. so perhaps pinoys should now be ready to change and accept criticism, and not so easily be offended

[Jun aka Pekto]

Why not make a list of all PH dishes before feeling sorry? Quite honestly, I don't see any reason to be ashamed, foreign gourmets be damned.

My wife makes a lot dishes I don't recognize. Many of them taste good. I especially like the crab in coconut broth.

[yebo]

filipinos were too busy killing each other or their colonizers so we had mostly easy to cook no frills food. our neighbors were too busy sucking their colonizers' or their kings' d!cks. our neighbors only thought of freedom after we won ours in 1898 and it took them another 60+ years to gain independence. they had all the time to experiment in their kitchens. on the contrary most filipino foods we like now (e.g., kare-kare, crispy pata, etc) were all developed after independence, some of them fairly recently.

[WallyWest]

Masyado lang tayong nadadala sa novelty ng foreign cuisine dahil sa mga cooking shows on cable.

When we hear Japanese cuisine we immediately think sushi, sashimi, tempura, yakiniku and the like. But in everyday meals all they have is breaded chicken, breaded pork, fried this and that. Tayo may "all-in-one" (soup, meat, veggies) na sinigang, nilaga, tinola, etc.

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[1D4LV]

the filipino crab mentality at work, where we seem to be impressed with foreign cuisine.
i've been to several countries already due to work and business, and i still miss the filipino taste and the way it is being cooked.

the filipino cuisine is a mixture of our colonizers and the way we eat even before the colonizers arrived. inihaw na isda with suka and bawang and sibuyas? its authentic filipino. adobo, menudo, kare-kare are of spanish influences, tahong na pinakuluan sa sabaw na may luya is authentic filipino. lechon is of spanish.....

tinapa, while its purely filipino is also observed by other cultures (smoking of fish). the same as tuyo.

imho, wala tayong pure pinoy cuisine. most of which are adopted from our colonizers na nilagyan natin ng sariling timpla and panlasa natin.

[Jun aka Pekto]

When we hear Japanese cuisine we immediately think sushi, sashimi, tempura, yakiniku and the like.

I spent a good period of time in Aomori and Hokkaido in northern Japan. When I think of typical Japanese meals, I think of bento meals. Most Japanese restaurants have buffets that feature foods found in bento meals, esp in the farming regions away from Tokyo.

I don't see much breaded foods like those in Western countries. I've seen many types of tempura from shrimp to vegetables. Ramen and curry dishes also seem to be popular. Ramen especially is very popular because of the harsh winters up north.

[Jun aka Pekto]

If we look at the what we're eating thread, most of what I've seen with what forumers eat are those in establishments. I don't see home-cooked PH meals being mentioned that often.

Here, it's the opposite. Most Fil-Ams crave home-cooked PH dishes. You know they fight over those stinky dried fish? They have access to all the steaks, seafood, and poultry dishes the world can offer. Yet, they fight over dried fish from the PH.

Every time a Filipina returns from the PH, my wife and her friends wait in great anticipation.....for dried fish.

[_Cathy_]

I was born and raised in the PH and I don't eat that stinky fish (tuyo) I don't understand people who like it. It's too salty and there's almost no meat

I love Filipino home cooking but I think our Philippine cuisine has no identity. Our popular dishes such as adobo and Kare kare are derivative of other cuisines. I think other Asian countries have more identity when it comes to their cuisine such as Japan, Thailand, Korea, China and India

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[jut703]

I like tuyo. There's nothing wrong with people who like it. I don't have it too often because it's salty, but once in a few weeks is just right for me. [emoji4]


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[Jun aka Pekto]

I don't know if this is original PH cuisine. But, I love PH clam soup. It has a ginger-based broth with different greens and sometimes with green papaya slices.

[Jun aka Pekto]

My favorite PH dish is crab in coconut broth (also ginger-based). The wife makes it every time we get crab. If she doesn't, I'll just eat all the crab with beer. ;)

[_Cathy_]

I like tuyo. There's nothing wrong with people who like it. I don't have it too often because it's salty, but once in a few weeks is just right for me. [emoji4]


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I didn't say there is something wrong with people who like tuyo, I just don't understand why people would want to eat an almost meatless tough fish with too much salt.

So not all Filipinos like that stinky fish I don't think I'll ever crave for it even if I go abroad for years.

What I like are danggit and dilis because it's not too salty and I love the crunch.

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[yebo]

tuyo used to give me mixed feelings. it reminded me of the times my mom would "pawn" her pay check so some poor kid or lady can be admitted to a hospital somewhere. see, she took her "social worker" tag to the max and when she did we had to tighten our belts. tuyo and egg with tomato became the daily fare until her office released the check to pay the hospital and she can then redeem and encash her check. so i hated it but at the same time felt proud eating it.

eating it brings back memories.

[chua_riwap]

I didn't say there is something wrong with people who like tuyo, I just don't understand why people would want to eat an almost meatless tough fish with too much salt.

So not all Filipinos like that stinky fish I don't think I'll ever crave for it even if I go abroad for years.

What I like are danggit and dilis because it's not too salty and I love the crunch.

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how about Papaitan? the original ilocano version.
subukan mo cathy. . . . .