Philippine Cuisine: Preserving Culinary Traditions

[Imperfect Ending]

I don't think it is

[kiretoce]

No matter how you look at it, except for the subtle European (Spanish) influence, Pinoy cuisine is decidedly Southeast Asian.

[Lili]

^ Filipino food is a fusion of Spanish, Chinese and Southeast Asian.

[Nabartek]

A lot of Filipino food are good. The problem is the cook. There seem to be not so many good cooks or baka lang nagkukuripot mga management ng Filipino restaurants?

Kung madadaan kayo sa Baguio, try Good Taste, sa likod ng Dangwa station yun. Lutong bahay sa sarap. Masmasarap pa sa Solibao and it's really cheap.

You can have 6 servings for 300 pesos only.

[Lili]

^ Napansin ko sa Filipino cooking, kalde-kaldero o bande-bandehado. Kulang sa presentation. Kaya yung mga pa stylish stylish international cuisine dyan, di ma-appreciate.

[Nabartek]

Hindi maganda ang "packaging".

At saka, yung mga ibang cook, lalo na sa mga carinderia, sobra sila maglagay ng cooking oil kaya parang nakakahigh blood.

Okay lang yung parang Kalde-kaldero pero sana yung presentable na kaldero ang gamitin nila hindi yung mukhang napaglumaan.

Hehehe

[Lili]

Originally Posted by Nabartek

Hindi maganda ang "packaging".

At saka, yung mga ibang cook, lalo na sa mga carinderia, sobra sila maglagay ng cooking oil kaya parang nakakahigh blood.

Okay lang yung parang Kalde-kaldero pero sana yung presentable na kaldero ang gamitin nila hindi yung mukhang napaglumaan.

Hehehe

Oo nga. Eh yung palayok? Ok naman?

[JLemmor]

[QUOTE=Aquamadoor;11969054]I don't think it is[/QUOT]

I agree. It does not even appeal to pinoy kids who grew up abroad.

[Nabartek]

The clay one? okay lang naman siya. When we ate in Solibao one time yung kanina nila nasa maliit ng tranditional na pagluto ng pagkain hindi sa rice cooker. It was nice but their food wasn't tasty enough.

Hehehe

[xXx carlos xXx]

oohhh... by the way... na.feature pala dito sa states sa show na "bizzare foods(?)" ung food natin jan sa pinas... at least.. nagustuhan nung host ung balut, worms and crickets.. ahaha

[Nabartek]

Baka magulat sila na sa Thailand...ipis naman...napanood ko sa TV..delicacy yun sa mga carinderias. 0_o

[Askal82]

[QUOTE=JLemmor;12270035]

Originally Posted by Aquamadoor

I don't think it is[/QUOT]

I agree. It does not even appeal to pinoy kids who grew up abroad.

Not totally true. Many Americans in my experience know what pancit is and has been gaining popularity for quite some time.

[Louman]

I read somewhere that the cuisine of some parts of the Philippines (probably Mindanao) resemble more that of SE Asian cuisine like Indonesian and Thai. It may be that it has yet to become part of mainstream Filipino cuisine. Anyone confirm this to be true or not?

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by Louman

I read somewhere that the cuisine of some parts of the Philippines (probably Mindanao) resemble more that of SE Asian cuisine like Indonesian and Thai. It may be that it has yet to become part of mainstream Filipino cuisine. Anyone confirm this to be true or not?

Indonesian, yes, Thai, no. Filipino food has very little resemblance to Thai food.
BTW ever had an Indonesian "Lumpia"? Its called lumpia but does not look or taste like a Philippine lumpia.

[Nabartek]

Which tastes better?
no bias please

Hehehe

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by crappypants

Our pastries are great though. I swear we make the best cakes and desserts, halo halo. puto bungbong,

A lot of southeast Asian countries have their own version of halo-halo, which is nearly identical but just known by a different name. For instance, Singapore/Malaysia call it "Ice Kachang."

[Elsongs]

[QUOTE=JLemmor;12270035]

Originally Posted by Aquamadoor

I don't think it is[/QUOT]

I agree. It does not even appeal to pinoy kids who grew up abroad.

That's not true. At least Filipino Americans grow up with the stuff...we eat it all the time growing up. I love dinuguan. We don't go to Filipino restaurants BECAUSE WE CAN JUST GO TO A PARTY AND EAT FOR FREE!!!!

I do hate turo-turo places with a passion. I avoid them. Some of them get shut down by the health department here. I only eat at Filipino restaurants that have a menu and cook your items to order.

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by Nabartek

Which tastes better?
no bias please

Hehehe

There's different varieties of Indonesian lumpia just as there are different varieties of Philippine lumpia, so you can't really compare them.

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by Aquamadoor

I don't think it is

What exactly defines a "World Cuisine"?

Filipino food can be found in many countries in the world, so in that criteria, it does qualify.

Another way to tell if a particular ethnic cuisine qualifies as "world" is if the majority of clientele in a particular ethnic restaurant are NOT of the same ethnicity as the food...for instance in the USA, most people at a Chinese or Italian restaurant are not Chinese or Italian, respectively, which is a strong indicator that the cuisine is accessible to others.

So unless you see the majority of customers eating at a Filipino restaurant being non-Filipino, it's not a "world cuisine."

Objectively speaking, most Filipino restaurants do not make an active effort to market themselves to non-Filipinos.

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by tsinoy

I don't blame you for not experiencing the Pinoy food shops here in the US. Some are really not to the taste of even our own Filipinos alike.
But so far, Goldilocks and DJ's Bibingkahan brought out the real Pinoy in us when we eat at their locations.

OMG, The DJ Bibinkahan closest to my house got shut down by the county health dept for "vermin infestation." Yech...

The non-turo turo Goldilocks (like the one in Eagle Rock Plaza - I call it 'SM Eagle Rock' ) is pretty good, but my favorite Filipino restaurants in Los Angeles are Asian Noodles (owned by the family who invented mami - huge portions and great stuff!) and Salo-Salo.