Philippine Cuisine: Preserving Culinary Traditions

[tigidig14]

^ye caviar is nasty, i agree with ya

[Askal82]

Originally Posted by Lili

Huh? How can Pan-Asian or Asian fusion food be international cuisine and not Philippine food just because it is a mix of Asian and Spanish?

It is really more about marketing our food.

For a long period of time, Westerners used to gag at the idea of eating raw fish (sashimi) and raw fish/seafood rolled in vinegared rice and seaweed, until it was packaged as being 'trendy'. It became an acquired taste.

Here's the challenge: How about packaging 'balut' to make it trendy?

[Elsongs]

Originally Posted by Askal82

Here's the challenge: How about packaging 'balut' as being trendy?

Yeah, the marketing name should be, "EXTREME EGGS!!!" (as seen on NBC's Fear Factor)

[Nabartek]

I heard Vietnam has also their version of Balut...

But I think Lili is talking about the non-pulutan food.

In Business, packaging is equal to 5 second advertisment.

[tigidig14]

^u gotta love their sandwiches tho
i cant pronounce them but i heard hong hong

[crappypants]

Originally Posted by Elsongs

Look at it this way... Britain and Russia are among the world's most powerful nations. But their cuisines are downright AWFUL!!!
...and even the British and the Russians would agree with that.

Yeah cabbage, potato and carp bland bland bland.
our food is just bland ,not enough spices. most famous cuisines are full of spices .

[Nabartek]

^I'd rather have food not having spices... ayokong mangamoy. Joke.

Baka may mali lang sa nagluluto at hindi yung pagkain mismo.

[Animo]

Originally Posted by Lili

We are not threatened by it. I am clarifying the import of what is being stated there. Precisely I am reading between the lines, Mr. Zialcita is justifying that that the Philippine cuisine is not considered world cuisine because it is viewed as not authentic and just a derivation from Spanish cuisine and that people are always looking for "Asian-ness". I say, that both the Asian and Spanish influences in our cuisine has made it authentic and all the more worthy of international standards for palatability. The fact that it is not truly original or indigenous has nothing to do with it. It has something to do with lack of presentation and marketing of our cuisine to make it visually and aesthetically appealing (and not just gustatorily delectable.)

That is only a portion of the book actually. I think you did not understand the gist of the facts. His purpose was to challenge the entire world especially the Filipinos to recognize and uplift ones pride to be the 'oddity' of a stereotyped 'Asia'. Don't kid ourselves: what do people think when it comes with the word Asia or Asian? Japanese or Chinese art, Indonesian or Thai cuisine, Hinduism or Taoism, or a culture and civilization devoid of any Western imprints.

What you had written actually proves what he tried to point out. That anything the Filipinos (especially the lowland Christian majority) can accomplish cannot be 'Asian-enough' because we try to compare so much with our Asian neighbors that we feel so 'unauthentic' in an Asian world that revolves around the streotypes and standard of the Western World (especially the English speaking world).

No one is condoning this very mestizaje essense in all things Filipino. It is actually starting to change and hopefully be fully understood by the people. Lets take for example the Philippine Art that was held in San Francisco. Why put it in the Asian Art Museum when you don't see anything close to being 'Asian' about Philippine traditional art? The purpose was to see the void of the Asian continent without the Philippines or the Filipinos. We are the 'sauté' of Asia, which makes us authentic but not exotic enough to many.

[Risk Taker]

How do we define world cuisine anyway? If we mean acceptance of the majority of people, aside from Filipino of course, then i think it's not. I think filipino cuisine survives outside the philippines because of the present of Filipinos there and not because it is being patronized by the locals of that country. A lot of feedbacks i heard from other nationalities of our food, it's too salty, sour, too sweet, overcooked, etc...in short they think it's unhealthy

[Lili]

Exactly. I don't define world cuisine as exotic. Asian-ness or lack thereof of the food has nothing to do with it. It is the palatability of the food not just to the stomach but to the eyes. And for those who are health conscious, these options should be offered and presented to them because we do have food that are healthy (e.g. lumpiang sariwa, togue, sinigang na isda, tokwa't isda, pinakbet, diningding, sinugba, saluyot, ampalaya, seafoods, insalata etc. etc. )

[flesh_is_weak]

im a huge fan of dinuguan, and how i wish that the rest of the world would feel the same...

maybe some entrepreneur could market it into a status similar to that of caviar...coz IMO, dinuguan tastes great with alcohol (although i havent tried it with fine wine)

[Lili]

Originally Posted by pIrEnA

im a huge fan of dinuguan, and how i wish that the rest of the world would feel same...

maybe some entrepreneur could market it into a status similar to that of caviar...coz IMO, dinuguan tastes great with alcohol (although i havent tried it with fine wine)

eat the liver, some fava beans and a nice chianti. sftp...sftp...sftp...
--- Hannibal Lecter.

[Sinjin P.]

I hate anything bloody

[oz.fil]

i agree

[bitoy]

Originally Posted by Jhaelnis

I hate anything bloody

Don't enlist in the Military or be in the medical profession.

When you get married, there are certain days when ooooops! OT

Just eat dinuguan, unless bawal sa religion mo.


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Here's a website that has a list of international cuisine.

Recipes > World Cuisine > Asia > Philippines

[kiretoce]

Originally Posted by Risk Taker

A lot of feedbacks i heard from other nationalities of our food, it's too salty, sour, too sweet, overcooked, etc...in short they think it's unhealthy

But that's what makes it uniquely Filipino! The way I see it, don't force anyone to eat what you're eating if they don't like it, that way there's more for you to eat!

[driftwood]

Indeed!

[Matteo]

Originally Posted by tsinoy

Don't enlist in the Military or be in the medical profession.

When you get married, there are certain days when ooooops! OT

2 words for you sinjin: red wings

[sydneygrrl]

Originally Posted by Risk Taker

How do we define world cuisine anyway? If we mean acceptance of the majority of people, aside from Filipino of course, then i think it's not. I think filipino cuisine survives outside the philippines because of the present of Filipinos there and not because it is being patronized by the locals of that country. A lot of feedbacks i heard from other nationalities of our food, it's too salty, sour, too sweet, overcooked, etc...in short they think it's unhealthy

I agree with you completely... Where I live in Sydney, Filipino food is limited to the suburbs where there are a lot of Filipinos residing. I haven't seen a Filipino tuck shop in the Sydney CBD at all... However, there are a lot of Thai, Malaysian, Japanese and Chinese food shops. My Aussie friends are all into wholistic foods and organic stuff - they jump back when they see me snuffing into giniling swimming in orange oil!

[PaoloMig]

here's my take,kinda OT

we all know mexicans love avocado (guacamole etc..) they consider avocado as vegetable not a fruit..one time i was making an avocado shake and the classmate of my cousin was wondering what was i doing.they never had this idea of making avocados into shakes,and so we let her try & she instantly loved it.so she got back home and introduces it to her family and they've been making avocado shakes ever since.

i think avocado shake is pinoy.right?