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This is well done! I love how they jump right into great stories and don’t let up. So enchanting and informative!

Uhhh this is not exclusive to the Filipino culture! Almost every culture is proud of their food culture. You won't know that if you haven't gotten to KNOW other cultures and their love of their food culture that makes them bragadocious.

🇲🇽 has so a unique and diverse food culture. Thank you for sharing this dish with us. 🙏🏽

This dish reminds me of my abuela.

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My shucking technique is SOOOOOO bad 😂

Amazing video and message! BRAVO Angel and team!

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Why is there a need to put down someone’s choice in an effort to lift yourself up? Why can’t voodoo donuts/pink boxes be a gateway that gives people an opportunity to look around and see what else is available? no one gets taller by making everyone else shorter. Embrace everyone.

My positive take on why Filipinos go to "fancy" restaurants on special occasions is that, on a daily basis we cook in our homes gourmet Filipino dishes like adobo, sinigang, mechado and other intricate local dishes, that when we go out we want to try something that we do not normally cook at home. We have intricate dishes that most country do not cook as a daily viand. I consider our dishes, which some would say normal everyday food, as a form of art. Just to prep the ingredients of say, menudo, is not a simple thing to do, with all the chopping and making sure the meats are tender before eating

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One thing i think its bcos we prefer to cook traditional food at home.And usually getting to try pinoy food is a treat as our food is not sold outside its made with love in our homes

They are Filipino-Americans. Not an average Filipino from the Philippines. Although they were probably raised by Filipino parents, their environment, way of life, upbringing, and to a certain extent, values are entirely different compared to someone who grew up in the Philippines. Hence, their views do not necessarily reflect the correct Filipino sentiment, moreso declaring them an “authority in Filipino everything.”

p town get down as a chef in portland for over 20 years we have some of the best food in America

Wow, that food looks amazing.

Theodore Roosevelt: Comparison is the thief of joy. Saying that one culture's food is better than another is just opinion, not fact. We all have different tastes, and different ideas of what constitutes "better." You are basically saying "I have better taste than you", and taking away the joy from people who like the foods that you consider inferior.

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Filipino here. I got stuck when she said that we go to italian or spanish food for our birthdays/celebs.. I was really thinking.. do we? Chinese food, my fam did go to a couple of restos. But it made me think what famous italian or spanish resto do I know? Is she talking abt the rich? Then thats not representative of the whole. Or maybe by italian she meant the pizza places like pizzahut and shakeys. I guess that makes sense. I know her point is that, we dont choose filipino food for celebrations but thats not the case for me and my family including my friends. We are not rich. And looking back to every celebration, we either cook a filipino feast for bdays, or go fastfood when wer kids (jollibee/mcdo) maybe this one is western but it appeal to kids.. or filipino restos, personally been to (maxs, abe, manam, mangan, contis, sarsa, kuya j, savory, hukad, crisostomo, gerrys grill, giligans, locavore, aristocrat, tagaytay bulalo restos etc.) even cabalen way way back when it was good 😅 we go to these places during celebrations. I think most would still choose filipino resto to eat at or they prepare their own birthday feast that is mostly filipino food. Even buffets though mixed with other cuisines would still have a big range of filipino food. One thing to note, alot of filipinos cant live without rice, a full meal should be with rice.. so italian, spanish, american or whatever west cuisine that is, are seen more of like a snack, or something that doesnt fill the stomach on a lot of filipinos minds. Maybe its her personal experience she is sharing but i have to disagree with her statement on this one. Hope to also get another view on this. But I would have to say that most would still choose filipino food for celebrations. We have a lot of options to choose from here in ph and sometimes we opt to try new cuisines but we always go back to our constant (palagi), which is filipino food. 😊 I agree though that filipino food is not seen as sosyal wayback coz we are not good at presentations, lets be real with that. 😂

Why China(12k Filipinoes) comes to mind when she mentions Filipinos goes to work overseas? It's more like Hongkong(20k), Taiwan(150k), Singapore(200k), but in general we Filipinoes tend to generalize these countries as Chinese. To think there are 4.5M Filipinoes in the US. China's economic growth happened in just the past 20yrs surpassing our own economy. It's not right to give China credit and amunition at this time that it is actively flexing in the south China sea, crushing Hongkong democracy threatening invasion of Taiwan, and taking our territories in the west Philippine sea. 😢

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Got that right! Food is the focal point of our culture. We are obsessed with it!

I don't agree. There has always been pride in Filipino food. I am in my 50s, and Filipino food always reminds me of big family celebrations, and comfort food. We celebrate occasions in Italian or Japanese restaurant and not in Pinoy restos, because the best Fiipino food is cooked at home. When we have big family celebrations like New Years or Christmas, we celebrate with Filipino food. I do agree, though, our food, outside the Philippines, is not what other people look for. Maybe its marketing, or we are not looked highly upon as a people?

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I think Indian 0:47 takes the cake in that regard.

I fell in love with Filipino food when I lived in SD, working on North Island. I don't even know how many times I ate at Tita's Kitchenette. My shop ordered a (pink!) box of baked siopao like once a week from there. Whenever I can get dinuguan, or octopus sisig, hell even just spam-n-eggs with garlic rice I order that. Where I live now there's no good spots. Filipino food has characteristics of so many cultures, but done better. People haven't figured it out yet, so stupid.

"Elevating" a cuisine pisses me off. Put a spin, your take, sure. It is US who must elevate to the cuisine, not the other way around be it Filipino, Mexican, what not.

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I'm Filipino American and have had amazing food in Cebu. But Mexican food is on a genius level. It's as innovative as Chinese and Indian food and not a derivative of another culture. It's undeniably delicious food with a unique flavor profile, whereas Filipino food is not at that level in terms of complexity, originality and flavor.

Looks delish! 👏

Yup food for Filipinos definitely. I've noticed that in big gatherings or occasions such as weddings, the most memorable is the food. You can have a crappy overall event but it will almost always be forgiven if the food is good. In my workplace, we LOVE to do potlucks. We can have alcohol or wine, but that's a very small minority.

This channel deserves more traction -- just authentic, non-obnoxious and sublime. Great featured videos not only about food but the culture and tradition that revolves around it.

What beautiful storytelling you do!! I am so honored to watch what you produce, sincerely!!

Love this!!

This is so cute! I need to find more friends in the travel industry with perks!

Ooh, the hierarchy in Asian culture is completely about colorism. The darker-skinned you are, the more you're seen as "the help." The true nature of your title to this interview caught my eye. I hope you can grow your channel. Subscribed after I make this comment. Colonization needs to be taken head on more; so many of our countries share the same colonizer.

this was so good and helpful! 🙌🏽

Damn, Nori is so well read and so smart. All her points are so spot on. Huhu. Following her now!

This series looks fun!

"Instagram eats first." 😂

Man oh man. I was already missing Esperanza desperately. Now I'm really REALLY missing Esperanza 😭

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Let's see a mayo gelatin salad!

There's an awesome opportunity to create a new recipe - inspired by the awful one - to make something that's actually enjoyable 😂

Thank you SO much for capturing these stories! 🙏

Looking forward to following this one. Sincerely, A Pigeon 😂

If Mau is pouring it, I’m drinking it. 🔥

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Such a great piece on such an awesome person. Always a privilege to hear more from Ian. Thanks so much for capturing this conversation 🧡🧡🧡