Lechon: Slow-Roasted Filipino Pork Delicacy Reveals Philippines' History | Southeast Asia On A Plate
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- Crisp, golden skin roasted for hours, boasting succulent and tantalising flavours - how did Lechon become the centrepiece of any Filipino celebration? Lechon’s charm lures Chef Sam Chablani - a barbeque chef - to Talisay City, the ‘Lechon Capital’ of Cebu to unveil the mysteries behind an entire nation’s beloved pork dish.
He unearths a rich culinary past filled with tales of ancient traders, explorers and conquerors. At the same time, he discovers that the Lechon recipe hasn’t stopped evolving, with lechoneros coming up with weird and wonderful new variations to stand out in the crowded market.
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00:00 Lechon, a special festival food in the Philippines
05:11 Darker history of serving pork at fiestas
06:44 Popularity of Cebu, the 'Lechon capital' of the world
09:30 How a remote roasting facility prepares a hundred lechon
14:53 Cleaning the pig: the first step to good lechon
17:28 How do farmers raise a good pig for lechon?
20:42 Roasting pigs: a Filipino invention, or a technique from overseas?
26:27 Did the Chinese or Spaniards have more influence on the Philippines?
28:59 Different variations of lechon
31:11 Making 'black lechon' with its innovator
36:00 Cooking dish paksiw from lechon leftovers
40:02 Celebrating the Sinulog fiesta in Cebu
43:18 Importance of lechon at the Sinulog fiesta
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About the show: Join our chefs as they embark on a journey to uncover the untold stories and unexpected twists in the genesis of some of Southeast Asia’s most beloved culinary treasures.
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I’ve only been to Cebu many years ago, but would go back just for the lechon. Cheers from Indonesia! 🇮🇩🍻🇵🇭
Nice one bro but in Indonesia, a version of Lechon is Babi Guling which is found in Bali 😊😊
Bro we also share the same passion in MLBB, you will find kind words exchanging from both countries, brotherhood indeed 💪
@@DM-bs2oz Yes my friend I like it 😊😊
Wait. An Idonesian eats lechon. Isn't it prohibited in your religious belief?
@@great9302 Yeah but non-Muslims eats lechon in Hindu-majority Bali and Christian-majority Minahassa in Sulawesi Utara
Pork in the Philippines is so delicious! Tastes clean. Whenever I eat pork outside of the country. I feel heavy or gross after.
that's because our pigs are comfy in congress
Same hre kaya nga hndi ako masyadong nakain ng baboy d2,iba kc ang lasa d 2lad dyan sa Pinas tlagang malinamnam, tsaka ung taba ng baboy dyan hndi nakasuya,d 2lad d2 kahit konting taba lng ung nakain mu pra ka ng nasusuka, experience q lng nman to.
Surprisingly CNA has another nice topic from the Philippines.
Not very usual,.right? 😂😂
yeahhh sosososo weird..
Yeah. Surprising indeed.
Not unusual at all. You'd know if you watch CNA daily.
As a filipino never heard of this channel before😂
First time I see a CNA documentary about the Ph without poverty porn.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They had a good one, its about the troll farms that helped duterte and now marcos to become your leaders.
Quite alarming and funny at the same time.
@@wowmawc Topics about troll farms of any person is not as positive as the above topic so it's not we're talking about.
@@wowmawcthe troll farms of Duterte is true and Sarah has troll farms as well however it has nothing to do about this video
CNA is a biased news organization favoring SG and Malaysia only. Perhaps this SG company employed too many Malaysians from JB
There's nothing like the smell of lechon wafting through the air while being near the sea. Eating lechon is much more fun when you actually go for a swim, wash your hands while you're soaking wet, and grab a cut and a fistful of rice with your bare hands.
Hahaha! That’s so true! Sakto kaayu! Lechon + the beach + seafood = 🙌🏽🥹
Really wanna go there and try lechon one day. ♥️ From Indonesia 🇮🇩
Aren't you Muslim?
@@shanemarquiblat6155not all Indonesians are Muslims. It's just a misconception however the majority of them are muslims
Tinggal di mana? Kalo di kota2 besar biasanya bisa pesen lechon daring dari komunitas Filipina setempat, trus ada restorannya juga tapi jarang yg jual lechon sih.
Nice one bro, but there a version of Lechon in Indonesia as Babi Guling in Bali 😊😊
@@shanemarquiblat6155 there is also a lechon in indonesia it is called babi guling.
Surprisingly, malayo polynesians do roast pig and malayo polynesians came from the Philippine islands. So filipino lechon is pre hispanic and pre chinese
Austronesians
yes, thats why muslims should stop claiming filipinos
This showcased the best Cebu Lechon documentary by far. Well done Chef you have presented it very well.
Catholicism/Colonization 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
@@roeweldelossantos3588then maybe change our past if you can 🙃
I'm a Cebuano and thank you for featuring my hometown!
Oo na ayan na namn kayo.
@@ChingZuBakit, ano problema mo?
Na pinoy clickbait ka rin wag Kang ano
@@ChingZu ayan nanaman silang mga tagalooooggggg
grabe! banyaga na yung nagsabi ha hindi kami! lechon capital of the WORLD! yun may _natandog_ ang pride 😂
Eating pork is a very Austronesian habit. We are Austronesians! The taste for pork is very important in places that were not Hispanized - Ifugao in the Cordillera Mountains, Teduray in Central Mindanao mountains and all over the Pacific, from Bali to Micronesia and Polynesia. In Hawaii where I studied, Kahlua Pork, cooked in an imu or traditional oven, is a centerpiece of Hawaiian parties.
Kahlua Pork ay malansa at lasang-lasa ang amoy ng baboy. Nakain na ako ng luto ng Hawaii.
He asked many times "how much (ingredients) you put?" and the cook always answered like a true Asian: just "enough"😂 the "Chef" seems to forget he's asian, too😂
Huh? What does Asian have anything to do with it? Every chef takes that approach of cooking without measurement. He's not forgetting he's Asian, such a weird comment.
@@user-om5lk9hj6ji think what he meant is almost all asian food are seasoned well or salty....
@@user-om5lk9hj6jbecause Asian chefs don't measure their ingredients. They stop when the voices of their ancestors tell them to stop
3:27 "It's much easier to control the people when they're subscribed to a single belief system." -- the truth about world religions.
21:00 ritually placed (not "literally placed")
I love eating lechon coz it's really a part of the Filipino culture that gives so much nostalgia of my childhood. On my wedding, we had a lechon which my foreign family and friends still dream to this day. They've always wanted to replicate it. But after watching this video, I can confirm what I have been saying all these years. It'll be hard to get the authentic taste because it starts from the pigs.
Learned a lot from the researchers/historians/archeologist, and local chefs. With my old Catholic background, I am proud of my roots, a mix of local, Spanish and Chinese. I look more Chinese, so madame was right to say that if you scratch a Filipino, Chinese blood will come out. I joined a city tour in Prague, Czech Republic a few years ago, and we visited a church dedicated to the Child Jesus. The tour guide mentioned that they get big groups from the Philippines just to visit the Child Jesus. As I was the only Filipino in the group, I confirmed it, and she said, "See? I'm not making this up!" We entered the church, and true enough, out of the many Sto. Nino statues, I spotted one that was from the Philippines and donated by the Filipinos. I do not know what materials they used, but it looked like pineapple fiber, so authentically Filipino.
Although we love lechon baboy (pig) in the Philippines, I won't agree that it should be the national dish, because we also have to take into consideration our Muslim brothers and sisters. Maybe it'll work if we make 'lechon' our national food, but it should be generalized to include other types, like lechon baka (cow) or lechon manok (chicken).
In Indonesia, there is a version of Lechon known as Babi Guling and can be found in Bali 😊😊
curious, does babi mean pig and guling mean charcoal? sounds a lot like baboy (pig) uling (charcoal) in filipino 😂😂😂
@@OrvinReyes Yeah same words but different bro
I'm a Filipino myself and this documentary is way more informative than any other books I've read💪 Wow❤😊
Aromatics/spices/stuffing i like in lechon: peppercorns, lemon grass, star anise, shallots, garlic, bay leaves. Sunblock (?) Soy sauce, anatto. For the sauce: soy sauce, labuyo, calamansi.
Sunblock? 😂 Ahahaha, doubt it. Anyway, yes, all the rest are also my favorite
Proud Cebuana here.. Thanks for featuring our culture, our tradition. If it's fiesta, its like Thanksgiving. Whoever comes, they can eat all they can. Its like sharing what we have. Thanks CNA❤😊
Oh wow! I watched this mouth-watering vlog from beginning to end! Cebu and the Sinulog are simply amazing! Sam did a great job in the vlog!! 😊
Everytime there's a lechon it will always be followed by days if not weeks of eating paksiw from the leftovers 😂
that is not true. Rich people dont eat left over food. So maybe in poor villages.
I love putting more Mang Thomas to lechon paksiw.
Lechon is very nice .. especially Cebu variety one .. I really loved it, it did remind me the Babi Guling from Bali
That’s true…
i love your story. Thank you for visiting one part of our country.
11:20 That's quite non-traditional. Traditional Visayan lechon uses lemongrass (or citrus leaves/sour fruits), black pepper, salt, bay leaves ( _Cinnamomum_ sp.), and garlic as the stuffing. All of these ingredients are native to the Philippines. Salt is rubbed on the skin. Anise is not used at all.
most educational content about the history of lechon.
Im a visayan from negros, i still remember back in the days when lechon is a luxury. Imagine 15 kls of meat grown for 3-6 mos and only have a dish from it. Back then growing pig takes time and feeds are not that affordable. We only get to eat lechon on very special occasion like fiesta and weddings. Wedding is a huge celebration, it gather family, friends and community
Also, after living in northamerica for a while. I noticed that pork in the philippines is not as pungent as it is here
Meats in the west are drenched in chemicals and antibiotics, hence the smell.
As well here in South korea. The pork here smells like turugban😂
BEAUTIFUL, EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATIVE CONTENT.❤
Im not from Cebu but thank you for showcasing my beloved Philippines
Oh hey it’s Sam from NBNT!! Sibeh hao lian guy! Always act nice in front of camera
Totally agree
Thank you for visiting and featuring Cebu and specifically, Talisay City the lechon Capital of Cebu
Props to the person who translated “Dili man ‘makuan’ kung walay lechon.” 45:11 He/she understood what the woman meant with ‘makuan’ in her answer to Sam’s question. 👍😀
Note: Cebuanos use the word “kuan” (Tagalog - kuwan) as a term to refer to something the name of which has slipped the person’s mind at that moment (or the person has forgotten).
This is amazing! Thank you for visiting Cebu ❤
finally CNA featuring something positive about Philippines and other countries.. not the usual negative reports and bypassing singapore except when singapore captured the criminals protecting its image yet putting in bad light its neighbors
What do you expect from a biased SG company like this employing Malaysians from Johor 😂
Yes, every news from Singapore about their country features a negative example from another Southeast Asian country to show that Singapore is the best. It’s their way of lifting themselves by destroying the image of another.
@@richardnuevoYes, Malaysians are another racist people.
Hows your BP btw after the festival???❤ thank u for featuring our Sinulog & Cebu's lechon..hope u enjoyed ur stay ..God bless you
This was a very good documentary! 👏👏👏
LOOKS AMAZING!!!. . . . GOOD JOB IN CAPTURING ITS DELICACY
Kodus to this! proud Cebuano here!
Nice content, man. Philippine culture and traditions are very rich, especially when it comes to food, because of the Chinese and Spanish influences. And yes, lechon is one of the most famous dishes in the Philippines and very expensive, too. It is very typical for Filipinos that if there is left-over lechon that is not consumed at a party or fiesta, it can be made into lechon paksiw, and this dish is also so delicious. Nice job and nice content.
The east and west meet in the philippines as they say.
@@bluewolf4789 True..👍
29:40 the comments killed me 😂
Dude ended racism
Armament haki
Half-cooked
Black Mamba
More positive and good features please for d philippines CNA... after all we are asean!
❤ from 🇵🇰Pakistan would like to try lechon.
I really enjoyed this vlog. Very informative at the same time it makes me hungry! I want sone lechon too 😅
Yummy!!!!! Miss pinas
CNA always feature the slums of Manila and talk about it as if the Philippines is the only country that has them. This is refreshing to see.
Very comprehensive history of lechon
I enjoyed this so much because I can see the passion in you. When you were singing with the raw lechon on the way to the fire, it's like wathching a kid in a candy store.
After watching this, I am missing Cebu's Lechon! Thank you for featuring Cebu- Lechon Capital of the World!
nice one!!
Thank you!
Have yet to try black variant lechon covered in squid/cuttlefish ink.
I'm super duper happy for showing My Hometown Pasil, our Sinulog Festival, Traditions,Culture and most especially our Famous Lechon... Cheers to you! for amazing video😁🍷🙏
Very nice and good
Before Foreign Invader Come To Philippines…People are already making lechon(roast pork- inihaw na baboy)
because,
there’s a lot of wild-boar in the jungle,and people in the past,are going hunting birds,wild boar,
goats,chicken etc…etc…to have something to eat and roast it using bamboo,or dried wood 🪵 🔥 and wrap it with banana leaf 🍃 or put it inside the bamboo with coconut milk …too many ways of cooking lechon…before Portuguese,Spanish,And Americanese Came to Our Tropical Land.
My God when he ate it, my saliva fell 😅 taste heavenly, and coco vinegar tuba with garlic.. I wanna cry.
I feel sad for muslims who has to battle with their conscience just to taste Lechon... I made some of my Muslim friends eat lechon, they liked it and felt guilty at the same time lol
I have an Adventist uncle and he feels the same way. lmao
Chicken lechon and goat lechon exist for muslims
Home Sweet Home! 🙏❤️🙏
I am mow craving for lechon!!!
Very well made documentary of the Sinulog Festival , and of course our famous Lechon ! ❤😁🇵🇭
Spanish version is not good. I went to spain last year and was disappointed
even here in Canada, lechon is very different, probably the way it is cooked, not as good as the one in the Philippines specially Cebu!
Is the Italian roast pig at least better, like I'm enticed to try porchetta, for example.
@@jaydenrlegoadventure702 pigs raised for lechon here in the Philippines are fed with organic feed. You can tell the difference between pigs fed with organic feed to those fed with chemical added feed. Pigs are tastier when fed with the aforementioned natural feed.
You should check out Balayan, Batangas. We have a lechon parade on the feast of San Juan.
Nice.,
Take note everyone. Cebu lechon doesnt use lemongrass! Best lechon in the world
2:20 this pier looks likes its not only at capacity, but looking at the sag it seems to have endured more than its capacity in past occasions. I would recommend having some engineers come inspect the pier before a catastrophe happens.
probably either due to unsupported formworks during construction so it sagged while pouring concrete or it's already past its functional life since that fish port is really old.
'Which influence is stronger ? The Spanish or Chinese?' No doubt about it. Chinese! Scratch a Philipino and there is Chinese blood!. WOW! WHAT AN AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER. I LOVE THIS LADY
you are chinese😂
Sinulog started when I was in High School. Yes , when was a young whiper snapper. I only saw it once or twice when it passed by our Chapel in Lahug when it was heading towards the old Lahug Airport. We avoided it 😂.
Don’t know when they started that free Lechon practice during Sinulog. Somebody has to pay for it . There is always Lechon every fiesta.
Not sure who started the parade ,but in the real sense it’s not a catholic practice but a pagan ritual 😂.
And yeah, Cebu is known for the best Lechon .You must eat Lechon newly cooked , on the same day or else it’s not the same, then you recook it with garlic, hot pepper, sweetened vinegar and some Lechon sauce.
Thank you for this story.
The notion of Cebu being the "lechon" capital is fairly new, perhaps around 2000s. Back then, I was aware, La Loma was the original lechon capital and Batangas was the province that was well-known for their lechon back in the 90's (at least as far as I know).
Yep, coz you're in the 'imperial manila/luzon' bubble.
Those who dubbed Cebu as the lechon capital of the world are actually from Cebu only. That is the truth of the matter
@@aldwincapin8915imperial Manila? That's how the insecure non manileños are saying all the time 🙄
this is true
I am a Filipino and honestly I have not heard about La Lorna nor Batangas being the best place to have Lechon. I always have known that Cebu is. Probably due to regional differences. Nevertheless, I would pretty much give Batangas Lechon baboy a try because I love good food!
New subscriber here. Hoped you enjoyed your stay here in our country. 🙂
Lechon symbolizes bountiful blessings for Filipino. To show gratitude and thanksgiving to God, the families prepare lechon for their own families to share as well as to their friends and neighbors during special occasions like Birthdays, Christmas, Fiestas etc. It is something that families gather around at and share at the table. It is a conversation piece for intimate gatherings as well.
27:46 not Raqqa but Carcar(Karkar)
Lechon is the main character on the table during Fiesta in the Philippines.
Lechon MY FAVORITE!!!
the piglets are so cute!!!!!
Duuuuh, pre-colonial Cebuanos were not Moslems...Our Ancestors ate Yummy Pork(Lechon or what we locally call INASAL😁
LECHON is world record whole pig grilled origin in CEBU, Philippines 👍🇵🇭
Roast pigs are a traditional cuisine of the Austro- Polynesia people for thousands of years
hard liquor and lechon is super best pair
CNA mostly covers Cebu stories! Nearest from Singapore
Lmao. Cebu is not Near in Singapore. I dont know where did you get that idea
Hahah im from talamban Cebu where paray's lechon,rico's lechon,matheo's lechon, joule's lechon and mags lechon originated from..one of the best is paray's but they only sell whole lechon
Pilipino🇵🇭
Been living in Cebu for four years. Can confirm, cebunaos would eat lechon every meal if they could.
my cebu..
What a cute and tasty story.
Wow lechon cebu
For a moment, I though you were Pura Luka Vega. 😊
Congratulations to you dear friend. Everything you mentioned have been ON POINT. The only thing that is questionable is the putting of MSG. Most lechon in Talisay don't put that. It's all natural
nope.. Lechon is 'Inasal is cebeuano native language.
In areas that have Lechon with liver sauce, the liver sauce is used to cook Paksiw.
the host is quite good.
Best roast pork in the world when you bite first skin you fells like heaven and when you eat to much you go to heaven 😂😂
I love CNA. .love Cebu❤❤❤
Man, I bet pre-colonized and pre-Catholic invasion Philippines was awesome.
Wow CNA news about PH that is not about POVERTY!
Lechon is available throughout the entire nation. It and other national dishes like adobo, empanada, embotido, caldereta and others defines what it is to be a Filipino. Desserts like halo-halo, mais con yelo, brazo de Mercedes and others, punctuate it further.
In Cebu, they will give you free lechon but will sell you grams of shabu! 😂
I am thinking what indonesian and malaysian muslim think about these.😅
Cebu City is Singapore be like with a small touch of Melbourne 😅
-Mike Rama
I think "liberate" is not the right term but just mere take over. When Japanese left the Philippines, its not because we were liberated by the Americans,
this is weird, CNA posting something about philippines in a different way, what is happening?? is the world ending??
hahaha
Lechon from cebu is known around the world but i am wondering why LA LOMA got the title of LECHON CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES? even people from manila they order lechon from cebu and have it ship by plane.
RAJA in Philippines is pronounce as RAHA. But glad that my current home island is featured by you CNA
He pronounced it as Raja because it originated from the Indian "Maharaja", pronounced with a j.
Hi Jong.....🥰
pls try to visit the south in bicol region..you will see rhe mayon volcano
No way. CNA don't like poor locations. They are from a rich country, Singapore.😂
not everybody in the Philippines eats Lechon or pork meat due to some groups are prohibited and other religions for some reasons
i don't eat lechon because of religion but because I was traumatized by seeing how pigs were killed in preparation for cooking them
U mean those problem causing muslim moros?