True. Hispanic is more about culture if you really think about it. Of course there will always be unique traits in every country but countries with Hispanic influence will always share that same type of energy.
They should have went head to head instead😁. Flan vs Leche Flan, Polvorones vs Polvoron, Glorias vs Pastillas, etc. It would have been fun to see the similarities and slight differences.
Sadly, Filipino food is dead due to Corruption. Nothing authentic or cultural, when the average Filipino have never eaten polvoron or ube jam. In Mexico even the poor Mexican can eat all the Mexican food sold in 5 star hotels in Manila. But the poor in the Philippines have never eaten Halo Halo or Lechon.
@@eduardochavacano For the lechon I can somewhat see but there's usually some cheap alternative but for the rest like polvoron, halo-halo and ube? I'm pretty sure the average Filipino have tried it Like I could literally buy a polvoron from the store right now for 1 peso
@@eduardochavacano Are you even from The Philippines? Corruption exists yes but it's not bad that to the point that the average person can't have 1 peso to buy a polvoron-
@@eduardochavacano what kind of alternate timeline are you talking about you can buy halo-halo on the streets for like 20 pesos some even cheaper ,lechon on the other hand is only meant for parties and not eaten regularly because its a whole fricking pig unless you buy lechon manok or lechon baboy sold into small cuts.
That's exactly what I was thinking! Since both cultures have such similar/similarly named dishes, it would have been fun to have them directly compared to each other.
The name alone would ring a bell for the filipinos and they kinda just stay silent and listen coz they dont want to cut them and say "we have those too" bcoz its rude 😂😂😂
The thing about Filipino leche flan that makes it different is that you basically take flan and make it several times unhealthier (which also to me is why I like it more!) For instance, I see a lot of flan recipes calling for 3 eggs and 3 yolks, where most of the leche flan recipes I grew up with are like 12-13 yolks for the same amount of dessert.
Well Filipino leche flan is meant to be made in batches, that is why we use more eggs and yolks... And it's unusual to make it in smal quantities especially in holidays 🤣🤣🤣🤣
OMG I'm up to my elbows in eggs whenever I make leche flan. I usually double the recipe so I'm using two full carton of eggs. We have egg white omelettes for days after I make it.
The Halo Halo myth, people cant eat that because they have no money. People in Malaysia and Singapore also have shaved ice desserts. Probably because the Chinese invented that snack. In the Philippines that is actually a Snack and not a dessert. Poor people cant afford dessert.
Jmark PH And how is that relevant to the idea shared. There Halo Halo in the provinces sold in the summer time, if that is what you mean. In the most isolated places in Palawan, I saw some stalls. But mostly, the halo halo is commercial and over priced. The no.1 halo halo in the Philippines dont even look like hAlo halo.
Filipino and Mexican culture/language/food is so similar. I think this video should’ve been Filipino version vs Mexican version of stuff. Filipino flan vs Mexican flan, Filipino polvorone cookie vs mexican marzapan cookies
our language isnt so similar lol, neither is our food and culture, some of you guys need to stop this obsession with mexico, i bet you are filipina/o. yes there are some influences found in both countries but thats about it, we have more similar to jews than filipinos and you dont see the obession between both groups
I'm both Mexican and Filipina, so please let's just highlight the similarities between the two. Like come on. Champurrado would've been another great one to compare the two, ones rice based the other corn. Or even adobo vs adobada. Like so many similarities, mostly due to Manila galleon trade.
Woah, a corn-based version of the rice-based dish I've known all my life. I definitely gotta look into that. Sounds like that'll be a great way to change things up every now and then.
I was laughing so hard when the Mexicana asked the Filipina if she ever had flan before. Little did she know that leche flan is one of the most popular desserts here in the Philippines. It is my mother's favorite.
@@Dangic23 dude I would legit not say that if I dont know, a lot(but not all of them) of mexicans from guerrero tend to get a lot of filipino ancestry, ranging from 1% to 40%, it depends (edit: by the percentage, I meant dna results from individual people, not population)
@@eduardochavacano I personally love the taste of puto hehe. It's light, not too sweet, and if you eat a bunch, it's quite filling. I like the half puto, half leche flan ones, with keso de bola on top(or sometimes my mom would add Gouda cheese). It's sweet, creamy, and a little salty from the cheese. 😋
So for the Mexican sweets they chose flan (which Filipinos have), polovorones (which Filipinos have). A little different, of course, but still! And the pastillas is similar to something that Mexicans have too. Would be good to just compare similar foods, or else choose foods that are completely different.
I think our flans are all the same - Filipinos, Mexicans, Spanish, etc... its the same recipe. The slight changes are always dependent on everyone's mum and their technique. Like, I know someone from Nicaragua who uses a blender - my Filipino grandma will strictly only mix the eggs with a fork and NOT blend, a friend/aunty will sometimes put orange juice...but all in all...flan is flan. (i think) :)
Honestly the Filipino leche flan comes closer to the texture of gelatinous dessert (made of jello minus the jiggly-ness) whilst the Mexican variant taste like and comes closer to the texture of Egg Pie. As per the polvorones we also have quite the same thing called Polvoron (from Polvo meaning powder) but personally I like the kind of Polvoron with the chocolate coating cuz it prevents the entire thing from being easily crushed and smashed since there is the chocolate or other kind of ganache as coating. Definitely worth trying. But overall they are both appetizing.
@@fayis4everlove Yes I know that Leche Flan is made of eggs. The yolk to be exact mixed wity condensed filled milk and sugar for that caramelized glazed on top.
It's interesting how we literally have flan and polvoron in The Philippines. I wonder if Mexicans also have Yema, arguellanas, lengua de gato, brazo de mercedes, and sans rival. Also, no Filipino tamales vs Mexican tamales?
@@elizabethgonzalez-1143 fascinating! 😂 Ours are more like a butter cream cookie shaped just like its name, a cat's tongue. They're sold in the cold highlands of northern Luzon. Also, I don't know what's with our desserts being named after body parts.
Filipinos keep forgetting that for a time we were ruled by Spain from the Nueva Espana (Mexico) and the galleon trade brought Mexicans to the Philippines and vice versa
Why not exchange Filipino flan with Mexican flan? There's something a little insulting about them trying to explain to Filipinos what flan is. It's everyone in our culture. Trust me, we know what leche flan is. It's like white people trying to explain what rice is to Filipinos, or Americans trying to explain sushi to Japanese people.
lol its not the same. obviously they probably didn't know filipinos had flan also, while white people explaining what rice is to filipinos or sushi to japanese would obviously be meant to be offensive. because those 2 things are so obvious and well known. false equivalence. stop being offended over people not knowing everything lmao
Insulting? Seriously? Damn, they just probably did that for the video to explain the dessert. Or maybe they don't know that we know. Don't bring that American snowflake culture in The Philippines it's outright disturbing.
Glad that you share our local foods but San Miguel is not a province.it is a municipality from the province of Bulacan in the Philippines. Proud Bulakenya here and glad that I was able to eat pastillas often
Great episode. It's interesting how, as much as there are flavors that are unique to each culture, there are also many similarities. Filipino polvorón, for example, is like Mexican de la Rosa candy, just like flan is common to both cultures.
I live in the PH and I'm a Filipino but I think real Ube is not a common thing/dish you'd see everyday. Even in parties, you'd rarely see desserts with Ube unless it's a cake or ice cream but they're only flavoring tho. Maybe it's because of my location but yes, we're not crazy with ube because it's kind of rare to find good ube.
In the US, they'd serve ginataang bilo bilo (which has ube) at parties. I think that's what she meant. In ph, we don't serve it at parties because it's a common everyday thing.
Im Filipino but all my friends at work are mexicans. I love horchata, tamarindo, burrito, tacos, tamales, quesadilla. I love pupusas too but it's from el Salvador
One of my favorite Filipino food is "Ginanggang". It's a banana but you roast it just like a Bananaque, except you actually heat it up like grilled fish or grilled meat. And if you put butter and sugar with it, it tastes even better.
@doroma4099You do realize that Mexico actually helped Philippines be liberated from the Japanese in World War II right? Battle of Luzon. Squadron 201 Aka as the Aztec eagles…
Mexico and Philippines are like twin countries. Almost, have a fairly similar history in culture, food, language and people. Have you notice the surnames, Gonzalez, Martinez, Santos, Garcia. How bout some spanish words like silya, bangko, numero uno dos tres. And the food, we also have menudo, leche flan, polvoron, adobo, etc. Both occupied and influence by Spaniards.
They are not similar. The Spanish last names were given to the Filipinos by the Catholic Church when the were baptized . They were given “Christian “ names in place of their Native names they had .
it would be better if Filipinos and Mexicans compare each country’s version of flan, polvoron, chicharon, tamales, menudo, ceviche, maja de blanca, asado
Don't ceviche have avocado, something Filipinos don't add to kinilaw? The tamales are also completely different frpm each other and just share the name and cooking method.
Omg I’m Egyptian and we have the same exact mexican desserts like flan and polvorones but with just different names we call it cream caramel and kahk literally the same thing im in shock
Hahahahaha. Love this attempt between 🇲🇽 and the 🇵🇭 like literally having 1st degree cousins swapping food, like come on! 😄 the flan and polvorones are literally filipino staples too ❤❤❤ its not an inch stranger to philippine culture. Hehehe
I don’t know why Filipinos here are so misinformed and exaggerate things. Some Filipino and Mexicans deserts are similar but Filipino cuisine overall is not at all similar to Mexican cuisine. Saying Filipino and Mexican Spanish are similar is false , Filipinos speak Austronesian languages like that of Indonesia while Mexicans literally speak Spanish. The only similarities in languages are some loan words, other than that both Filipino and Spanish are highly different and unintelligible langauges.
leche flan, polvoron, pastillas basically are ALL spanish-influenced desserts. I won’t be suprised if both nationalities will like it. not to mention we also have these in 🇵🇭 dulce de leche brazo de mercedes marzipan meringgue maja blanca mais con yelo
Fact: Due to great distance, Spain used to rule Philippines through the viceroy of Mexico from 1565-1815. So, there were lots of Mexicans in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era.
I am Mexican and my best friend is Filipino, whenever he would invite me to his house to eat I would always brings tortillas and salsa because almost all Filipino food goes very well in taco form.
Filipinas is colony of Spain under the supervision of Mexico in 1560,, Galleon Trade is very common thus ,, we share common foods. Menudo, Flan, empanada, picadillo, etc.
Filipino Leche Flan is similar to that of Mexican. The girl just said custard and eggs. But basically, it is made of egg yolks, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and sugar for the caramel.
Ok, my grandmom is a stowaway from Acapulco, she and my Filipino Grand dad fought on how to eat Abokados. My grand dad eats it as a dessert and my abuela eats it on Salsa.
i find it funny how both Filipinos smiled when they were presented with the flan and polvorones when we have already made our versions of them and we kind of know what the Mexicans were talking about
Should've compared the same dishes from both countries. Mexican Leche Flan vs Philippine Leche Flan Mexican Polvorones vs Philippine Polvoron Mexican Empanadas vs Philppine Empanadas Mexican Chicharrones vs Philippine Chicharon
"POLVORONES" is almost similar to us Malay "KUEH"(Cake) called " BUAH MELAKA" (Malacca Fruit) only it's color is green and sprinkled with grated coconut and its sweet
I wish they’ll have a show and tell kind of show where each Hispanic country gets to showcase their own version of one dish or delicacy. I’m sure each country has their own version of Empanadas and Flan 😂😄
Very similar, I agree the Polvorones is like the cousin of Pulvoron, then the Flan is like the cousin of our Leche Flan. 😍 Mexico, really is the cousin of the Philippines. 🥰❤️
I haven’t tried Mexican desserts, but I love Mexican food. The thing I wanna try is their corn in cobb with mayo, citrus and spices. Forgot what’s it called.
I'm not sure about the exact ingredients of the flan from Mexico, but the one from the Philippines has a citrus element infused that balances out the eggy flavor, and evaporated milk to make the texture smooth and creamier.
The Philippines and Mexico have been trading and cross culture/agriculture pollinating since 1565 at the onset of the Acapulco galleons between Manila and Acapulco.
I do not know if there is deep research with similarities of food because of rhe spanish galleon trade between Mexico and Phils. The chocolate tablea we use for cooking chocolate rice pudding (Champorado) comes from Mexico. And funny enough, Champurrada is a chocolate drink in Mexico. Polvorones dessert has a version in the Phils called Polvoron. It would be great to see you swap the same dessert but different version in the phils. Please do more research
If you want a match with food, temperament, physical attractiveness, and personalities you mix cuban and filipino. You are the nurses and we are the doctors of the world. It's true !
Filipinos also have flan. The Mexican pulvoron is different from the Filipino snack of the same name. Missed opportunity to tease the Mexicans with the steamed puto and the puto seco cookie.
I always thought Filipinos didn’t really use milk allot even. Chocolate bars are manufactured differently in Asia on account of the dairy/lactose intolerance
Actually~ there are alot of filipinos that are lactose intolerant to the point milk is a known ingredient that could really give you a bad stomach if you have a lot but majority of our desserts and confectionaries, even pastries have milk and dairy...You could say we are slightly more tolerant than our asian neighbors
Just to clarify, Novo Espana had continued to recruit Tlaxcalteca allies ( the ones who defeated the Mexicas) after they absorbed much of meso and aridamerica and such. They fought alongside novo hispano soldiers when they faced off against japanese pirates and also in the take over of the archipiélago against the various tribes of the islands. Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade was at the heart of Philippine-Mexican relations. Within a span of 250 years, both colonies thrived from a virtual monopoly of Pan-American trade. More importantly, a transfusion of cultures, ideas and customs flourished between the two.The lucrative trading route ended in 1815 when the Mexican War of Independence ended Spain’s control over Mexican ports. But not even the termination of the Galleon trade could get in the way of the cooperation between Mexico and the Philippines. In fact, two Filipinos - Francisco Mongoy and Isidro Montes de Oca - fought alongside Vicente Ramón Guerrero, the leading revolutionary generals in the Mexican war for independence. Hence, it could be said that the Philippines helped Mexico gain its freedom. After Mexico seceded from Spain in 1821, Spain tried to cut ties between the Philippines and Mexico lest the idea of revolution spread among Filipinos. It was only then that the Philippines was governed by Governor Generals coming directly from Spain. Sometime in the 1820s, Vicente Ramón Guerrero was quoted as saying: “Now that we have gained our independence, it is our solemn duty to help the less fortunate countries, especially the Philippines, with whom our country has the most intimate relations with.” The Philippines freed itself from Spanish colonial rule 67 years later.
There is a historical reason why Filipino flans are denser but more velvety. During the Spanish Occupation, egg whites were used as a binding agent to build churches and the surplus of the yolks were used to make flan. So Filipino flan is mostly just the yolk, giving it a smoother, more delicate texture.
That bilo bilo is different from the way my family makes ours. We have, mochi balls, tapioca pearls, sweet potatos, bananas, macapuno, with coconut milk.
When I crave Filipino desert ingredients, chicaron or meals that need a specific type of meat I go to a Mexican grocery store if there’s no Asian store nearby. We’re culturally cousins
The answer is no los Filipinos no hablan español. Shout out to my favorite Asian people I meet a few of them they are very friendly open people kinda of like us mexicans.
Uhm. We also have flan in the Philippines. We call it Leche Flan. We also have our version of Polvoron too, but it's not pastry, it's milk powder mixed with nuts, ube or crushed cookies that is pressed solid, it's still crumbly though. Modern versions are even coated with hard chocolate. 😄
There are still traces of the Spanish colony in the Philippines, for example Chavacano or Chabacano is a group of Spanish-based Creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines. The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speakers.
Mexico was the New Spain and Philippines was the Spanish Indies. Both were provinces of Spain for more than 300 years. The reason why, these two countries have Hispanic culture.
If only Filipinos knew about us Peruvian's heritage. We Peruvians are culturally Native-American, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, German, and even British, at least the more whiter Peruvians are. Pastillos in Peru are considered Chinese-Peruvian white taffee+ white rice ingredient + tootsie rolls and we eat them at Chinese restaurants.
That, in fact, is not true. Filipino leche flan is only egg yolk while other recipes call for the whole egg. Egg yolk is denser than egg white, making Filipino leche flan a really heavy and dense flan. Still very delicious and the extra egg yolks make it very decadent.
After some googling, I have found that leche flan is indeed more “custard-ey” then Latino flan recipes. It’s composed only of egg yolks, meanwhile most Latino recipes use the entire egg and maybe a few extra yolks. However, the flan itself is not creamier since every recipe called for the same amount of condensed milk and evaporated milk. Instead of flan for Mexico, they should’ve done chocoflan since it’s a more unique way to prepare flan from Mexico. It’s composed of a flan layer and a chocolate cake layer, it’s called “impossible flan” bc of how hard it is to cook both pastries together without overcooking the custard part :)
I know Leche Flan isn't supposed to be baked. A traditional Leche Flan is steamed but if we're talking about the caramel syrup that's on top of it then that's sugar that was caramelized in the pan. Also you will ruin a traditional Leche Flan if you bake it
When I was little in the 70s, my mom when she goes to the market would buy me a local delicacy called "atole". Compare to the Mexican ones this is more solid like like a Filipino rice cake. Their similarity to the Mexican food having the same name it that they are both made from corn. But unfortunately, it is not readily available now in the markets in the Philippines. Only by special order. Had one during the Holy Week at the house of a Fil-Am friend who went home. Hadn't tasted in 40+ years. It was so good.
I think they should’ve mentioned why these two cultures have similarities which was Spaniard colonization.
Dominicans = African Hispanic
Mexicans = Indigenous Hispanic
Filipino = Austronesian/ Asian Hispanic
Spaniards = Original Hispanic
Yep Hispanic people isn't even a race, it's a culture...
True. Hispanic is more about culture if you really think about it. Of course there will always be unique traits in every country but countries with Hispanic influence will always share that same type of energy.
@monster x monster the rest of Asian countries do not know.
we all know that no need to specify that they were colonized and enslaved by europeans
I’m Mexican and one of my fav desserts from Philippines is TURON! It’s deep fried banana rolls and they are to die for 🤤
some part of philippines called turon a "Cowboy"
Ah yes, turon. One of the Filipino all time snack. Some put jackfruit in it.
Not just deepfried. Deepfried in brown sugar
Turon is soft and crunchy. Turrón is hard and chewy.
@@eboymorales3047 I've never heard anyone call turon cowboy..
They should have went head to head instead😁. Flan vs Leche Flan, Polvorones vs Polvoron, Glorias vs Pastillas, etc. It would have been fun to see the similarities and slight differences.
Sadly, Filipino food is dead due to Corruption. Nothing authentic or cultural, when the average Filipino have never eaten polvoron or ube jam. In Mexico even the poor Mexican can eat all the Mexican food sold in 5 star hotels in Manila. But the poor in the Philippines have never eaten Halo Halo or Lechon.
@@eduardochavacano For the lechon I can somewhat see but there's usually some cheap alternative but for the rest like polvoron, halo-halo and ube? I'm pretty sure the average Filipino have tried it
Like I could literally buy a polvoron from the store right now for 1 peso
@@eduardochavacano Are you even from The Philippines? Corruption exists yes but it's not bad that to the point that the average person can't have 1 peso to buy a polvoron-
@@eduardochavacano what kind of alternate timeline are you talking about you can buy halo-halo on the streets for like 20 pesos some even cheaper ,lechon on the other hand is only meant for parties and not eaten regularly because its a whole fricking pig unless you buy lechon manok or lechon baboy sold into small cuts.
@@eduardochavacano what??? HAHAHA. that's fake news man!
What would have been a better idea is for each culture to bring their version of polvorones and flan , or similar named dishes.
That's exactly what I was thinking! Since both cultures have such similar/similarly named dishes, it would have been fun to have them directly compared to each other.
What if a Filipino brought Putos? 🤣🤣🤣
@@MarkSeinIII we also have a dessert called "mamon" 🤣
@@MarkSeinIII Mexicans love putos :)
@@MarkSeinIII How dare you HAHAHHAHAHAAHA
"Mexicans explain Flan and Polvorones to the Filipinos"
Filipinos: Ohh... ok,,, wait we actually have the same thing.
😂😂😂
The name alone would ring a bell for the filipinos and they kinda just stay silent and listen coz they dont want to cut them and say "we have those too" bcoz its rude 😂😂😂
@@yaseiKen yahh truee, but yahh, HAHA I was like, we also have these..
Looool!
Bc they got them from Mexico lmao
The thing about Filipino leche flan that makes it different is that you basically take flan and make it several times unhealthier (which also to me is why I like it more!) For instance, I see a lot of flan recipes calling for 3 eggs and 3 yolks, where most of the leche flan recipes I grew up with are like 12-13 yolks for the same amount of dessert.
Well Filipino leche flan is meant to be made in batches, that is why we use more eggs and yolks... And it's unusual to make it in smal quantities especially in holidays 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Unhealthier? LOL
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OMG I'm up to my elbows in eggs whenever I make leche flan. I usually double the recipe so I'm using two full carton of eggs. We have egg white omelettes for days after I make it.
I'm Mexican but I've had a lot of filipino desserts, and one of my favorites is halo-halo! 😋
The Halo Halo myth, people cant eat that because they have no money. People in Malaysia and Singapore also have shaved ice desserts. Probably because the Chinese invented that snack. In the Philippines that is actually a Snack and not a dessert. Poor people cant afford dessert.
@@eduardochavacano shhhh
@@eduardochavacano Your childhood sucks
Jmark PH And how is that relevant to the idea shared. There Halo Halo in the provinces sold in the summer time, if that is what you mean. In the most isolated places in Palawan, I saw some stalls. But mostly, the halo halo is commercial and over priced. The no.1 halo halo in the Philippines dont even look like hAlo halo.
@@eduardochavacano In our place theres a lot of people buy halo halo in the streets, like even street children can buy halo halo
Filipino and Mexican culture/language/food is so similar. I think this video should’ve been Filipino version vs Mexican version of stuff. Filipino flan vs Mexican flan, Filipino polvorone cookie vs mexican marzapan cookies
They should make another video like this!!
our language isnt so similar lol, neither is our food and culture, some of you guys need to stop this obsession with mexico, i bet you are filipina/o. yes there are some influences found in both countries but thats about it, we have more similar to jews than filipinos and you dont see the obession between both groups
@@carlosm.3426 we obsess with koreans not mexican stop making content about the philippines for views LMAO
Language is not similar. The only similar is Spanish loanwords.
Not fair because the Filipino version would win every single time
I'm both Mexican and Filipina, so please let's just highlight the similarities between the two. Like come on. Champurrado would've been another great one to compare the two, ones rice based the other corn. Or even adobo vs adobada. Like so many similarities, mostly due to Manila galleon trade.
oh that would be interesting.
Yes! Some missed potential with this video.
Exactly! You can find a good tuba in Colima
Woah, a corn-based version of the rice-based dish I've known all my life. I definitely gotta look into that. Sounds like that'll be a great way to change things up every now and then.
Barra de navidad
I was laughing so hard when the Mexicana asked the Filipina if she ever had flan before. Little did she know that leche flan is one of the most popular desserts here in the Philippines. It is my mother's favorite.
For over 200 years Manila Galleon traded between Philippines and Acapulco. We share a lot of similarities and DNA 🇲🇽 ❤️ 🇵🇭
Lol definitely not DNA 😂
Not the DNA
south mexicans have the most dna similarities with the philippines because of the manila-acapulco galleon trade
@@drc9477
No DNA similarities.
@@Dangic23 dude I would legit not say that if I dont know, a lot(but not all of them) of mexicans from guerrero tend to get a lot of filipino ancestry, ranging from 1% to 40%, it depends
(edit: by the percentage, I meant dna results from individual people, not population)
as a Filipino, I wish we could have seen the Mexicans's reactions to Puto
I'm thinking that same too🤣🤣
Yes!! I wanna watch Latinos reaction to "puto" 🤣
Puto is not a big deal. it doesnt even have any taste. Just Food color and Flour (instead of rice flour).
@@eduardochavacano it’s the name that makes it special
@@eduardochavacano I personally love the taste of puto hehe. It's light, not too sweet, and if you eat a bunch, it's quite filling. I like the half puto, half leche flan ones, with keso de bola on top(or sometimes my mom would add Gouda cheese). It's sweet, creamy, and a little salty from the cheese. 😋
So for the Mexican sweets they chose flan (which Filipinos have), polovorones (which Filipinos have). A little different, of course, but still! And the pastillas is similar to something that Mexicans have too. Would be good to just compare similar foods, or else choose foods that are completely different.
I think our flans are all the same - Filipinos, Mexicans, Spanish, etc... its the same recipe. The slight changes are always dependent on everyone's mum and their technique. Like, I know someone from Nicaragua who uses a blender - my Filipino grandma will strictly only mix the eggs with a fork and NOT blend, a friend/aunty will sometimes put orange juice...but all in all...flan is flan. (i think) :)
Was kind of hoping they would discover polvoron and mazapan are so similar
Mazapan is also similar to other Filipino confections, notably masareal and it's chocolatey, commercialized derivative Choc Nut.
Its not Mazapan, it's yema
Honestly the Filipino leche flan comes closer to the texture of gelatinous dessert (made of jello minus the jiggly-ness) whilst the Mexican variant taste like and comes closer to the texture of Egg Pie. As per the polvorones we also have quite the same thing called Polvoron (from Polvo meaning powder) but personally I like the kind of Polvoron with the chocolate coating cuz it prevents the entire thing from being easily crushed and smashed since there is the chocolate or other kind of ganache as coating. Definitely worth trying. But overall they are both appetizing.
The jelly leche flan is the cheap commercial/low-cost version, the real traditional Filipino leche flan uses lots of eggs and is very creamy.
@@nightvisiongoggles No I mean we cook the jelly kind of leche flan too at home so I know it since I have learnt it from my Pinay grandma and mom. 😊
@@francis5668 eww no. Leche flan is made with eggs . they are basically the same.
@@fayis4everlove Yes I know that Leche Flan is made of eggs. The yolk to be exact mixed wity condensed filled milk and sugar for that caramelized glazed on top.
It's interesting how we literally have flan and polvoron in The Philippines. I wonder if Mexicans also have Yema, arguellanas, lengua de gato, brazo de mercedes, and sans rival.
Also, no Filipino tamales vs Mexican tamales?
We have chocolates we call lenguas de gato 😄
Filipino tamales are trash. Filipino empanadas are good though
Is it due to the Spanish coloniser influence?
@@elizabethgonzalez-1143 lol it's not chocolate
@@elizabethgonzalez-1143 fascinating! 😂 Ours are more like a butter cream cookie shaped just like its name, a cat's tongue. They're sold in the cold highlands of northern Luzon.
Also, I don't know what's with our desserts being named after body parts.
Filipinos keep forgetting that for a time we were ruled by Spain from the Nueva Espana (Mexico) and the galleon trade brought Mexicans to the Philippines and vice versa
Why not exchange Filipino flan with Mexican flan? There's something a little insulting about them trying to explain to Filipinos what flan is. It's everyone in our culture. Trust me, we know what leche flan is.
It's like white people trying to explain what rice is to Filipinos, or Americans trying to explain sushi to Japanese people.
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lol its not the same. obviously they probably didn't know filipinos had flan also, while white people explaining what rice is to filipinos or sushi to japanese would obviously be meant to be offensive. because those 2 things are so obvious and well known. false equivalence. stop being offended over people not knowing everything lmao
They’re explaining how it is made in Mexico, there’s nothing insulting about it.
Insulting? Seriously? Damn, they just probably did that for the video to explain the dessert. Or maybe they don't know that we know.
Don't bring that American snowflake culture in The Philippines it's outright disturbing.
Remember guys, during those era. The Philippines is an extension province of Mexico under Vice-royalty of Spain.
I swear Philippines is Latin America’s distant cousin who lives afar yet you’re so close with them. They go so well.
Glad that you share our local foods but San Miguel is not a province.it is a municipality from the province of Bulacan in the Philippines. Proud Bulakenya here and glad that I was able to eat pastillas often
Great episode. It's interesting how, as much as there are flavors that are unique to each culture, there are also many similarities. Filipino polvorón, for example, is like Mexican de la Rosa candy, just like flan is common to both cultures.
México And Philippines have a lot of similarities
I live in the PH and I'm a Filipino but I think real Ube is not a common thing/dish you'd see everyday. Even in parties, you'd rarely see desserts with Ube unless it's a cake or ice cream but they're only flavoring tho. Maybe it's because of my location but yes, we're not crazy with ube because it's kind of rare to find good ube.
In the US, they'd serve ginataang bilo bilo (which has ube) at parties. I think that's what she meant. In ph, we don't serve it at parties because it's a common everyday thing.
I grew up in muntinlupa/san pedro area, I always ate ube.
Where do you live in the Philippines?
Ube is always a thing, especially with titas
Im Filipino but all my friends at work are mexicans. I love horchata, tamarindo, burrito, tacos, tamales, quesadilla. I love pupusas too but it's from el Salvador
Shout out to my people from the Philippines🇵🇭
explaining flan to filipinos is crazy
We have the flan in Sri Lanka as well.. we call it caramel pudding. I believe it comes from the Portuguese who colonised us aeons ago...
Flan is basically Europe's dessert, Spain and Portugal basically spread it to the world.
Iberian culture
The second Mexico candy is a traditional Sudanese desert 😍 it’s so soft and the sugar powder taste with the dough makes it more tastier
One of my favorite Filipino food is "Ginanggang". It's a banana but you roast it just like a Bananaque, except you actually heat it up like grilled fish or grilled meat. And if you put butter and sugar with it, it tastes even better.
This is perfect because the Philippines is to Asia what Mexico is to North America.
That makes no sense at all. That country is not a part of North America, rather Central.
@@RollerBladingSuxs Are you trolling? Of course Mexico is part of North America. Do you have Google?
@@RollerBladingSuxs central america isnt a continent
250 years of Manila Acapulco trade is the reason why these two countries have similarities and of course, there's Spain too.
I’m Mexican but I’d love to visit the Philippines some day !!
@doroma4099You do realize that Mexico actually helped Philippines be liberated from the Japanese in World War II right? Battle of Luzon. Squadron 201 Aka as the Aztec eagles…
they should have compared the desserts with similar names but different preparations like ensaymada, champurado, pastillas , turones to name a few
Mexico and Philippines are like twin countries. Almost, have a fairly similar history in culture, food, language and people. Have you notice the surnames, Gonzalez, Martinez, Santos, Garcia. How bout some spanish words like silya, bangko, numero uno dos tres. And the food, we also have menudo, leche flan, polvoron, adobo, etc. Both occupied and influence by Spaniards.
mexico has better twins tho, like every other south american country lmaooo
You must be blind if you think Filipinos and Mexican are the same people's 😂😂😂
They are not similar.
The Spanish last names were given to the Filipinos by the Catholic Church when the were baptized .
They were given “Christian “ names in place of their Native names they had .
You guys closer to Puerto Ricans
it would be better if Filipinos and Mexicans compare each country’s version of flan, polvoron, chicharon, tamales, menudo, ceviche, maja de blanca, asado
Don't ceviche have avocado, something Filipinos don't add to kinilaw? The tamales are also completely different frpm each other and just share the name and cooking method.
Omg I’m Egyptian and we have the same exact mexican desserts like flan and polvorones but with just different names we call it cream caramel and kahk literally the same thing im in shock
As a pinoy, i admire these Mexican when they ponounce the name of their delicacies they sound still very Mexican no slang😌
Hahahahaha. Love this attempt between 🇲🇽 and the 🇵🇭 like literally having 1st degree cousins swapping food, like come on! 😄 the flan and polvorones are literally filipino staples too ❤❤❤ its not an inch stranger to philippine culture. Hehehe
I don’t know why Filipinos here are so misinformed and exaggerate things.
Some Filipino and Mexicans deserts are similar but Filipino cuisine overall is not at all similar to Mexican cuisine. Saying Filipino and Mexican Spanish are similar is false , Filipinos speak Austronesian languages like that of Indonesia while Mexicans literally speak Spanish. The only similarities in languages are some loan words, other than that both Filipino and Spanish are highly different and unintelligible langauges.
Filipinos have flans. It is common food for Filipinos. You can taste flan everyday in the Philippines. It is usual.
leche flan, polvoron, pastillas basically are ALL spanish-influenced desserts. I won’t be suprised if both nationalities will like it. not to mention we also have these in 🇵🇭
dulce de leche
brazo de mercedes
marzipan
meringgue
maja blanca
mais con yelo
Im eating maja right now lol
Well Mexico and the Philippines were same country for over 250 years, what do expect will happen during that time.
Fact: Due to great distance, Spain used to rule Philippines through the viceroy of Mexico from 1565-1815. So, there were lots of Mexicans in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era.
I am Mexican and my best friend is Filipino, whenever he would invite me to his house to eat I would always brings tortillas and salsa because almost all Filipino food goes very well in taco form.
From the sisig(carnitas), menudo, mechado, piccadillo and many more MEXICAN influenced dishes from colonial times.
The Philippines used to be governed from México City, lot of mexicans even went there to govern, so no surprise similar cultures
There was also a Mexican of Filipino descent named Alejandro Gomez Maganda who was governor of Guerrero in the mid 50s.
This is making me hungry and nostalgic
there is also similarities with Filipino culture and Spanish Central/South American and Caribbean cultures. basically it’s all one big family tree
Filipinas is colony of Spain under the supervision of Mexico in 1560,, Galleon Trade is very common thus ,, we share common foods. Menudo, Flan, empanada, picadillo, etc.
We are so similar. I’m of Mexican parents and wife is from Philippines ✌🏽
Polvorone and Leche Flan are common sweets that bakeshops here in the Philippines always sell as Pasalubong or Treats when someone goes home.
Filipino Leche Flan is similar to that of Mexican. The girl just said custard and eggs. But basically, it is made of egg yolks, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and sugar for the caramel.
Mexican should have tried Puto seko... I know what you're thinking but it's actually a food.
I swear Filipinos and Mexicans are like brothers and sisters in culture
Ok, my grandmom is a stowaway from Acapulco, she and my Filipino Grand dad fought on how to eat Abokados. My grand dad eats it as a dessert and my abuela eats it on Salsa.
i find it funny how both Filipinos smiled when they were presented with the flan and polvorones when we have already made our versions of them and we kind of know what the Mexicans were talking about
Should've compared the same dishes from both countries.
Mexican Leche Flan vs Philippine Leche Flan
Mexican Polvorones vs Philippine Polvoron
Mexican Empanadas vs Philppine Empanadas
Mexican Chicharrones vs Philippine Chicharon
"POLVORONES" is almost similar to us Malay "KUEH"(Cake) called " BUAH MELAKA" (Malacca Fruit) only it's color is green and sprinkled with grated coconut and its sweet
I wish they’ll have a show and tell kind of show where each Hispanic country gets to showcase their own version of one dish or delicacy. I’m sure each country has their own version of Empanadas and Flan 😂😄
Very similar, I agree the Polvorones is like the cousin of Pulvoron, then the Flan is like the cousin of our Leche Flan. 😍 Mexico, really is the cousin of the Philippines. 🥰❤️
I haven’t tried Mexican desserts, but I love Mexican food. The thing I wanna try is their corn in cobb with mayo, citrus and spices. Forgot what’s it called.
Esquite!!!
Both and all sides of the desserts are designed for perfection. Bueno Flan, Bon appetit Bilo-Bilo. Mabuhay.
I'm not sure about the exact ingredients of the flan from Mexico, but the one from the Philippines has a citrus element infused that balances out the eggy flavor, and evaporated milk to make the texture smooth and creamier.
That's it? Just 2 rounds? Dang. Would have loved to see a few more.
Very much similar ; mexico and philippines!
The Philippines and Mexico have been trading and cross culture/agriculture pollinating since 1565 at the onset of the Acapulco galleons between Manila and Acapulco.
I do not know if there is deep research with similarities of food because of rhe spanish galleon trade between Mexico and Phils. The chocolate tablea we use for cooking chocolate rice pudding (Champorado) comes from Mexico. And funny enough, Champurrada is a chocolate drink in Mexico. Polvorones dessert has a version in the Phils called Polvoron. It would be great to see you swap the same dessert but different version in the phils. Please do more research
Didnt know that purple yams was a Philippine thing. I adore them and now I have a cool name for them
I love all foods similar to Filipino foods
If you want a match with food, temperament, physical attractiveness, and personalities you mix cuban and filipino. You are the nurses and we are the doctors of the world. It's true !
Filipinos also have flan. The Mexican pulvoron is different from the Filipino snack of the same name. Missed opportunity to tease the Mexicans with the steamed puto and the puto seco cookie.
I always thought Filipinos didn’t really use milk allot even. Chocolate bars are manufactured differently in Asia on account of the dairy/lactose intolerance
Actually~ there are alot of filipinos that are lactose intolerant to the point milk is a known ingredient that could really give you a bad stomach if you have a lot but majority of our desserts and confectionaries, even pastries have milk and dairy...You could say we are slightly more tolerant than our asian neighbors
Just to clarify, Novo Espana had continued to recruit Tlaxcalteca allies ( the ones who defeated the Mexicas) after they absorbed much of meso and aridamerica and such. They fought alongside novo hispano soldiers when they faced off against japanese pirates and also in the take over of the archipiélago against the various tribes of the islands. Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade was at the heart of Philippine-Mexican relations. Within a span of 250 years, both colonies thrived from a virtual monopoly of Pan-American trade. More importantly, a transfusion of cultures, ideas and customs flourished between the two.The lucrative trading route ended in 1815 when the Mexican War of Independence ended Spain’s control over Mexican ports. But not even the termination of the Galleon trade could get in the way of the cooperation between Mexico and the Philippines. In fact, two Filipinos - Francisco Mongoy and Isidro Montes de Oca - fought alongside Vicente Ramón Guerrero, the leading revolutionary generals in the Mexican war for independence. Hence, it could be said that the Philippines helped Mexico gain its freedom.
After Mexico seceded from Spain in 1821, Spain tried to cut ties between the Philippines and Mexico lest the idea of revolution spread among Filipinos. It was only then that the Philippines was governed by Governor Generals coming directly from Spain. Sometime in the 1820s, Vicente Ramón Guerrero was quoted as saying: “Now that we have gained our independence, it is our solemn duty to help the less fortunate countries, especially the Philippines, with whom our country has the most intimate relations with.” The Philippines freed itself from Spanish colonial rule 67 years later.
Make part 2 of this. Same food from PH and MX version. Blind folded and they will guess which one is from PH and which one is from MX.
There is a historical reason why Filipino flans are denser but more velvety. During the Spanish Occupation, egg whites were used as a binding agent to build churches and the surplus of the yolks were used to make flan. So Filipino flan is mostly just the yolk, giving it a smoother,
more delicate texture.
That bilo bilo is different from the way my family makes ours. We have, mochi balls, tapioca pearls, sweet potatos, bananas, macapuno, with coconut milk.
Wow 😮 I wonder what it would taste like hmm 🤔
Filipino flan is more dense and creamy
Mexican flan is more airy and light
You know the Mexican ones are basically kind of Filipinos too. I wish you have done more research and brought different kinds of desserts from Mexico
Well on colonial times, Philippines are considered a province of Mexico so im not surprise if we had leche flan and polvoron here.
Polvorones is closely similar with polvorons. Polvorones is just baked in oven meanwhile polvorons is from toasted flour milk, butter and flavorings.
When I crave Filipino desert ingredients, chicaron or meals that need a specific type of meat I go to a Mexican grocery store if there’s no Asian store nearby. We’re culturally cousins
Philippines be like: “You thought I’ve never tasted flan before?”💀😂
The answer is no los Filipinos no hablan español.
Shout out to my favorite Asian people I meet a few of them they are very friendly open people kinda of like us mexicans.
Uhm. We also have flan in the Philippines. We call it Leche Flan. We also have our version of Polvoron too, but it's not pastry, it's milk powder mixed with nuts, ube or crushed cookies that is pressed solid, it's still crumbly though. Modern versions are even coated with hard chocolate. 😄
There are still traces of the Spanish colony in the Philippines, for example Chavacano or Chabacano is a group of Spanish-based Creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines.
The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speakers.
I’m Cape Verdean we make flan as well but I forgot what it’s called in creole lol
They should have included "Puto" & say it louder.
Man I was looking forward to the arroz con Leche
Geez why does most of mexicans are good looking
It's technically the similar culture
Mexico was the New Spain and Philippines was the Spanish Indies. Both were provinces of Spain for more than 300 years. The reason why, these two countries have Hispanic culture.
If only Filipinos knew about us Peruvian's heritage. We Peruvians are culturally Native-American, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, German, and even British, at least the more whiter Peruvians are.
Pastillos in Peru are considered Chinese-Peruvian white taffee+ white rice ingredient + tootsie rolls and we eat them at Chinese restaurants.
So basically like a Filipino?
Flan 🇲🇽= Leche Flan 🇵🇭
Polvorones 🇲🇽= polvoron/pulboron 🇵🇭
Ube is a spanish color for purple . ube is a purple yam
Filipino leche flan is the best flan. Ours is light and silky and custardy, but everyone else’s flan is so thick, heavy, and DENSE.
That, in fact, is not true. Filipino leche flan is only egg yolk while other recipes call for the whole egg. Egg yolk is denser than egg white, making Filipino leche flan a really heavy and dense flan. Still very delicious and the extra egg yolks make it very decadent.
Origal pastillias are hard to remake bcuz of the needed ingredients "carabao milk" it makes a 100 percent the difference in taste.
After some googling, I have found that leche flan is indeed more “custard-ey” then Latino flan recipes. It’s composed only of egg yolks, meanwhile most Latino recipes use the entire egg and maybe a few extra yolks. However, the flan itself is not creamier since every recipe called for the same amount of condensed milk and evaporated milk. Instead of flan for Mexico, they should’ve done chocoflan since it’s a more unique way to prepare flan from Mexico. It’s composed of a flan layer and a chocolate cake layer, it’s called “impossible flan” bc of how hard it is to cook both pastries together without overcooking the custard part :)
I know Leche Flan isn't supposed to be baked. A traditional Leche Flan is steamed but if we're talking about the caramel syrup that's on top of it then that's sugar that was caramelized in the pan. Also you will ruin a traditional Leche Flan if you bake it
Filipinos have polvoron but it’s sooooo good. The Filipino kind have different flavors
Super wholesome and also made me hungry ❤️
When I was little in the 70s, my mom when she goes to the market would buy me a local delicacy called "atole". Compare to the Mexican ones this is more solid like like a Filipino rice cake. Their similarity to the Mexican food having the same name it that they are both made from corn. But unfortunately, it is not readily available now in the markets in the Philippines. Only by special order. Had one during the Holy Week at the house of a Fil-Am friend who went home. Hadn't tasted in 40+ years. It was so good.