Thats My Word
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pics of the food?
Why has Filipino food never gone mainstream?
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Menudo, afritada, tinola, arroz caldo, sisig, tocino, longanisa, kare kare, CHAMPORADO, lechon baboy or manok, chicharon bulaklak, bbq (
), mami, sotanghon,TURON, kaldereta, and uh, suman.
Y'all need to get up on your Filipino cuisine, especially if you're a kababayan. I haven't even really started on the deserts either.
Y'all need to get up on your Filipino cuisine, especially if you're a kababayan. I haven't even really started on the deserts either.
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Honestly, even for me now, the food still looks weird. I've never really seen a graceful presentation of pancit bihon or or palabok...it'susually just in a foil tray.
But damn, it's delicious.
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Yep, plus it's really not as good or varied as other Asian cuisines. The foods that have good flavor are mostly derived from the Spanishinfluence in the country.
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where all you Union City hypebeast filipinos at?
School us on this Filipino Buffet in hear about out there.
School us on this Filipino Buffet in hear about out there.
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I love palabok...I haven't had Sisig in a long time. Including Lechon.
I think Filipino food has never gone mainstream because of the staple dishes of Filipino food are similar to other Asian dishes. I personally don't mindhaving the food stay "underground". It's food that I will always enjoy eating. I smh when a couple of "highly americanized" Filipinosdislike the taste of Filipino food. I just don't understand that. Haha.
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I wouldn't say that it isn't as good or as varied. If anything, Filipino food is a little TOO weird to go mainstream.
Can you imagine telling someone that they're supposed to use extra bagoong to adjust the taste of their kare kare or pinakbet? Or explain to them whythere's cheese all over their dessert? And then you'd have to explain why there's SO MUCH DAMN GREASE in the adobo or menudo
Nah. Plus, most Filipinos in the P.I. eat simple foods...fish, rice, and vegetables. Damn near EVERY day. It's only during special occasions or partiesthat they bring out all the other stuff.
The way I think about it...whenever I go to chinese restaurants or mexican restaurants or thai restaurants, I'm not even coming close to getting the"authentic" stuff. I'm getting general tso chicken, al pastor burritos, and phad see ew. So are 99% of other people. So it doesn't reallyoffend me that most people are familiar or comfortable only with adobo, pancit, and lumpia.
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I've never seen so many asinine and irrelevant statements in one post.
And dude, we're on Niketalk. That's saying something.
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i think its because the food is always different the second time around. like one persons adobo isnt gonna taste the same as the next persons.
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I'm gonna second.
Someone learn me on this.
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Very, very true.
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I don't think dog would go over well in America.
purpheartgrapes
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I'm still salty dude tried to go bad on Ethiopian food.
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MENUDO, SINIGAN, KARE KARE, MAMON, AND THOSE DESERTS NAMED AFTER JOSE RIZAL..FOR THE WIN !
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This is true. I mean look at the list of richest Filipinos:
#1 - German and Spanish, 2-Chinese, 3-Chinese, 4-Chinese, 6-Chinese, 9-Chinese. More than half of the richest Filipinos aren't even from Filipinolineage.
aaronpayumo
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Well op asked why Filipino food hasn't gone mainstream, it is relevant. I don't know what to tell you, because I've never seen a non-local Filipino restaurant making it
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YOU LEFT OUT CHAD HUGO IN YOUR LIST OF FILIPINO-AMERICANS THAT ARE MAKING IT. THAT DOOT GOT GAME PON LOCK.
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Because the demand for it isn't high. I don't many people that like filipino food.
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Fillipino food is pretty mediocre for the most part (a few exceptions). And this is coming from someone who will practically eat anything. Laotian food is nothittin' either.
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Not sure if i was referred to as being "highly americanized" but thanks i appreciate that since i was born here
cuisines, i just never had the desire for filipino food. i just don't think it can compete with other established ethnic foods.
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good lord....do you think all Filipino food has fish?
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All I know is I'd be copping lumpia and pork inihaw every day. There's a little filipino resaturant/bar not too far from me here in Philly calledManila Bay, great food. And one of the biggest lounges here is Cebu. Last time I went there they were shut down though labeled as a public nuisance and firehazard. =(
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Ive seen lechaeflan (however you spell it) at a superwalmart
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I want to know also.
