Post #63204 by PolynesianPop on Wed, Dec 3, 2003 7:05 PM

On 2003-12-03 17:50, limptiki wrote:
Being a semi-honorary Filipino through marriage let me assure you that there are many ways to go wrong with the cuisine - which is wierd because i've had great food in the country itself, but something must go wrong on the trip over the pacific.

LT, I agree and disagree. As a full-blooded Filipino myself, I have my favorite Filipino restaurants that I frequent on a regular basis. However, just like bad Chinese restaurants (or any other ethnicity) there's bad Filipino restaurants.

When you say its weird that something must wrong on the trip over the Pacific, you must understand that the ingredients in the US are not the same as the ingredients in the PI. For example, Mexican food does not taste the same here as it does in Mexico. Italian food does not taste the same here as it does in Italy..... I can go on and on. Ever notice how the pineapples are sweeter in Hawaii? As such, preparing the same Filipino dishes in the US is not going to taste the same way as they do when prepared in the PI.

I've never heard of Jollibee so I don't have any idea how bad it is. But to that one bad one, there's a half dozen good ones:

Manila Garden, Barrio Fiesta, Manila Sunset and Max's Fried Chicken are some of my favorites. One of my favorite bakeries is Goldilock's. Red Ribbon is really good too.

Of course, like other types of ethnic food, there's the stuff that most people would and enjoy (chicken, noodles, etc) and there's the stuff that's really on the deep ethnic scale. Balut is a good example (duckling) and "Chocolate meat" is another one. I actually like that chocolate meat stuff -- but then again, I'm a pretty hardcore Filipino food guy. I like most of the stuff that makes non-Filipino's run for cover!

**Poly-Pop ***

He who dies with the most broken mugs WINS!

[ Edited by: PolynesianPop on 2003-12-04 08:06 ]