I prefer eating at small places in Asia. I can feel the love the food is cooked with, like it passed down from someone's relative. I've never eaten something and felt like it was cooked with no care or heart.
unsettling to me that a person who so fully embraced life and lived it larger than most everyone succumbed to suicide. i get the pigeon-holed hollywood deaths, but this one strikes me. i aspire to bourdain's curiosity, wonder, and sense of adventure. rip
@Varmando Varuso that is what I felt too. I've tried it, its good but apart from the garlic rice, its really not a good dish to show as there are much better dishes unique to the Philippines.
This one deserves to be missing. Pandesal with Nescafe at Dari creme for me yan ang pinaka Accessible sa lahat ng pinoy affordable . O kaya sinangag tuy at kamatis
It's really not that remarkable. I mean, it's basically steak and eggs for breakfast. Only difference is there's rice, but even then most Asian countries have a rice dish for breakfast as an option. Chinese, Cambodians, Malays and Thais have porridge (congee, jok, bubur etc), Vietnamese have xoi (sticky rice), Malays and Indonesians have coconut rice with various accompaniments (nasi uduk or nasi lemak). All or most of these have options to be eaten with meat and/or egg, and generally they're more exciting than just grilled beef; they have curries, spicy fried or grilled chicken, fried fish, sambals etc.
@chefwacks09 Kaya nga tapsilog ang binigay ng guide sa kanya eh. For the very reason na siya si Anthony Bourdain! Kung traditional food ang pinakain sa kanya, edi nawala yung punto ng palabas. :P
@chefwacks09 I don't see any mistake. Tapsilog is nothing to be ashamed of. If the world truly is watching...then let them see us for what we are as we are. Anthony Bourdain's show is called "No Reservations", not "Best Table in the House". It's not about the most special food our country has to offer, it's precisely those which are overlooked. Just look at the other episodes and you'll see my point.
its not the best eatery in the philippines its just an ordinary food good for the poor people because the price is cheap so expect that the looks of the food is not impressive.... but for us like me its enough for hunger and budget friendly so cheap
The first time I tasted it was delicious but I had that for breakfast for two weeks! me being a Latin American was not so fun. I needed some cereal and fruits, also coffee! I needed coffee!
+Mark Gil Lalangan Rodic's can be found in UP and Philcoa. There is one in Congressional ave but it's I wasn't fond of the service, amount and all that. So UP or Philcoa, very good.
anu ba inaargue ng mga nagmamagaling dito? anung masama sa tapsilog? fave ko yan! LOL! saka bakit ba nahihiya kayo? anung masama? ang dami nyong alam..kung magagalig kayo dapat kayo ang kinuha ng guide...! nag enjoy naman sya ah...ewan ko lang bakit di pinakita tong part na toh..
I don't think there is any intrinsic problem with 'tapsilog' as something representative of Filipino cuisine for this program. I for one love tapsilog as an all-around comfort food. My only problem is the venue. There are better places for it. Maybe a home-cooked version or something. Even Tapa King (a local franchise) looks to have a more authentic feel to it, since at least their meat isn't bought at the local wholesaler for extremely cheap. Just a missed opportunity, is all.
I think you have no idea what Anthony explore for. he did not explore like a tourist but to explore what is Philippines really is. and its not documentaries FYI.
Pandesal and Dairy creme. That should be our national Breakfast ir sinangag kamatis and tuyo...where in hell did u get that ..Tapsilog ???? National Breakfast??
man I should have tried that dish instead of a balut egg the last time I was in the PI. I gagged had maybe two bites of that egg-balut before I threw it in the garbage. Sometime about eating a egg with a chick-fetus that freaked me out!
ang tipid mo naman kuya sana dinala mo man lang sa medyo magandang place para kumain ng tapsilog at I'm sure mas masarap kaysa dyan sa place na dinalhan mo
That's basically the show mate. Bourdain goes around the world, doesn't eat at fancy restaurants but instead mingle with the locals to really get the culture of wherever country he's visiting.
Maria Kristine Dior Maria, You really have the wrong misconception, Listen to what he says on 2:37, its really good and nice to have it at a fancy restaurant but when you order from a place like this, this is what you have at your house. I agree with brokennoah, its really about being with the locals and eating the food they usually eat everyday.
+Maria Kristine Dior Yung ang dapat sa part ng show about sa pinaka-nagmula. Ang hinap kasi ay yung pinaka-basic version ng tapsilog and he's looking for the really basic ones. Kung baga, kung anong lasa sa lutong bahay. Kaya, hinap etong karinderya na katumbas nito. alam kong conscious ka sa celebrities at gusto mo sa decent place for the review.
ThatDudeJCrash That's "No peeing/pissing" dude. That's what it means in Tagalog. Haha...Most locals usually peeing at random places and that is why these signboards exist.
