We Pacific People came from Asia. one of my brother looks Chinese we don't look alike at all . That's because my great grandmother was from there somewhere. We're all brothers and sisters
Filipino Islander food is amazing, if not with coconut milk and cream on Taro Leaves it's pineapple juice on some crispy pork lol .... delicious food .... it's why most Islanders are fat now....Diabetes ....moderation and excercise my brothers and sisters.
Oohh Yum.. Makes me hungry for Umu now. lol. Umu is Umu in both Samoa and Tonga, Same Family, One People. Malo le Au fai Umu, Malo le Au Malosi, Malo le Galue. Alofa Atu/ Ofa Atu #TOKOUSO
Umu is umu.. tama sii likes there own way of cooking umu, tama samoa likes there own way of cooking umu.. dont get confuse and try to hate each other.. maybe tama samoa havent try tama sii style even the tama sii havent try the tama samoan style.. i made umu since i was little following my father and my older brothers its thru the blood.. so if was a tama sii or tama samoa it would be still the same... so just go and make a umu yourself and invite your friends and family over to enjoy it.. and dont forget me.. lol
I've never seen a umu with massive amount of food cooked in it. Even our umu back in Samoa don't cook as much food like that. Love the Tongan way of cooking in a umu..creative and can accommodate for large number of people. Now, it makes me hungry on this Sunday and there's only frozen chicken in the fridge (Auckland, NZ)...oi aue...lol.
their Tongans 😂😂😂 and yes us Tongans do umus in many different ways as all polynesians do, one of the beauties within the south pacific. Our food 🤗🤗🤗😎😎🤣
@D50ne no one said it's apart of the culture all was said is that I have known a few samoans who have tried it from time to time, if you don't already realise there are half tongan and half samoan families especially in California so take it eashy pleash
It’s the diet our people have now, when the white man came to the islands a while back we were a lean and fit people. Everything in moderation my friends 🤙🏽
This is what I love about Polynesian cooking especially eating.. is no dishes!!! Damn palagi introduced dishes and now they want me to pay for the water bill.
If anyone has seen Samoan umu the food is actually in direct contact with the hot stones only fish is cooked just two layers of banana leaves above and of course the duration of the umu is 30 minutes for a large one or just 25 minutes if the chief cook thinks the oven or umu is really hot. however i am amazed that the toko's food still got cooked even though there oven took on alot of water in the beginning .... malo le gasese, malo le tautua.
The Samoan umu is base on the direct heat from the rocks hence why you guys put rocks on the top. The Tongan umu is largely base on convection where it relies more on the circulation of the heat from the rock circulating around the food.If you notice the Tongan always try to have a bit of a gap between each layers and a gap between the last layer of food before closing.That’s to allow the hot steam to circulate to ever part of the food! Malo ofa atu
tongans,,,,samoans,,,,all the same...all made in china....lol....nah.....all made by God...same concept of cooking...its because its a large cook up thats why it was done this way....see the meat cooked perfectly....yummmmm...wheres the oka i'a???? would have been complete
They used a lot of galvanized metal to cook with...not safe. You can become poisoned, ask a blacksmith. Galvanized tin is the worst, next to chain link.
Yeah, it is funny lol. I guess it's because our ancestors didn't cultivate herbs and spices like other cultures did. If we wanted to give food seasoning, we would just use sea water😂. Our ancestors were always voyaging the vast Pacific, so I guess they didn't have time to pack in all the herbs and spices. This has probably led to us appreciating the natural taste of the foods we eat. I don't know, just a suggestion as to why us polys don't season our food much. 🙂
9 1 6 8 4 bro I remember tunuing some chicken and I added all these herbs to it. The oldies hated it 😂😂. They like it plain then add salt smh. That was the last time I tried introducing new flavours to the fams.
Wow, must of been a hot Umu cause the pulu is cooked the same level as the kumala, some are even charred, all in 1 hour? With multiple baskets? Good job then.
For me personally it doesn’t have to be certain since some of the commenters are disagreeing that it’s not even close to Samoan Style of Umu traditionally wise. I say Fuck Off, I’m Samoan and idgaf how it’s made whether island style or whatever. As long as it’s cooked then I’m ok with it. Respect tokos y’all made a bomb ass Umu and by far the biggest Umu I’ve ever seen on video or being recorded lol so do y’all and fuck all these don’t know how to cook mothafuckers haters on here. Much Alofas from 🇼🇸
That's one massive ass umu. I didn't think the food was going to cook. But it did. I've never seen an umu done in this magnitude before. I think Tongan is under ground like hangi??? Correct me if I'm wrong. Samoans are above ground, with heaps of insulation on top to trap heat and cook food. I think that's the difference? Then I can I understand why you chose the Samoan method. You would need a big ass pit to put all that food in lol work smart is what I always tell my boss hehehe Malo tokoua, malie tonga. Malo aupito.
Sorry uce, I ain't no Samoan grammar professor but its not 'malo le taumafai' but rather you should say 'malo le galulue' or 'malo le gasese' 'Malo le taumafai' means 'nice try mate, better luck next time' Clearly that does not apply here. Nevertheless we know what you meant. Just a lil advice from one uce to another. Malo le taumafai.
what i like about these videos you see these guys wearing old starter jackets fubu clothes , ol skool clothes passed down by american family members. i miss my polynesian family doing stuff like this
Actually it shouldn't called umu when you guys do it on top! We called it tunu or ta'ota'o! We only do on top like Samoan outside Tonga! Traditional Tongan Umu history in a form of a Grave from the story of Kava and Umu tangata! Umu means underground oven cooked and Special occasions Kava ceremony Fulitaunga Taumafa Kava Pongipongi Puaka Toho Hula Ietonga are all connected from Tongan Empire across Pacific! Peace!♥️👑👑👑🤗
You should of seen the umus STT in Woodridge would do in the 90s, massive. If you remember, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Plus the 20-30 tunu puakas going aswell. Good old days.
Alot of cutting, racist comments below, typical of Polynesian commoners... haha. I've eaten Samoan umu... delicious. Their food is more a roasted flavour, not steamed... probably due to the food put directly on the stones. ... . These comments come from an unbiased Maori person who has much respect for our flamboyant Pacific cousins... Malo... Peace!
THE TITLE IS MISLEADING! As far as i remember a Umu being put together in Samoa; that’s not how Samoans do it. That’s a Tongan hangi not umu. Samoans are always trying to take credit. Come on now fam...that is not an UMU. Btw...looks delicious; but please be hygienic when touching food. Use gloves and cut your nails. Damn!
Actually it shouldn't called umu when you guys do it on top! We called it tunu or ta'ota'o! We only do on top like Samoan outside Tonga! Traditional Tongan Umu history in a form of a Grave from the story of Kava and Umu tangata! Umu means underground oven cooked and Special occasions Kava ceremony Fulitaunga Taumafa Kava Pongipongi Puaka Toho Hula Ietonga are all connected from Tongan Empire across Pacific! Peace!♥️👑👑👑
Au sa ve kana lovo saraga niu sarava na video qo va bibi me lewe ni lovo na vuaka kei na palusami kei na dalo......oilei kua ga nira kila na kai Samoa kei na kai Toga na ka au kaya tiko
@@filimonesamiu1553 never heard of that saying..... our umu is always 3 hours.... 2hours for cooking 1hour for tenderizing...... the meat is always moist and juicy and just falling off the bone
Sorry for the confusion. They are Tongan men making a big umu in the Samoan above ground manner. The Tonga engineer - Sam Hale - of this unique large above ground Samoan type Umu also has Niuean heritage.
Paula there are things that slightly differs in the two 'umu,Tongan 'umu is base on steam to cook the rest only the bottom part that are expose to the radian heat of the rocks but Tongan tend to put more layers of leaves or kape(Kamu)on the bottom to protect it from being overly burn,the next layers of food is lifted allowing the steam to cook it.The Samoan way is to put extra hot rock in between layers and also from the top.The Samoan 'umu then to be a bit crispy where as the Tongan one then to be a bit softer.Either way each like their own food in there own way,hence that why the Samoan like their Taro to be a bit dryer and the Tongan likes it softer.Wonderful!
I know u Somoans like remixing stuff but u guys are remixing titles of videos too “Samoan style umu” pretty sure we’re not the only people in the world doing umu’s 😂
This is a tongan channel and they tittle it Samoan umu because of how the Samoans do it above the ground, different from how the tongans usually do it underground.
