Excellent vlog! Yeah, Jersey City is very diverse and there are a lot of Filipinos here! Awesome area. I have tried Filipino food there too and I also find it awesome!
Thank you. I could not have done it without all the feedback and tips and comments! I am learning so much about different cultures! Which country’s food should I explore next?
@@unculturedtravel how about Spanish food? See how it differs or maybe the similarities with Philippine cuisine. You see, the country was colonized by Spain for 333 years so there is a lot of influence with regards to food.
@@cristinasumadchat605 Wow, thank you for this history. This makes sense. I must read more about that and I think discovering some more Spanish dishes is a good idea!
Wow! You toured Jersey City to sample Filipino food?!! Yeah, even a Filipino like me was surprised when I first tasted Buko Pandan. It is the Pandan flavor that got me...never thought it would taste tropical and be refreshing!
It looks heavy and sweet but it is remarkably light and fresh and floral. The coconut was so natural and fresh in the one I tasted. I was expecting a weird green Jell-O flavor and was pleasantly surprised! Any other favorite Filipino desserts you recommend? I will try and look out for them!
@@unculturedtravel how about kuchinta and leche flan. These are my two favorites. You could also try puto bungbong and bibingka. These two are usually cooked during Christmas season but if you're lucky, maybe some restaurants cook them on ordinary days.
@@unculturedtravel cuchinta is best with freshly grated young coconut... love your vids, already subscribed 😁 warmest regards from Manila, Philippines!
The jelly bean like in Buko Pandan salad called KAONG (sugar palm fruit) while the square chewy jelly called NATA DE COCO (coconut gel or jelly). Kaong & nata de coco are also ingredients to HALO-HALO dessert.
When you bring buko pandan in a potluck among Filipinos friends I will assure that dessert is gone in a minute. It's a lot work making it but it's all worth it because it is so delicious.
Haha It's true! So many unique ingredients to cook with and I love that. So much food from around the world has similar ingredients but Filipino food really does have some rare and unique things! What is another "Very Filipino" ingredient?
Thank. Yes, only way to do it. Ask the person making the food what to eat, you end up with a good meal 100% of the time! Better than the 🇨🇦 trying to pretend to understand 🇵🇭 food 😂
@@unculturedtravel It's cool. Like what you did with the kare-kare you asked how to eat it. Filipino food is even better with dipping sauce because it elevates the taste of the food. Like what you said the shrimp paste adds umami flavor to the dish with out it the kare kare would be bland. Another example is patis (fish sauce) you can use it as a dipping sauce for sinigang (tamarind soup) if you want to cut some of that sourness and it's good too if you put some thai chili pepper in the patis. For grilled food it's almost usually soy sauce with calamansi(lime) or vinegar with soy sauce and onions. The soy sauce and lime combo is good too for sisig. I'm way too focus on the dipping sauce haha my apologies, it's just that I rarely see foreigners use it with other dishes hehe anyway, I'd love to watch more Filipino content from you. God bless and take care on your travels.
@@drooplepup Remembering patis, sinigang, calamasi for next time! I love little hints like this. I agree, so much food is about the condiment or dipping sauce to take it to the next level! Is there a Filipino dessert you recommend? Thank you for all these tips!
@@unculturedtravel you can try fruit salad, turon with vanilla ice cream, ube ice cream. If you want a more traditional one you can try ginatang bilo bilo, sapin sapin, bibingka, suman, cassava cake. Hope this helps hehe
@@drooplepup Wow, I have many things to try. I looked up ginatang bilo bilo, sapin sapin, bibingka and suman, they all look delicious. Thank you! Which island in the Philippines has the best food in your opinion?
@@unculturedtravel it is a type of coconut, some say it is just sweetened young coconut.. but it is a different variety of coconut that has a more gooey water and soft flesh and it is usually overflowing hence the name MacaPuno (Puno = Full) it is cooked in white sugar and usually one of the ingredients for Halo-Halo, sometimes it is eaten as is or with Ube halaya (Purple Yam Jam) as dessert
@@kashmir0702 Ahh yes! I saw this Ube Halaya in the Filipino grocery store. What's the secret to eating Halo-Halo? Do you stir it or pick out ingredients individually?
@@unculturedtravel you have to mix it just as everyone says, halo-halo literally translates to mix mix but it really means mixed ingredients. As for me, I love to eat the special toppings first (leche flan and ube halaya) then mix the whole thing to combine the flavors.
@@kashmir0702 Haha My mistake, I think I did not mix it enough! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eZvuzWv2dv0.html I did eat the toppings first! Next time I will get it right! What is your all-time favorite Halo-Halo ingredient?
The coconut probably tastes real and natural because it's actually young coconut. It's a significantly different flavor profile with a more tender texture than matured fibrous coconut. Try to get your hands on a whole young coconut/buko preferably opened by someone who knows what they're doing. It's a pleasant treat.
Hi guys I'm watching you when you ordered our pinoy food and you have the courage to taste even shrimps (bagoong small shrimps) you love to eat. You made recall our food I really miss it. Watching you man eating our food. You will have more subscribers for exploring our simply food
I find people are always kind when you take interest in their food! It also does not hurt that Filipino people are just naturally very friendly and happy to show off the culture!
Come visit the Philippines again ... Lots of great place to eat now after 2 years of on n off lockdown due to Covid. Night market at Makati n BGC or Ongpin Street in Binondo Chinatown are just few to mention.
@@unculturedtravel try the buko salad too. Same with buko salad, it has buko meat but instead of gulaman/Jelly it has different fruits. There’s also buko pie, ube halaya. Those are my 3 faves.
That Jellybean in Buko pandan is Kaong it’s a palm fruit, most notably used as an ingredient in halo-halo. It's the fairly small jellybean-shaped nut or seed of the sugar palm tree, which of course grows in the Philippines. It’s also named as Foxtail Palm Seed or sometimes King Palm Tree Seed. The one you ate is processed and permented or cooked in sugar.
You are Filipino by heart! Thanks for trying our food and for sharing it. I don't hate fast food, but I would really stay away from Jollibee. It doesn't represent Filipino food but commercial Filipino food.
@@unculturedtravel I have watched all your videos and I think you have tried almost 90% of our food, even dinakdakan and sinigang na salmon head. Maybe try Bacolod style chicken inasal, Laing (Taro in coconut milk), Relyenong Alimango (stuffed crab), Relyenong Bangus (stuffed milkfish), Kuhol sa gata (snails in coconut milk), Igado, and adobo sa gatang bituka ng baboy (adobo with coconut milk pork intestines)
@@unculturedtravel Anywhere in the Philippines, especially in the cities of the three islands, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao that you can find any type of Filipino cuisines and even International. But you can find anything at all in the City of Manila, both local and International. The reason I know is because i have been watching foreign vloggers. They were however ordering from restaurants . For regional, some of them asked someone to assist them from the area. You should ask the advise or suggestions of locals or request someone to assist you who is from the area. If I were you, in the Philippines I would focus on Seafood. and Vegetarian.
BUKO PANDAN : Coconut meat (shredded), Jelly made from pandan juice from boiling the leaves, Kaong/Nata de Coco (hard bit) is also made from coconut It's always freshly made with fresh ingredients. It has a very limited shelf life. KARE KARE/BEEF or OX PEANUT STEW: Is best & should always be eaten with the shrimp paste because it complements & enriches the taste of the peanut stew. BLOOD STEW: There are many versions of this, depending on what region you eat this in the Philippines. There's the soupy kind like the one you had and the dry kind. Try adding some chicharon or chicharones bits on the stew before eating.
@@unculturedtravel Same - dinuguan. It's just that in the Philippines, depending on the region, they cook the same dish differently. From adobo to dinuguan & even lechon & halo halo. Sometimes the taste would slightly vary as well as ingredients.
They said its KAONG, its fruit of palm that locally known as kaong. Its cooked in syrup sold in bottles. You could probably find bottled kaong in the filipino grocery.
Don't worry about being overwhelmed with filipino foods its like an adventure journey you cant tackle them all at once lol. Thanks for the tour in jersey city seeing what it looks like there.
@@unculturedtravel some of my favorites they dont serve it often in filipino restaurant. If they have beefsteak its underrated it wasn't tried by most food vloggers because sisig was popular. Also paksiw na bangus they dont serve it in restaurants. Chicharon bulaklak should be in restaurant its good with vinegar and also paksiw na bituka they dont serve in restaurant.
@@exalkalibor924 I will look out for beefsteaks!. Also, I must find paksiw na bangus and paksiw na bituka maybe I can find in a village in the Philippines? I love vinegar. Do you mean it is just made at home? Also I love any Chicharon!
@@unculturedtravel yes sadly most of what I said here are homemade but beefsteak should be in restaurant menu. That chicharon bulaklak is sauce with vinegar it taste like you couldn't help but it over and over again. Paksiw na bangus and bituka i hope its also in phlippines restaurant. Thanks and good luck to you there.
when I eat at Filipino restaurant here in Vancouver, I usually order dinuguan plus lechon kawali or crispy pata plus pancit miki bihon and okoy when available.
That hard jelly bean shaped is Kaong (ka-ong) not nata de coco. It is still derived from coconut. Nata de coco is softer, almost like a gelatin texture (chewy texture).
Some religions in the Philippines do not recommend or prohibited its members to eat the blood pork stew and l think, at least for me, is not bad. Pork blood stew is considered as exotic food for some foreigners but most Filipinos love this viand. I eat it only if l know who cooks it, lol. You're a brave man, for eating the Dinuguan.
@@unculturedtravel well, there's Adobong Buwaya (croc) and for desert, Buwaya ice cream. But, you can't find it elsewhere in the west or any Asian Restos in the US, but in the Philippines only l think, particularly in Davao City, southern part of the Philippines Mindanao. Good luck with your vloging.
Hi! Uncultured. if your familiar Tater the vlogger he is here already in the phils. i noticed his vlog few days ago here in the business district of Makati. Keep safe.
You wanna good treat for dessert try Royal Bibingka if they make them there bcoz not all Filipino bakery make it. Ginataang Bilo-bilo too is good so as Cassava Cake and Malagkit rice cakes
@@unculturedtravel don't try too many dishes in one meal unless you're eating in a buffet. Yes, there are a lot of good tasting Filipino dishes. The country is made up of more than 7000 islands and each region has its own specialties and variations.
@@unculturedtravel I would have to say Luzon. It is the biggest island in the country and I just learned that it is the 15th largest island in the planet. This is one of the three major islands in the country. The other two are Visayas and Mindanao. Actually, the country is made up of several regions, different cities and provinces. Of course, there are a lot of people here since it's a populous area. One of the places I've visited is located North of Luzon, up in the mountains where you have to hike to reach the top. It was breathtaking, cold and peaceful. There weren't many people there. In fact, there is no transportation, stores there so I guess not much people go visit. Another place is South of Luzon in Taytay, Rizal near Palo, Alto where we had to climb a couple of steps to reach the top, after which, a view of a cascading waterfall, lagoon, some rocks and crystal clear water will amaze you. Our group was the only one there when we went. It was a hidden place and I don't think anybody has vlogged there.
@@cristinasumadchat605 "I just learned that it is the 15th largest island in the planet" wow I did not know some of the islands were so big. I googled hiking around Rizal, it looks incredible. Thank you for this tip! Where else is good hiking in the Philippines?
You're hardcore bro, you like morcilla and that blood stew thing. I'm from PR and can't stand morcilla... and pretty sure I would get nauseous near 'blood stew'. hehehe
Haha. As long as the locals eat it, I’ll eat it! What other “strange” dishes or ingredients are from the P.R.? Is there any type of blood stew or something else from Puerto Rico?
@@unculturedtravel I dont think theres blood stew in PR... but there are plenty of weird nasty foods I never eat like morcilla, gandinga, mondongo, cuajito. Dont aske me, I dont know the details, all I know its entrails, ears and shit like that. Lol
@@kessler003 "I dont know the details, all I know its entrails" I love that line. I totally get it. Yes I googled gandinga and cuajito, looks like proper home cooking. But like most places, for every Puerto Rican who stays away I assume there would be one where it's probably the first thing they eat when they return home! I am shocked at how many different dishes come from Puerto Rico, the cuisine is so amazing and diverse considering the relatively small island size! Thank you for this info!
@@unculturedtravel Here in the Philippines its called tuna pa-nga (jaw). And you may also look up General santos city in mindanao which they call the tuna capital of the Philippines.
I've watched one of your videos before this (the one in NYC ) and now am subscribing. Why are you so interested in Filipino cuisine? I am from Quezon City, Philippines.
I just find it fascinating because there is so many unique techniques and flavors. From blood to fermented fish to delicious barbecue and beyond there are so many special things. I used to think it was just Adobo and noodles. I have found it very rewarding to learn every time I eat it. What is a dish I should try from Quezon City?
@@unculturedtravel Quezon City is one of the 16 cities in Metro Manila and, as you know, Metro Manila is the nucleus of Philippine life. Hence, almost every dish and delicacy that have become popular in the provinces are available in MM.
@@unculturedtravel in the urban region, explore Binondo which is considered having the oldest Chinatown. They got famous restaurants like Tasty Dumplings, Sincerity Chicken, Chuan Kee, President Restaurant, Wai Ying, Masuki. So many to mention For provinces, Palawan, Cebu, Siargao, IloIlo
dinuguan or they say blood stew..its good promise, you wiill not taste the blood..becoz its already cook..and because of the vinegar , its not that what you think to eat.
@@unculturedtravel Turon which is banana wrapped in something similar to a crepe and fried with brown sugar, bilo-bilo which is sweet rice shaped like small balls cooked in thick coconut sauce, puto bongbong which is a Christmas dessert. Pluto maya which is again sweet rice covered with coconut, sugar and if you're lucky latik. And so many more but these are some of my favorites. Too yummy. Sorry I don't know the English translations.
@@jdtsb8856 That's ok, these are great descriptions! I have been recommended Turon often! I must look for this one! Which is your favorite island for food in the Philippines?
@@unculturedtravel Many places have their respective specialties. But to mention the more notable ones, Pampanga in northern Luzon is well known for their rich and deep flavored cuisines. Rojas, a city in Visayas is known as the seafood capital of the Philippines but there isn't much to see there and its best catches are usually exported. Davao city in Mindanao also boasts of fresh seafood and I would recommend that over Roxas. There are other places you can visit like the sanctuary of the Philippine Eagle. Cebu which is also in Visayas is the lechon capital of the Philippines. Yum!
@@jdtsb8856 Wow, thank you for this breakdown! I must go to Cebu for Lechon! I was reading about Rojas and Davao, what is a good seafood dish to look for?
@@unculturedtravel usually in Halo Halo only that I know you can also put milk and shave ice only that's what I do or eat it straight from the bottle if it's cold.
Everytime you pull a door, I get an anxiety attack haha. The way you open them is forceful and seems the door's gonna be torn from the hinge lol! I agree with one of the comments. Filipinos are big on condiments. On your next order, ask the server how Filipinos eat a certain dish and what condiment we use for a particular dish. The Pandan dessert is ok. Wish you went for the buko salad. Buko is the Filipino word for Coconut.
Haha the door pull is enthusiasm I guess! Thanks for this info! Yes I will definitely ask what I should eat with a particular dish. Do you have a non-sweet dish you recommend?
@@unculturedtravel non sweet? ... Nothing else but the adjudged best soup in the world - Sinigang. Depends on your protein preference , you can maybe tell them to make you a custom sinigang. Shrimp sinigang is the most foreigner-friendly. It's a sour soup with tamarind as the base ingredient to make the dish sour. You can order either a seafood or beef or pork sinigang. Always eaten with rice. We douse the rice with the broth of the sinigang then cut a small portion of protein then vegetables. Using our spoon, we scoop a minute amount of fish sauce with crushed chili (you'd find in the sinigang) as condiment then gather rice, protein and vegetable onto your spoon for that flavorful, spoonful bite.. No vinegar in this one. My favorite is beef sinigang but majority of Filipinos prefer Pork Sinigang.
@@bashersbeware I love the detail of this. I also love tamarind so I'm excited to try this dish. Now I need to find the best place in New York to try this until I can fly to the Philippines!
@@unculturedtravel if you want something spicy, go for bicol express and laing. You may also try lumpiang sariwa or the fresh lumpia. Btw, bangus is our national fish.
@@cristinasumadchat605 On the hunt for bicol express and laing! Also lumpiang sariwa sound so good for the summer heat! What condiments do you eat lumpiang sariwa with?
The Adobo was decided by the media to be the unofficial National Dish. But here is the reality that no one speaks of, the adobo is not something anyone would serve in a wedding or bday. It is not some dish, you’ll see on a holiday. So no one craves for it like its Beef Rendang to Indonesians, Chicken Pandan to Thais or Satay to Malaysians, or Sushi to the Japanese. A foreigner walking to a Filipino food place and asking for Adobo because he thinks its the star of Philippine cuisine is getting info from Filipinos who do not know their own culture. The Pork Blood Stew deserve more recognition. Not a fan though. But the Kare Kare is something special. Unfortunately what takes center stage is the Adobo and a few dishes that only poor people in China eats.
"The Pork Blood Stew deserve more recognition." I agree, it was delicious. To me it is a much more unique preparation. Are there any other dishes you recommend that you feel more foreigners should try?
uncultured Chicharon Bulaklak its just something like fried pork intestines. I’ll let others name their favorites. But that fried intestine is really good, they use that meat for the Blood Stew, which i dont eat. I can only eat the blood if its not yet mixed with the meat. It is cooked separately in some towns.
@@unculturedtravel yes ..you will enjoy staying home stay with me ..then i 'll tour you here in Manila....savor the Filipino dish es and street food ....
Haha, I love this comment! It's true. There is so much depth in flavor it is hard to return to other cuisines maybe. What Filipino dish should I try next?
Put the camera down and slow down and review the food properly man!!! Its like your on a high and on a rush or something..describe the food thats why were watching... Were here for the food review... Get a tripod and use spoon when eating filipino food.. respect culture... Just like you use chopstick when eating japanese food!!! We didnt come here to watch you walking around on a grocery or a street.. we came for the food review jesus christ!!