Brits Try Filipino Food For The First Time 

Hello Buzzfeed! Thank you Buzzfeed for having my food on your show. I loved the reactions to my food. Shame about the Pancit but the rest got better reactions which is amazing! Thank to the guest for being honest and kind. I appreciate it very much. ❤ Here’s what was on the menu: Lumpiang Sariwa - fresh spring rolls with young banana hearts and chicken. With homemade wrapper/pancake. Served with savoury & sweet sauce and crashed peanuts Ukoy - shrimp and vegetable fritter with sweet potatoes, carrots, beansprouts and spring onions. Served with spiced vinegar Pancit Canton - classic stir fried egg noodle with chicken and vegetables. Seasoned with soy sauce, oyster sauce and seasoning Mae’s lechon - my signature brine overnight and slow cooked roast pork belly. As seen on BBC with Mary Berry’s Easter Feast. Served with hom made atchara (pickled carrots) and mang tomas sauce Mango float - homemade no bake mango cake made with fresh mangoes, double cream, graham crackers and condensed milk If you would like to make any of these please visit my website www.foodwithmae.com Or visit my RU-vid channel and socials @foodwithmae Many thanks to Godfrey too for always representing Filipino food! 💕🇵🇭

None of them are disrespectful. Even when they didn't like it, they weren't rude about it. That's how food taste testing videos should be done.

The lumpia they had was fresh lumpia, or what the northern region called as lumpiang sariwa. It’s not the deep fried kind lumpia one and the sauce is peanut based. That lumpia is still a bomb, regardless. ☺️

My stepmum is Filipino and I can confirm she’s a fabulous cook

I wanna know who made those dishes. The mango float in the tupperware is straight from a Filipino mums fridge 👀

You are spot on when you said you're going to be FED in a Filipino household. You darn well will be bursting at the seams. 😅

Can't blame them not liking the Pancit. The moment I saw it, it didn't look right already lol I like my pancit a mix of rice and egg noodles cooked in hearty chicken stock, with lots of meat and fresh (crunchy) veggies. And it needs calamansi, not lemon.

He said Lumpia and his definition is deep fried obviously referring to the Lumpia shanghai (filipino meat spring rolls), why did they do him dirty with showing FRESH lumpia. It's totally different flavour, entirely different dish and only common thing is they are both 'wrapped' hence the word 'lumpia'. Buzzfeed is really lacking on their research department.

I love Filipino food and if you find a Filipino mom yes 1000%. They would absolutely feed you every hour on the hour. I’ve never tried pancit but never with the wide noodles. Lumpia they had is fresh lumpia and it’s absolutely delicious. It’s very light and refreshing.

The fresh lumpia should be eaten with utensils. The sauce poured over the lumpia and sprinkle the peanuts on top.

Thank you so much for trying Filipino food! I appreciate how everyone was very appreciative and respectful. Hopefully, you could explore more of the Filipino cuisine :)

I am adding the Philippines to the travel to go list. I love all things fruits and that mango float looks deliciously yummy Plus it may best to stay with the local family learn to cook most of these dishes Thanks for sharing this with us all, cheers

Hi Sepi! If my memory serves me right, I think I first saw you on Jolly with Josh and Ollie, with your dad introducing Iranian food. And now that I see you trying and enjoying Filipino food, it brings me joy. Love from the Philippines ❤

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FEATURING OUR FOOD! GREETINGS FOR PH! ❤🎉😮

Great reactions! Love their openness to trying the different dishes and not being rude or offensive even when they didn’t really care for it. I just adore that girl in black and white striped top. She’s def channeling her inner Filipino! I just appreciated her enthusiasm so much! Yeah, I wish they had them sample some of the more traditional foods like chicken adobo, lechon kawali, etc. Otherwise, great vid!

YES, FELLOW VINEGAR DRINKERS. I LOVE THEM.

Y’all featured foods not typical for being intro foods to Filipino food. The lumpia should’ve been the thinner fried version, exactly like egg rolls. The pancit should’ve had the thin translucent rice noodles. What they were given was pancit canton. Not the same as traditional rice noodle pancit. Then they should’ve been given either chicken or pork adobo. The dessert part, pretty good

there are 2 kinds of Lumpia in PH, the one they ate was "fresh" lumpia, usually with mostly vegetables, bits of fried meat or tofu and a sweet savory garlic sauce... the other lumpis is called Lumpia shanghai its kind of the opposite which is more meaty with bits of vegetables and it is deep fried with sweet and sour sauce or whatever sauce you want

Fresh lumpia is eaten with utensil Ang why they have vinegar as dipping sauce for fresh lumpia

You mates are hilariously and delectably honest! Love it. Love it. Love it!

I love how they give them Mango Float for dessert. It's such an underrated Filipino dessert but it's the bomb.

We need part 2 😂 of Filipino food tasting

i wish they added lumia shanghi, but i love it!!! thank you all that gave this representation, as a filipino i am proud!!! also more in the future please!!!!!!!!!!!

you got the fresh lumpia (not the fried one) so you don't dip it in vinegar. You spread the brown sauce over it and mix. then sprinkle with peanuts

1:50 There are different types of lumpia. This is fresh lumpia. Then you have the fried smaller ones that people are more familiar with, like Lumpiang Shanghai (literally Shanghai Lumpia). Then you have Turon. It's not lumpia per se, but imagine a "dessert lumpia". Contains slices of plantain sometimes paired with slices of jackfruit. I was surprised there was no "halo-halo" (literally "mix mix"). It's the quintessential filipino Sundae containing stuff like ube, sago, coconut, jackfruit, bits of leche flan, shaved ice, syrup, and ice cream, which you then mix together (hence the name).

the fresh lumpia got massacred that sauce is supposed to be poured as toppings, then drizzled with some peanuts its supposed to be eaten using a fork, chipping it off little by little.... it isnt supposed to be a "finger food" unless if you eat it directly off a plastic bag, where you have already poured in its sauce and peanuts...

FYI that LUMPIA is the fresh version NOT deep fried. Doesn't go with vinegar and we eat with a fork usually.

Most filipino dishes are made to be completed on the table, reason why condiments of vinegar, soy sauce, fish sauce and peper and chilis can be found on tables of traditional restos or carenderias.

The dude is so entertaining to watch ... The way he talks is full of life

Mango Float is not traditional Filipino dessert, it's more contemporary but I love that they all gave it a perfect 10

You have to pour the sauce instead of dipping it. One kind of lumpia(fresh veggie lumpia)

Please try Sisig, Pork adobo, Lumpiang Shanghai, Pancit Bihon and Bicol Express 🔥 And for the dessert Ube halaya and Leche flan.

Are you kidding me?! Are you kidding me?! Where is the chicken adobo?! The best of the best of Filipino food. So good I learned to make it myself for my family.

the lumpia is in the wrong wapper it should be in a rice sheets like for springrolls then fried. the wrapper that you used is for the fresh lumpia, the fillings should be coconut shoot, you can add shrimp, carrots and mongbean shoots. the dippings will be peanut sauce.

Thank you so much for trying our food

mango float is always the 1st desert to be emptied out in every party😅

Nice to see Sepi here!

As a Filipino my personal favorites are lumpia and ube ice cream also chicken adobo

Godfreeeeey! What a nice surprise.

I’ve never had mango float before.. it’s kinda like wasn’t a thing back when I was growing up in the Philippines. I left 36 years ago and haven’t gone back yet.

The thing I find fascinating about Filipino dishes is it's variety. Like I always find myself saying "it's maybe because they didn't like how it's made but for sure if they try my grandma's cooking they will find it good" then it ties to a specific realization in my head that you maybe don't like adobo(or any food) but for sure that you'll find a variant that will make you fall in love.

the pancit where they actually wanted more lemon on it cause they really need to add more lemon on it but the one we used for that is called CALAMANSI which is a tiny lemon and it's color green which has more flavor than that Yellow Lemon one.

"Vinegar is the elixir of life." That's very Filipino.

I think it would be better if the lumpia was fried as what Godfrey described it.

FILIPINO FOOD is really delicious. from breakfast to lunch and midnight snacks. The foods that served you is way better when cooked and served in authentic way. Thanks for loving the Filipino Dish. ❤

The lechon should have a crunchy skin. It should have been served first because lechon would get "chewy" if it's cold. It has to be served piping hot 🔥

I hope you teach them how to properly eat these foods, like the sauces that should poured or dip

We need a part 2 of this ❤️❤️ Suggestion Fried Lumpia or lumpiang shanghai Adobo chicken/pork Spaghetti filipino sweet style spag 🤣 Dinuguan (pork blood stew) 😅 And lastly dessert halo-halo 😉😉😉

Nobody sells mango float. People make it, then they eat it. How could you resist? The two hardest parts are: slicing the fresh mangoes because they're so juicy and slippery, and letting it chill in the ref for several hours or overnight because it's so good you want to eat it NOW.

finally mango float grahams get its love on these trying filipino foods

You can't go wrong with the Lechon Mango Float

What they serve was not for a meal (lunch or dinner) so dont expect they will serve adobo or food ment for this meal.

I’m Filipina from NY🇺🇸 and I ❤ our food!

We have a lot more dilicious foods here in the Philippines that is hidden within the streets, you have to come here to discover more😘🤩🥰

Fresh lumpia is my favorite but it depends who makes it😉you are supposed to eat it with utensils not your fingers, it’s not fried lumpia. The pancit , You have to add lemon and cracked pepper to your taste , the fancy version has all different meat in it from chicken , pork, beef, liver and mix noodles.

Lumpia and "Fresh Lumpia" are 2 distinct dishes. What you have is fresh lumpia. Lumpia is more popular than fresh lumpia.

For the pansit, lemon should probably be your third choice, behind calamansi and lime. In particular, theres a bit of a sharpness in a lime, whereas the lemon is more subtle... like it was mentioned, something was still missing.

You gotta try adobo, my dad’s half of the family is all 100% Filipino and it’s so good.

Shanghai is King when it comes to Lumpia, 2nd is Togue, 3rd and last is Sariwa which was served, but this is good regardless

Filipino food brings you back to the cuisine of the first Austronesian seafarers who settled in the Islands of the Philippines, mixed with flavors brought by Spain and the United States during its colonial era to the heavy Chinese influence through thousand years of trade, kicked with the tangy and flavorful spices of Asia Pacific mainly from Thailand, Indonesia, and India. Every recipe has ingredients that bring you a long way back through history. FYI Good food is sometimes made by the most simplest and traditional ingredients, not found in luxurious restaurants that oftentimes tricks your tastebuds and your pockets.

Mangi float can consist of just 3 ingredients, cream, graham crackers and mango but it just goes so hard. Us Filipino's here want it every we crave for food

They got the wrong type of Lumpia though, the dude was talking about fried lumpia a.k.a. lumpian shanghai, basically a staple food in any Filipino gathering, I on the other hand calls it pocket food, if you know you know. This was refreshing to watch though, every one is so endearing to watch.

u gotta get them to try the deep fried lumpia its soooo incredible. and Turon too while were in wrap land

They served Lumpia Sariwa to Brits . Next time served it completely with brown sauce on top and peanuts. No wonder 2 girls didn't like it.

Was that pancit miki or pancit lomi? There's different variations of pancit you guys could try in the future. Try pancit malabon and pancit palabok. 2 of my most favorite variations of pancit. Thanks for sharing our food to the world

Next time have a good home cook. The pancit should have more veggies(carrots, beans,cabbage). There should also have pork,shrimps,liver, squid ball,chicken balls,kikiam. It should be sautéed in soy sauce and oyster sauce.

The lady in the shades missed the part of Lechon where the crispiness of sthe skin and the softness of the meat combines.

Good job to the host .... you represented the Filipino well.

Their reaction to mango float was normal. No exaggeration. Best dessert.

Vinegar goes with fried lumpia, not fresh lumpia. We also eat fresh lumpia with a fork for crying out loud.

One pours the sauce over the fresh lumpia and use spoon and/or fork. The noodles need loads of chicken liver and veggies--and calamansi, for the specific citrus kick 😊

Hello Buzzfeed, may I suggest that when first time foreigners try food from a different country, please show them how they should be eaten. Just like the fresh lumpia they should be given a spoon so they can put the sauce on the lumpia correctly for them to appreciate the way food it eaten. Just a thought.

I need these food 😭

If a really good cook serves all of these to them hot. They would love it. Adobo though can sometimes be sweet, it should be introduced to foreigners as oily, dry and salty with hot rice. The Pancit looks sad tbh. Food that needs to be introduced : Bicol Express, Humba, Sinigang, Pinakbet, Dinakdakan, Sisig. Dinengdeng with grilled fish.

Lemon is very light taste than calamansi. But in foreign country calamansi is very limited

I wanna eat British food as an Filipino ❤️🤤

As a man with half filipno kids... This looked like straight colonized filipino food. Not fried lumpia??? Pancit without rice noodles... Yall gotta do better.

I’m Filipino wish I can go to London!

We eat Sariwang Lumpia slicing it with knife or just fork. 😅 So it won't be messy. Pour Sauce and and peanuts on top.

mango float is the best and simple dessert out there, especially if the mango is sweet

Lumpia shanghai is still my preference but it's still good with sariwa. And i wonder how they would have done with adobo, sinigang, kare-kare, sisig, and halo-halo being thy other basic staples or the other extreme of dinuguan or balut. I enjoyed their reactions though, respectful even for things they didn't like. And all Filipinos have different recipes for their dishes. You might not like one person's lumpia and absolutely love another

I must say these aren't the first dishes that comes to mind when you say Filipino, but it's a unique roster compared to the usual "adobo, lumpiang shanghai, balot" or jollibee reactions

Lechon and mango float is my fave when theres any fiesta/celebration

Fresh lumpia must be eaten with a spoon and fork. We're not dipping it.

that's lumpiang sariwa it should be a garlicy sauce with it not vinegar. vinegar dip normally is with the fried lumpia or anything fried

I think there were a LOT of other Filipino dishes that could have been included - adobo, sinigang, tinola, sisig, etc. other rice cakes could have also been part. Or some street food 😅

that's how good mango float is , no matter where u are its always a 10

"Sweet without being too sweet" you accidentally stumbled upon the ultimate asian compliment to a dessert.

Come on now it's time to level up and try Spicy Bicol Express, Chicken Tinola with lemon grass, Filipino Chicken Curry, Tocino, egg and garlic fried rice and close it with some Leche Flan and Mais Con Yelo

I wish they let them try sisig adobo crispy pata and fried lumpia

*Filipino food is so diverse just like the people and if any of the reactors visit the Philippines, there are a lot of other food from different regions in the Philippines you need to try.* *Too bad though that you guys only got to taste a few dishes.*

As one of Riddler's former youth workers, I'm very disappointed to see him in an Arsenal shirt 😂😂😂

Can't go wrong with mango float.

wished they used Lemoncito, the staple citrus for Filipinos and brings a different taste than a lemon. . Fun video though.

The pansit though doesn't have any "protein" we usually put shrimp or pork. Some out chicken but I don't like chicken

lemonsito is the more suited partner to pancit like a lot of lemonsitos ❤❤

For the lumpia you need to eat it with the sauce with lots of peanuts on top

i feel like sepi is giving matrimonial to a filipino type of vibe and i'm here for it. ps. you will be fed and you will enjoy it

Fried lumpia and fresh lumpia are different filling.

Hey, that's Sepi from Korean Englishman! I guess she's not working with them any more