Filipino Food is EXTREMELY UNDERRATED! (Food Tour in Manila) 

As everyone has already pointed out, most dishes in the Philippines are meant to be eaten with rice. These dishes are often well seasoned and strongly full-flavored, which the rice complements alongside some condiments like soy sauce, calamansi, vinegar, fish sauce, chili and/or banana ketchup. Visitors often misunderstand Filipino food to be salty or extra savory, but what it really needs is a rice side dish every time and some condiments for an extra twist.

Don't hesitate to ask the locals. Filipinos love helping foreigners experience their culture. A simple "How do you eat this fish?" or "How do you use this oil?" would definitely spark a conversation from the locals. It made my experience there way better.

The ice cream is called halo halo, and it means mix, so you have to mix it everything inside. That's why there is chopped ice underneath it.

The way we ate the fish is get a portion like pricking it with finger to separate the bone..

So jealous watching you guys,haven’t been home since 2019,I call Southern California home but my heart will always be in the Philippines

I live for yalls international food tours. Thanks so much for sharing with us as always!

You have to make the dip for the Mang Inasal chicken, typically a combination of soy sauce, calamansi, and chillies. That’s supposed to balance out the sweetness of the chicken glazing.

I am looking forwards to see your videos, wherever you are. You are always positive and in good mood, and that is great. Rolling in the Finnish snow was one of the high lights.

We also love dips and condiments, those dried fish in the beginning need to be dipped in spiced vinegar and paired with rice.

You Two are Brave . You are Awesome for Trying the Fish😀

that dried fish is good it complement with rice or garlic rice or champarado for breakfast.

Breakfast fish is salted and sun dried fish. Salty and fish. Like anchovies

The Fish.is called Tuyo or Salted Dried fish. You eat it with sinangag or garlic rice. The Tuyo is dip in vinegar concoction (vinegar, garlic, cayenne pepper, paminta, onions). We don't eat it fish only but with garlic rice coz it's salty.You wouldn't like it like that but if you will eat accordingly it's enjoyable and delicious specially with coffee.

Vinegar based Ceviche actually originated from the Philippines, and were then brought to Mexico through the Manila Galleon by the Spaniards.

The springroll with chilli inside we called it locally as "Dynamite". The chilli flavor bursts in your mouth.

For sure you'll enjoy eating all of them

The whole fish is pretty salty when I tried it, but eating it with rice balances it out. I’ve recently visited the Philippines and got to try out some of the foods you featured here and shared my experience on my channel. Loved adobo, turon, halo-halo, and taho. Awesome. Gotta go back next year for lechon!🇵🇭

best way to experience real filipino food i from someones home..let their family best cook like their grandma,mom and aunties cook.. or even dads that would be the best..

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Enjoy your travel, sana all.

The flavor profile of the country is sour like adobo, kinilaw and sinigang. We also love to dip food in vinegar or with calamansi. Most foreigners will say food is a little salty at times that's why it should be eaten with rice.

the "chocolate one" is mung bean, and the "pastry" is sweetened ripe jackfruit

i love how you love eating of filipino food❤❤

10:50 Halo halo means mix-mix, so the best way to eat it, is to get your spoon and mix everything.

The oil is for the rice...I believe it's the chicken's natural dripping, along with the marinade sauce that they use.

The fried fish is paired with champorado, a rice porridge cooked with cacao powder. So it has a chocolatey flavor.

Wow yummy!😊

Spell 'drooling'. I'm literally drooling while watching this

You can choose different types of food delicacies in the Philippines 7,000 islands.

The Tuyo (fried fish) is usually dipped with some "sawsawan" which is a like some vinegar which will lessen the saltiness .

Mang Inasal was founded by a 20 year old student turned business man in the Philippines. I think you ordered the Chicken which has unlimited rice, u can ask the waiter for another rice because for free.

Hi, welcome to the Philippines, I love the energy and being happy and smiling on the vlog my friendly advice since you are VLogging the philippines and having the experience especially on food. Like any others who commented, I would suggest to research or ask any waiter or even managers on how food is properly eaten or what kind of food is it. As some Filipinos might get offended by eating it wrongly as people all over the world will watch watch and may impose. Wrong impression that the food is not good simply because of wrong way on how to eat it. Don't be afraid to ask any one. Filipinos are very accommodating and helpful to tourist. We are always proud on our food. :) I hope you don't get me wrong :) I love watching tourist experiencing our country and what we caN offer. But sometimes doing it the wrong way specially on food resulting to not liking by you and other tourist might not want to try it because they saw it in your vlog. We always have To be responsible. Looking forward to see you're experience. Enjoy and have a blast. And being in other countries you have to get out from your comfort zone :) peace. Love lots.

The breakfast fish looks like a unique type of fish. Taal Lake used to be part of the bay and they got trapped in the lake due to a volcanic eruption, and it slowly turned to freshwater. The sardines adapted to the new environment becoming rare freshwater sardines. You wont easily find it anywhere else. Truly a rare experience. It's called "Tawilis".

You should mix the Halo-halo.. Halo-halo means " Mix-mix" mix it to achieve the full flavor

filipino cuisine is very regional..hope they come up with Filipino Fusion Cuisine where they can mix all the good dishes of various regions together..

The fish from breakfast looked like fried tawilis. Tawilis is the only fresh water sardines and they are only found in Taal lake. They are an endangered specie so fishing is limited and seasonal. It is supposed to be crispy fried and dipped in spicy vinegar. Also found in Taal lake is the only fresh water trevally or maliputo. Also limited or seasonal fishing. You should try it when you visit Tagaytay. Be safe and enjoy.

enjoy your stay in the philippines

The spring roll is called lumpiang shanghai Kilawen or kinilaw is fish marinated with vinegar, onion, chilli pepper & salt Sisig is made of fried pigs face onion chilli Mayo salt & pepper

Look for boneless bangus (milkfish). It could be fried, grilled, or cooked as part of sinigang sour soup. Ask for advice or service from the waiters to mix the right condiments or dipping sauces to round out each dish.

I like the energy from both of you. Suggestion : try to use more descriptors other than "it has good flavor". Try likening things to tastes you're familiar with so more viewers can relate. Good luck! 🍀👍🏼

Lime is a Lemon version in the Philippines, Lime use to squeeze and mix on the Sisig to add Citrus flavor, the Sisig is a Pig Face, Nose, Ears too... 😊

That dried fish should be eaten with dipping sauce and rice and it's recommend with fried rice with matching coffee it is best for breakfast.

I miss Mang Inasal and Philippines! 😔 I can’t wait to go back Philippines next year! 🇵🇭

I was having fun watching you two experiment with Filipino food. Just two quick comments about the food. The Sisig is good I have to agree but I wish the servers explained to you that you need to mix the egg with the meat portion of it and add the Kalamansi (small Philippine lime). The same thing for the Halo-Halo, you're supposed to mix everything together before eating it. Hopefully, you'll get to try Pork Lechon and pork Sinigang (pronounced as see, knee, gang), Oh, I forgot about the little fish. That was salted and sun-dried then fried. I don't eat the head and you're supposed to remove the scale. Dipping it in vinegar with hot chile is better, but it's all good...

The dried fish (Tuyo in Tagalog) is supposed to be dipped in vinegar to balance the saltiness and fishy taste. Next to taste, Sinigang, Bulalo, Pinakbet, Lechon kawali, Kare Kare, you can eat in Manam restaurant. Thank you for trying our local dishes ❤

Inasal has great chicken and the halo halo you are meant to stir it all up b4 you eat, like your energy fun and positive vibe cheers !

Awesome!

and day by day i will give you an array of Foods and Drinks which is famour for Filipino taste

Hey I'm glad you are visiting my country. I was born there but raised in the US. Here's some traditional foods you should try. The most famous is balut. You have to keep an open mind when you find out what it is or just try it out. Many locals will tell Americans eating balut it will give you long lasting bedroom endurance,lol. Which is a story. Lumpia as also named as Shanghai. And if your about to try some night time street food or kalindaria, (mom & pop owned restaurant ). You should try banana que, Adidas, beta max and qwek qwek(quail eggs). Oh when you buy some water always buy it in sealed bottle. Very very cheap to buy. If you you need to use the the bathroom the word for that is the C R, comfort room. And always keep some toilet paper, wet wipes and hand sanitizer. To clean yourself you would have to use a tubo, a small scoop bucket to wash down there. And you're on the main Island of Luzon you can tour 100 islands and head north to the mountains of baguio. Another tourist destination which the temperature will drop at least 12° less. If you decide to buy any local souvenir you can wheel and deal to lower the price. Some tourists areas when buying stuff you would have to ask. Sometimes they will raise the price because your an American. Oh when you have peso, Filipino money. Make sure you have lesser bill count. Like if you can only get 500P bill notes try to get 100P peso notes. Most Filipinos will not have change. They will try to scam you the rest of the peso note like whatever you buy form100P but given them 500P. They most likely won't have change. 7-11 you won't have a problem with that. Well hope you both have an awesome visit and if you have any questions feel free to ask..

Hahaha that dried fish is nice with garlic rice!!!

I highly recommend you to try Andok's Rotisserie Chicken and Liempo/Pork Belly. By the way, Filipinos love making our own dipping sauces, so you'd typically see soy sauce, fresh chilies, calamansi and vinegar at restaurants or you could ask the staff for some if you want (some restaurants are self-service when it comes to condiments, while others are not). To prepare the dipping sauce, what you should do is put the chili in a soy dish, cut it up with your fork and spoon, then squeeze the calamansi and add either soy sauce or vinegar or you could also mix both of them together if you want to.

You call that Tuyo. That is good with fried rice , dipped in vinegar Halo halo means Mix mix, mix everything it must have milk in it. mix and enjoy!

I'm Filipino guy from California my beautiful Australian wife so loves Filipino food.

Wow that’s Amazing 👍👍👍👍👌💪✌️🙏

All those food on your plate partner with rice is a must to taste the blend/mix/combination of viand and rice.

It is called Tinapa or smoked fish. You should eat only the meat part, not including the bone, and it is good to pair it with fried rice.🙂❤👍

Welcome to the Philippines. You'll best enjoy Filipino dishes with rice. Our food are purposedly made with a little bit of salt because they're expected to be eaten with rice to even out the flavor. Enjoy your stay😊

Welcome enjoy your visit my country hope you enjoy God bless.

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The fish is called TINAPA, it is smoked fish, usually small sardines. We do not usually eat the head or the center bones, We remove the flesh first like when eat whole fish. But when it comes to small fried fish, we do eat the crunchy head but not the center bones. fried fish is usually paired with a vinegar or soy sauce dip with calamansi.

When i go to Moa my go to restaurant is Sea/Salt ;) good choice!

Welcome guys, just a tip - if you order food and there is lime or calamansi, its usually sprinkled on the food itself like the sisig. Just ask the foodseever or the waiter what the condiments are for. The chicken oil is poured on to the rice for more flavor. Halohalo desert should be mixed all together while its melting so you get the smooth consistency of melted ice together the mixture of stuff in there. It doesnt hurt to ask the food server or the food seller how the food is eaten or blended for more flavor and enjoyment. Enjoy guys.

Hi jacob and jenny welcome to the 7,107 island philippines ❤️❤️❤️theres more local food and delicacies here .our best fruit also fir export sweet mango, pineapple and banana ,you must try banana cue , buko pie you will find it in tagaytay one of tourust attraction there is the smallest volcano in the middle of the lake, lechon de cebu extra flavor tasty roasted pig anthique since early 1900 dish in cebu and every province and island tour you will find out the very hospitable and friendly filipinos and how we treated you as our guest .enjoy and we enjoy seeing more of your vlog.❤❤❤

my favorite Filipino foods are dinuguan, kare kare, crispy pata, lechon kawali and ginataang kuhol (edible snail) try them if you have time.

I really wish that local businesses, especially those catering to international diners, would consider providing simple guide on how to fully enjoy their menu offerings. It would be amazing if they could offer handouts or explanations to help foreigners appreciate our cuisine better. As Filipinos, we should pay attention to these small details to ensure our foreign guests fully experience the Pinoy way of life. Let's provide them with all the necessary information. It's quite disappointing in this regard. On a positive note, it's truly heartwarming to see Jacob and Jenny enjoying their visit. Have a great time, both of you!

U have to mix rice if u eat dried fish..coz, it's salty

for the dried fish,you dont eat it alone,you only eat a very small portion of it because its very salty.its good as a breakfast meal with rice and egg.i used to hate dried fish because of its smell but it grows on you.

i love sisig! yeah!

Welcome to the Philippines.💖

Dynamite is my favourite too. But must have both pork and cheese with the chili..............enjoy team

That the dried fish is good to soak in the vinegar that a super good,By the way I’m Dani from New Jersey USA but I’m a Filipino

That dynamite is good with mayo and ketchup mix together

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I appreciate your interest trying Filipino food though we love to see that someone would ate the right way. Fyi halo halo should mix up well to burst and compliment all the ingredients to get its full flavor. The chicken Inasal we casually ate that of course with our staple dish and that is rice.😅

Woooow wonderful video 🎉❤❤❤❤ super 🎉🎉🎉

Yes, Filipino dishes are almost all eaten with rice. The halo-halo needs to be “MIXED” before eating. Please research on how to eat dishes first before consuming. So that the review is more accurate😅👌🏻Halo means “mix” Oh I’m happy you guys chose to visit the Philippines. People there are always friendly. Beautiful resorts & beaches there! Have a grand time!!

We believe as filipinoes that eating pancit/stir fried noodles makes your life longer. So eat it while in the philippines.

Ask the locals how to eat certain foods. For example the Sisig: that small lime is actually "kalamansi" and should be squeezed. Then you mix it all together including the egg (should be over easy, usualy raw broken over the whole stuff while it's sizzling). The kalamansi is usually squeezed on soy or fish sauce and used as a dip for most dishes.

Some rich people in the Philippine love that dried fish....or what we called tu`yo

For Breakfast or Brunch, always ask for Combo Meal; To-Si-Log (Sweet Marinated Pork, Fried Rice, Fried Egg).. then Bac-Si-Log ( Bacon, Fried Rice, Fried Egg), also Tap-Si-Log (Salty Sweet Marinated Beef, Fried Rice, Fried Egg), and Si-Si-Log ( Sizzling Chop Pork, Fried Rice, Fried Egg).. 💕🇵🇭

The chicken oil is supposed to be mixed with the rice, the rice is not a side dish but eaten along with the food.

Love it

the way to eat Halo-Halo is to mix all the ingredients with the shaved ice. Halo is a Filipino word that means "to mix". so halo-halo is mix-mix.

Welcome to the philippines 😍😍😍

Try Jollibee's Chickenjoy with gravy! 😍🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

Guys, always eat these dishes with rice. Not too much, though. You'll appreciate them better. What's the name of the place you had lunch at? The food looks delicious...and really priced reasonably too. So glad you enjoyed our cuisine. Immensely enjoyable episode, as always, guys.

Ube is a purple yam and you need to mix up everything up to eat the halo halo

Guys, if you're not sure about the things that you want to try like food for example better ask the locals, don't be shy or scared they're there to help you. Welcome to the Philippines. 😊

U must mixed it. That's why it's called Halo Halo, meaning mix.

You need to mix halo2 thorougly before eating, there's sugar and milk in the bottom

As a kid, i hate salted dried fish. It's only fairly recently in my life that I've appreciated it

That called dynamite I love so much 😊😊

Guys try jollibee a popular food chain in the philippines even abroad

Every part of our country has different dishes... You will know this if you start traveling from one place to another. Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Halo Halo means Mix Mix so you have to Mix it well... 😅 The Chicken Oil use to pour in the White Rice not in Chicken. 😅

Halo-halo means mix-mix in English, you need to mix all ingredients together to really enjoy iy. you don't eat each ingredient separately, you need to mix everything together to really feel the enjoyment of the whole thing.

Welcome to the Philippines new subscriber here

From where i come from we do not eat the head of the tuyo. we simply eat it by hand, manually peeling off only the meat from the scales and bones and throw away all the rest

i dare you two to try balut😁, adidas(chicken feet), helmet( chicken head), isaw( chicken intestine), betamax( pork blood)…, more after suggestion when you finish those…✌️

The fish is called tuyo ( dried fish)