Rethinking Filipino Food by Going to Muslim Mindanao | Fork the System 

Oh Ya Allah, i'm so happy and i know everyside of Mindanao Island, salam from indonesia🇮🇩 To phillipines in mindanao🇵🇭

Using food to explore different cultures, highlight their issues and tell their stories is an awesome concept. Thank you for this informative piece.

I'm proud to be a Bangsamoro Muslim in Mindanao. thanks for featuring our Homeland.

This is amazing! I am a muslim from mindanao. Hope there will be more exposure of our history. Btw, kudos to the team for finding such intelligent people to be interviewed for this documentary. They represented and explained very well.

Here in Indonesia we learn that southern Philippines were once part of Sultanate that shared same roots with parts of Indonesia. It's an interesting history on how colonialism divided the Nusantara region. Cheers to our brothers and sisters in the Philippines, I do hope everything will get better.

Thanks Hyo Jin and Joi lee. This was great exposure of Muslim culture in the Philippines

I'm a Roman Christian, but I always and always love Muslim foods, specially the Beef Kulma and Tiyula Itom, it's a total boom!!!😍 I'm from Mindanao as well but in the Northern Part, I usually travel once a month going to Lanao or Cotabato just to relax and EAT! 🤣 Thank you for featuring the side of Filipino food which most Filipino don't know it exists.^^

I just accepted Islam I'm from Luzon Philippines Inshaallah one day I can go Mindanao

This documentary made me cry. I am a Christian, but I feel their pain in the marginalization. Its no one’s fault and everyone is a casualty of war.

Filipinos are really proud for their pork dishes. But Southern no pork meals should be introduced to the world about the richness of Philipines culinary heritage.

My father is a Filipino, and my mom is Spanish Mexican. Zamboanga is also in Mindanao. I'm missing my father's country

Greetings to Philippines from Indonesia brothers and sisters

Thank you for featuring the Moro-Filipinos and discussing the history of its culture through food convos and exploration, as Babo said, “Thank you because you’re here without fear”. Actually Mindanao is a safe place, rich in diverse culture and traditions, beautiful and happy people.But what makes it unsafe is the misleading news that people outside Mindanao sees/ hear in their TV/radios. I love this segment, so many things to learn through food. More episodes to come.

We Filipinos are strangers to our own nation.

Finally, the recognition Moro culture deserves! The concept of Filipino food is definitely more than just adobo and lechon!

Thank you for this news of my beloved brothers and sisters in islam- the bangsamoro. From Malaysia.

Im Tagalog and Catholic, and really love Muslim food specially Tula Itum.❤️

How i miss "tiyula Itum" and saw "satti" aslo while watching the episode. Can't wait to visit my home town soon.. I am glad that you have featured certain foods in Mindanao.The Philippines is not only "adobo" and "kare kare". it is more than that. :)

I like these two lovely reporters. Why? I feel they are sincere and I didn't see any disgust from their expression and gestures. Kudos to your team. One more, thank you so much for educating us, Filipinos.

My Mom is a Cebuana(Visayas) and my Dad is a Zambuangeno(MIndanao), I grew up on the city of Cebu , but when we decided to live for about 2 years in Mindanao, being part of the community of diverse people of religions and ethnicity is so eye opening that they could co-exist , and that there are islamized ethnolinguistic also has their own distinct cultures, that we can be proud of and tell our fellow Filipino people how so many things can be discovered if we left our marginalized and stereotypes views towards ethnic minorities, and celebrate with them our Filipino identity

In 2018 it was my first meeting with the Philippines. The hospitality, positivity and nature was amazing. The most difficult part was food, finding vegetarian dinner or grilled fish on a plate only for fish was hard. But the delicious fruits were the savers. Unfortunately I only planned the north to visit, because my country didn't advised to travel to the south. As a hijabi muslim I really felt comfortable in a non muslim country. People were not looking and when they stare it was to compliment and show their respect. I met beautiful souls. Filipino's have to know that they are blessed. Blessed with the beautiful nature, blessed with the all-day happiness and positive character, blessed to produce and work, blessed to know more languages etc. During my travel I met a lot of people who wanted to go abroad. Money, wealth, materialism isn't everything. Know the value of your blessings. I really loved the Philippines and InsaAllah one day I want to go again and visit also the south (and hopefully will able to eat meat). Thank you for this episode.

Thank You Al Jazeera as our local news outlet here does not feature food in Mindanao

What a wonderful job you did, ladies. I like how you balanced 3 basic things we don't normally think about--food, culture, and identity. But this only the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. There are also other Mindanao tribes, who are neither Muslim nor Christian, generally known as "lumad", and perhaps you could cover them in the future. Kudos.

This the only corporate documentary where i see the hosts commenting at their own videos. Kudos to the hosts😁 Very stylish and sweet

Good segment. Good they say they're outsiders and the Philippines is very diverse.

This is ABSOLUTELY educational for filipinos who think that their national food/cultural identity is limited to adobo et al. WELL-RESEARCHED! Thank you, ladies, for schooling everyone!

I agree, the conflict superseded the beauty of Mindanao. The culture is diverse, the people are very welcoming, nature is not much touched by modernity, and the food is good - really good!

My father was born in Mindanao, but eventually, we settled here in Luzon because this is where my parents first found work. I really really want to make it my mission to visit my aunts and uncles there. I still have a long ways to save up for dare and expenses, but I hope to see Mindanao myself someday.

I never thought to visit Philippines before but now will be considering it and I know exactly where to go too. Thank you for introducing us to this great hidden treasure!

Philippine Colonizers have a very great impact in Filipino minds.

How do you create a national identity out of a group of people spread across more than 7,600 islands, belonging to dozens of ethnic tribes, speaking nearly 200 different languages? "I don't believe that there's such a thing as a on version of a Filipino. The fact that Philippines is a multicultural community itself is what makes it Filipino" -Ace (Maranao tribe) "It's continually changing, it's not stagnant. Because if it's stagnant eventually that's the death of any identity" If you don't hear yourself reflected in this larger national narrative, where does that leave you?

I never been to mindanao, im from sangley point cavite, but mindanao sounds and seems like a mini Indonesia, and i think thats cool, nice to know a sultan still resides there(or was it sulu) Tho i hear a lot of indonesians describing manila as being similar to jakarta

As Filipino I only know general aspects of some tribes and culture and traditions are mostly Tagalog. I am Ilocano and I moved to a Tagalog majority place but still have classmate who speak Iloko too and my pure Tagalog classmate wanted to learn Ilocano too so we teach them word by word and also we Ilocanos came from different places so we get to learn new Ilocano words that is specifically used in their places.

Mindanao has a lot of things to offer. Thank you for showing the lovely foods of my hometown 🙌🏻❤️

Thank you for featuring the Muslim Mindanao. I am visiting Mindanao for the first time next year and I am excited to see for myself the southern part, the culture, foods, people and the wonderful things I heard about this part of the country.

First time I traveled in Mindanao I felt at home and I have so much more to explore. The fruits are just the best, could not get enough.

Excellent & thank you! I have not seen many shows on the Muslim, and remote areas of the Philippines. Keep em coming!!! 😎

You guys are very open minded and very brave to visit those places. In Korean airports, they always announce that Southern Mindanao and Marawi are always warned to be dangerous. I myself am afraid to visit. The PH is not only Manila and Cebu. Thanks for this enlightening documentary.

"Ngin i seda nu?" sounds so similar to what we say in Northern Luzon, Philippines, among the Itawis people. We say, "Anna i isira nu?" It's so interesting to hear this similarity from the two opposite ends, north-to-south, of the Philippines! We also say "mapya" for "good."

I really appreciate this, thank you. ♥️♥️ I live in Mindanao, just fortunate enough that the city I live in, is peaceful. My heart grieves for my Mindanaoan people in the Muslim communities, specially in Marawi. Bangon Mindanao ♥️

This is such a good coverage of Mindanao culture. I've also never thought about the different foods there so thanks for featuring them.

Awesome documentary, i like how you use food to tell other people’s culture and history there’s so much things to talk about over meals and it’s the best time to do that because everyone has to eat and we love to enjoy when and what we eat 🥘 thank you 🙏

MasyaAllah Filipina😍

Makanan halal memang paling enak.

Video highlighted the misconceptions, generalization & marginalization of the region that was associated with it. Good job.

Bangsamoro community leaders should register their cultural heritage to UNESCO. Then only Philippine government will recognize Bangsamoro culture as part of Philippine culture internationally.

Muslim filipino look so similar to Indonesian..

Nice to see you guys in Mindanao exploring their food, place and a bit of their culture... My father is from Mindanao (Tausug tribe) but how i wish i can visit the place one day. I love it that the Philippines is bit by bit catering halal food... during my college days it was hard for us to find halal food in Manila. Awesome video and hopefully that you feature more of Mindanao because i bet there are more to explore.

I knew about the Southern part, but I was born in the North and never went there. Its a real eye opening episode! Great job!

Mindanao is cool and I love these food vlogs

I hope that my Province of Maguindanao can change its image.

Looking at this episode, I realize how similar the food of Mindanao and Indonesia.. Sometimes I forgot that Philippines is a neighboring country too.. Except for bad news, there's not much things I know from there..

200+ languages. That's my Country. And I'm proud of it. I'm Visayan. 🇵🇭

Allah O Akbar - I have muslim brothers and sisters in the Philippines. Masha'Allah. i am definately going to visit Insha'Allah

When I first visited Singapore and Malaysia, I was humbled to see how the Muslim people live good lives not being the minority, being proud of their culture and traditions. I have never set foot in Mindanao in the fear of safety issues brought by vastly generalized news the media is usually protraying. I hope in the future, I can find myself delving into the realm of the Moro people in Mindanao and enjoy their vast culture with a glimpse of progress in the region just like in our Muslim neighboring countries. That will be a dream for every Moro Filipino.

Thank you, this was beautiful! I am a Filipino foodie from Manila and I myself do not know much about Filipino culture in Mindanao. I hope to learn more about my fellow Filipinos in other regions, and this helps.

Well done! More accurate than most features on Mindanao - my favorite region to travel in Philippines 🙌

I love this coverage so much! Thank you for choosing to cover a lesser known part of our country!

Iam glad ive tasted foods from almost all parts of the Philippines.taste and style of cooking really differs from region to region.

this is actually a well thought out segment - kudos to the people who made this. definitely deserves a thumbs up.

The chef was a royal blood. DATU- equivalent to Duke.

So similar with Indonesian cuisine. Love Philippines 🇵🇭

love your on-screen chemistry, especially with the korea episode. please keep making more!!!

Thank you for sharing kind of these things from Phillipines, im so happy to see even though im not from this country but still we are brotherss !! greetings from Indonesia and stay safee

Taga Mindoro ako (Southern Luzon) and mahilig ako magluto ng Maranao food.

This is such a good series. Keep up the wonderful work not only showing us these beautiful countries, their beautiful citizens but also that delicious looking food!

This is quickly becoming a fav. Keep up the great work, so much depth of framing packed into a quick taste.

If you've watch this and you want to come here in the Southern part of Mindanao, you're very welcome. Don't be afraid cuz we are all hospitable no matter who you are or where you came from. Nways, kudos to the team and thanks for featuring our Bangsamoro history.

Been there too in Mindanao without fear, food was superb my taste. Thank you Gov. Datu Pax S. Mangudadatu for his hospitality in this region.

Goat is Kambing🇮🇩 Goat is Kambing🇵🇭 What? It same as like!!!!

My family is from one of the northern provinces and so I was raised as a Catholic growing up in America. Recently I have decided to convert to Islam and I was worried about how my experience of my culture would change, namely through food. i think especially for Filipino-Americans, food is the biggest tie we have back to the Philippines, and it’s unfortunate that a lot of major/popular dishes come exclusively from Christian provinces. I love what the chefs here are doing though, bringing in Filipino identity while still adhering to Allah’s guidance. I am thankful to Allah for people like the ones featured in this video. I can honor my family background but still stay away from pork by substituting ingredients here and there. I always preferred seafood anyways!

I'm a muslim from Pakistan. Loved to see the culture of our muslim brothers and sisters from Philippines. 🇵🇰 🇵🇭

First time to hear tiyula and other dishes from muslim minorities

Such a good series! I hope it becomes a fixture!

Very nice content.. thanks for featuring this.

Such Beautiful Women Educating the World about OTHER Cultures and Food. I LOVE what THESE WOMEN are doing. Bless Them

I'm a uk citizen with residency status here in Negros Occidenta. I have travelled to many regions in the Phlps and it is your diversity, customers, food and culture which first attracted me here way back in 2000. Keep up the good work & please if possible share more videos of your amazing country. Salamat.

So lovely travel log unique in terms of eatery dishes & staple food. May peace be upon these innocent MARMA PEOPLE. Respec & love from Indian administered Kashmir

Masha Allah 🤩 Halal Food 🥘 Blessed Food 🍲 Love ❤️ the Philippines 🇵🇭

They look pretty in hijab..

Because of my Subject Course I found this beutiful ang full of information video. Thank you very much for giving a chance to introduce the beauty and uniqueness that maranao culture have, specially the maranao food which is the most interesting to try on. Thank You so much.

Babo’s Cooking Show waiting room here.

Looks like lemak ayam(Chicken in yellow coconut milk broth) in Malaysia 😁😁😁

Cotabato City, how I miss you, my beautiful home town! And oh heart still hurts when they show Marawi like a ghost town :( 💔 I feel for all the victims.

Great program and a very interesting approach to cultural diversity. I'm Brazilian and suggest you guys do an episode on the European, Japanese, African and indigenous influences on Brazil through their different culinary practices in the various regions of the country - African in major coastal cities like Rio de Janeiro and Salvador; Italian, German, Polish and Portuguese in the three Southern states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná; indigenous in the Amazon region, focusing on the cities of Belém and Manaus. Not to mention São Paulo, the country's biggest and one of the world's wealthiest in terms of food culture.

it's so hard to find halal's food.....i really want to go to phillippines tho

a very good,interesting,fact ihfo filled program ladies THANKS Graham NZ

thank you girls for doing this video! love it

I love this content. As a Catholic Filipino, with strong family ties with Muslim family members, food is a good unifying instrument to consider when ideas and beliefs constantly conflicted by the mainstream political views of our people. Food is an instrument to start understanding what connects us all in the brotherhood of humanity. Kudos!

Hi! I am a muslim filipina from Philippines. My hometown is Marawi. It's so saddening after seeing my hometown here. 70% of my hometown were destroyed.

Love your work, Ladies. Keep up the Love. 💖😎

i am maguindanaon too..thank you so much for this documentary.

Thank you for visiting and highlighting Filipino cultures! Our country is not rich financially but VERY rich in cultures and traditions. We were not so lucky to have a successful government to unite all its people but we are trying. For the mean time life is happening and on-going inspite of everyday challenges. To easily judge a country and its people as a whole is ignoring its history and its struggles. Let us respect every culture. Mabuhay!

They weren't allowed to return to Marawi yet as the military has to clear every inch of the city with bombs left from the siege.

Loving this series! Using food to explore cultures and identity- looking forward to many more episodes- perhaps more Asian states (Indonesia, China etc), then move to Oceania and America etc

Ramadan Mubarak to all my brothers and sisters in the Filipinos 🙏 from a non filipino in UK England

i hope your episode will push the envelope for more Mindanao food features.. and start the conversation itself

Woww the Most Amazing episode of fork the system

Great narrative and very insighful point of view. Good job! ❤👍

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