We Eat Authentic FILIPINO Food for the First Time! (Chon meets Lechon) 

Thank you for featuring my Aunt’s restaurant in Melbourne. Talked to them just now and they are surprised on how this vlog turns out. Hope you can visit again soon and try their sinigang. 😊

I'm Filipino but I grew up Abroad but if you go to Philippines, try Kare-Kare which has peanut sauce on it. it's literally my favourite :))

Dalena: “You don’t bang ME hard!!” I’m in tears!🤣🤣

3:56 Dalena: “You don’t bang me hard” LOL SHE IS A SAVAGE

Most Filipino food have a strong taste because we often eat them with rice to balance it out.

I love lechon so much my IG is @lechonny - Lemme know what Filo food we missed out on!!!

The sauce is an “all purpose” sauce called mang tomas! So yummmyyyy.

My first job was at a Primary School and the Filipino families there were so generous and always made amazing food for school fetes & events. My favourites were lumpia and pancit 🤤

Chonny's plan to eat lechon in different areas in the Philippines will be a bomb. coz different provinces in the country have different style of cooking lechon,so that would be very interesting. So excited for both of you to explore the Philippines soon!

Sinigang (sour soup), Kare kare (peanut sauce with oxtail), and palabok (shrimp sauce noodles); These are a must try on the Filipino 2.0 vid surely 🙌

Definitely need to check out more signature Filipino dishes like sinigang, pancit, palabok, etc.

I'm half Filipino and honestly I think this is the first time I've seen chopsticks used to eat Filipino food lol I can't wait until you can actually visit, each region has their own specialty :-)

*eats skewer* Chonny: This is delicious Also Chonny: Rates it 6.8

As a Filipino I watch chonnyday videos a lot. Dalena has answered my comments on IG. I am full Filipino hopefully you guys can visit the Philippines 🇵🇭. When you guys can travel again.

most people: thank you filipinos: thank you from the philippines 🇵🇭 ☺️

Y’all should have tried the Sinegang! It’s like tom yum soup, there’s tomato and it’s umami and sour so delicious!!!

As a filipino fan who's supported you since 2011, this video has made me so happy omg. Can't wait for you guys to come to the Philippines forreal! So glad you guys enjoyed the food too, I knew y'all would love it HAHA

Yous gotta come down to the West Suburbs and check out Enelssie! A filo restaurant with banging crispy pork and a low key bike repair shop. Definitely gotta try the sisig too!

Filipino foods are usually made to be eaten with rice, like in the same bite! We have foods specifically called "sud an" which is basically "a dish accompanying rice", and it's usually some kind of meat. We use spoons and forks instead of chopsticks so we can heap "sud an" and rice in the same bite. This is why the flavors are so salty and strong by themselves, they're made to be balanced out with rice. Glad you got to try it out!

Yes~! Chinese steamed fish don’t get enough hype. With some cilantro when it marinated with the soy sauce and over fluffy rice~ super yum~!

Love your open-mindedness about Filipino food, can't wait until you two can go to the Philippines!

You should go to Cebu, Philippines and try the lechon. That’s one of the major reasons why Cebu is well known

Love the crackle of the lechon kawali! ❤️ The brown sauce is normally paired with lechon, grilled /fried pork and chicken dishes. The pork barbecue skewers are usually dipped in a spiced vinegar sauce. If you get a chance to try out other Filo restos, please do so - and try to get recommendations from Filo friends or the restaurant owner. The food you ate are mostly grilled and good for breakfast (tapa, bangus). I was looking forward to seeing you try the salmon belly sinigang - traditional sour tamarind soup which is cooked wth either pork or seafood 😊

Omg this restaurant is exactly next to my old apartment building!! So happy to see it still there. Their crispy pork is soooo good

Can you please try ‘Cambodian Food’, lots of places in Springvale 🙏🏻

When Dalena said " You dont bang me hard " LMFAO PG13 haha love you guys!!

You guys need to try pork adobo, dinuguan, pancit, pork gisantes, pinakbet, and don’t forget lumpia’s. So much great dishes to try

Brown sauce is for Lechon-crispy pork. It’s made from Liverwurst base. Delicious dip with anything crispy fried meat.

Aw you didn’t get the sinigang! It’s one of my favorite dish but instead of sinigang with fish, I love to make sinigang sour pork ribs soup. 😋

every time my dad makes those skewers he makes like 50 cos it's a damn guarantee you'll be wantin more

Here are some reference for you guys. Brown mysterious sauce = Sarsa (popular brand is Mang Tomas, otherwise it is a home cooked pork liver with varying spices) Lechon = the one you ate is called "Lechon Kawali". The one you might be looking is simply called "Lechon" like the pig suckling you described in China. Not sure about the taste difference since I haven't tried the Chinese version. Bangus = Milkfish. It has a lot of tiny fishbones if they don't de-bone it. I LOLed at the banging and it sounded like Bang bus. Halo-Halo = Famous Filipino dessert. Halo halo literally means "mix-mix" so you have to mix everything before consuming it. We do have spicy dishes although limited compared to other Asian countries. Our spice levels might not also compare to India or Thailand, but we're no slouch when we cook spicy foods. Most of Filipino dishes are on the salty, sweet, and sour side, and our dishes are basically influenced by many nations - Chinese, Asian, American, Spanish, etc. so some might resemble a dish that looks similar to their cuisine, but the taste is authentic Filipino. We also have bitter and spicy ones ^_^ Not sure how sweet tooth Dalena can be but our sweets can be really sweet. Food Suggestions: 1. Pork Sisig (a true Filipino delicacy and 100% Filipino) 2. Kare-Kare (Beef oxtail usually but better ask the resto since pork is also used, indian inspired food - not spicy) 3. Chopsuey (mixed veggies, Chinese inspired dish) 4. Lechon (Spanish influence) 5. Bicol Express (pork dish, spicy food) 6. Sinigang (it could either be seafood, pork, or beef - sour type dish) 7. Durian - must try fruit. no clues haha! 8. Balut - must try evening snack. no clues too!

Hi Chonny and Dalena. Kamusta and Mabuhay. Filipino Melburnian here :) Yes, I will try this Filipino Restaurant in Melbourne City on my day off. I have been following MyChonny since I was a teenager 12 years ago. Captain Planet, Humorous Stories and of course the Teeny Bopper lifestyle (tb). Yes, the old Chonny days LOL. I stay young at heart and I know I am not the only one :) Always stay young at heart Chonny and Dalena. Love you guys, keep it up.

That’s my aunties restaurant! Hope you guys enjoyed it ❤️

“Orders for 6 people” Chonny: It’s a little on the expensive side LOOOL

The fat of the bangus is the best part ❤️ and that’s always the target of everyone whenever there’s a bangus in the table 😂

yay to this video ! try kare kare (pronounced kareh kareh ) it’s an oxtail peanut stew with veges served with a shrimp paste (bagaoong) also try ukoy (shrimp fritters ) served with a spicy vinegar

Yasss!!! I've been looking forward to this ever since you first mentioned it on your Twitter, Chonny. :D Thank you for posting!

That brown sauce is called "mang tomas" and that is liver sauce and fits very well with lechon. But it's an all-around sauce you can even just put in on top of rice and enjoy it🤣 PS: the pickled thing that you put on top of lechon is called "atchara" and it's a pickled papaya

I hope you guys can visit the Philippines soon. Try Sinigang, kare-kare, kaldereta, adobo and halo-halo. Yummy! Hehe

I'm a Filipino living in Melbourne, my kids introduced me to your funny videos like 10 years ago. The Philippines has a population of 110 million and they are avid RU-vid viewers. If you can get lots of fans from there like Sonny Side and Mark Weins has done, you'll get millions more subscribers.

Chonny has to up his Bangus game😂😂

AAAAAAA the skewers are called “barbeque” here in the philippines 🥰

You guys are cutest, sweetest, most funny couple. Bring me lots of joy to watch your videos. Keep doing what you do cause you guys are amazing!

The skewers or pork BBQ here is usually dipped in vinegar sauce. The brown sauce, made of liver etc, is for the lechon. The pickled veggies are to balance or cleanse the palette. We eat most of our dishes with rice thats why it might be saltier than usual.

Lady: Filipino food is not spicy Me and my mom who are from Bicol: WHY YOU LIE

LMAO this is the first time I heard Dalena talk dirty. 😂 That food looks so good. 😋Filipinos are the kings of pork.

BeatsByBeyya 1 second ago Some of my favorite Filipino dishes are Torang Talong (Grilled Eggplant Omelette) Sometimes they put ground beef and/or other veggies but i like just the eggplant and egg, they charr the skin and peel it...you just hato try it it super delicious! Kare Kare (Paenut Butter Ox Tail Stew) paired with shrimp paste, use it one the side & eat with rice, Adobo, Menudo, Caldetera...the list goes on! Atcharra is a yummy pickled side too, and pickled mangoes!

That thick sauce (mang Tomas) usually used for dip lechon. Side papaya salad yum yum! The bagus was filet and deboned and marinated. That’s why it’s salty because of the vinegar.

You need a Tita or Lola to cook for you . Need a Sinigang , Palabok, Adobo & Kare Kare in the mix

Chonny is doing the same thing that my father do whenever I ask him to take me on vication he show me videos on TV 🤣

The sauce where you dip the pork bbq is for crispy skin lechon kawali & the sauce for pork bbq/skewer is vinegar sauce with garlic, onion, hot pepper etc etc

Finally you guys tried Filipino dining. Hope you guys get to go Philippines someday and try it locally. Go to Cebu where its less expensive and less crowded, we also got the best Lechon 👌 😁

The sauce is called “Mang Thomas” used for lechon. It’s either that or vinegar when we eat lechon.

Food looked absolutely lovely. My whole family watch you we came across you in lockdown. We all love your videos.

The sauce in the skewers is called Mang Tomas sauce. I always crave that when eating Fried Chicken/Lechon.

Dalena! YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR OWN CHANNEL ABOUT FASHION AND MAKEUP! Every video I ask myself she looks great I wonder where her clothes are from

I’m barely at 4:10 but I want to comment something. Oh my gohddddd I was so excited when I saw the Philippines flag in the thumbnail. And I can’t believe you guys are really trying filipino food🥺. Hope the pandemic will be over so you guys can go to the Philippines🥰. (Can’t wait to recommend you to some place in the ph🇵🇭)

Hey Chonny and Dalena! You gotta try out Srilankan food in Australia :)

That mysterious sauce is for the lechon. It's for roasts (lechon) and fried items like chicken. The beef tapa is made to be a beef jerky consistency type of food. The Spanish have something similar they call tapa as well. That's what tapa is.

Bangus is milkfish marinated in vinegar, garlic, salt and black pepper, then pan fried. It should not be overly salty, but it seems yours was. The taste of milkfish is similar to trout. The beef tapa is usually served with garlic rice and a fried egg, eaten as a breakfast item.

you should've got the Sisig, its the best Filipino dish of all.

3:57 WHATDIDSHESAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

The brown sauce goes with the lechon! Also next time you guys need to try lumpia, pancit, kare kare and adobo!!!

The sauce is called mang tomas and it’s actually for the pork skin (lechon). Never tried it with the bbq but surprised it taste good!

Filipino food? Thats pog Ps: I am Filipino

Y'all need to mix the meats with rice, that's why the rice is there 😂😂😂

Wow. Love the video.. I hope you can try pork/shrimp sinigang, beef bulalo, pork sisig, and pork/chicken adobo next time.. ☺️

The brown sauce is probably Mang Thomas (a brand). It's a liver based sauce that is usually used for the Lechon. Some areas use vinegar instead of liver sauce. And you were exactly right Chonny, the sauce cuts the fattiness and compliments the crispiness. Keep up the great content. Oh, Hi Dalena!

as a filipino: EAT OUR FOOD IT IS POGGERS SINIGANG IS THE HOLY GRAIL

Y’all kept pronouncing bangus wrong but if I heard you in person I wouldn’t correct you bc it was funny 😂

Got to try Filipino braised dishes! Kare-kare, chicken and pork adobo, kaldereta! Also soups like sinigang!

that yummy sauce is called Mang Tomas! it complements to various types of meats esplly crispy pork and chicken!

The introduction song is 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We also have the whole roasted pig lechon, the one you had is lechon kawali, which is the deep fried version! ^^

FUN FACTS: Beef tapa is dried cured beef and it's generally eaten for breakfast or lunch partnered with garlic rice and fried egg (called as Tapsilog)... Bangus is called Milkfish in english and it's often served grilled and topped with chopped onions, tomatoes, and chillies... Sisig is made of parts of pig's head like the ears and snout (but some filipinos use pork meat and fat) most people enjoy having a sizzling plate of Sisig with a cold beer... Sinigang is a tamarind sour soup or stew with meats or seafoods and veggies in it and best eaten with rice. It's like a comfort dish for filipinos.

you NEED to try sisig! It's a must! Bangus pronouced Bung-haus XD Also the sauce is Mangtomas (Beef Liver tangy sweet sauce) very yummy!

Too bad Dalena couldn't enjoy any of the pork dishes. I'd recommend some Crispy Pata too. For dessert, turon a la mode is a must! Hit up Mikey Chen, he'll hook you up with recs!

Ooooh I'm early & it's filo food :o that intro song thooo hahahaa

The brown sauce is a liver sauce mostly used for fried chicken, roasted chicken or pork, lechon. Mang Tomas is one of the famous brands of liver sauce here the Philippines. The lechon that you ate is lechon kawali, and the other lechon that we have is a roasted suckling pig. A good tapa would cost around 1.5 to 2USD. Bangus and roasted chicken would cost about 2 to 3USD. Skewers, which we call bbq, would cost 0.5USD per stick 😊

Hi, Dalena & Chonny! I'm so happy you two both got to try Filipino food! The prices are quite high compared to the PI. Typically, where I live (which is Saipan, CNMI that has plenty Filipinos), pork or chicken BBQ stick is only $1 each. The beef tapa is called "Tap-si-log" because Tap is from tapa, Si is from Sinangag= fried rice, & Log is from Itlog= egg. It's typically a breakfast food, where the meat can be replaced. Such as hotsilog= hotdog or Longsilog= Longanisa. You should also try the sisig! It's fried pork ears, but I PROMISE you it tastes delicious! There's also Filipino spaghetti, bicol express, sinigang, and so much more food to try! As well as deserts like Halo-Halo (which means Mix-Mix), leche flan, etc. Have a nice day! :)

Next time, add lemon to the bangus. Cuts the saltiness and adds yummy acidity!

When youtubers i actually watch always makes me not go quickly to bed cause i'm watching different countries youtubers cause man its hard to get some sleep but my mind was like "Please wake up and look at youtube subscription someone as uploaded today". Also did she just say beerus sama.

Most grilled or fried meats are eaten with a vinegar dip. The brown sauce is a liver vinegar sauce meant to go with the Lechon. That is fried, you must try spit roasted as well. Most Filipino food is a combination of salty, sweet and or sour. Only certain regions are known for spice and the further south one goes, coconut milk is used more liberally. The fish is probably marinated in vinegar, known for the soft meat but is notoriously boney. For fish bones, try eating a banana to dislodge it. If you go to PI, the southern region (Cebu) is known the best Lechon. A specific town called Carcar is the place to go, also known for pork rinds.

mang tomas is the brown sauce. its best with the lechon/ pork its best to dip the pork skewers with suka/vinegar. it helps cut the fat. sooo good

HEy chonny i think the sauce is Mang Tomas Sauce, just google this name and it will show you the ingredients its like a gravy sauce i guess haha, enjoy :D

FILIPINO GANG WHERE YA AT!!

Bangus or milkfish is the national fish in the philippines. The best part is the bangus belly! Pork lechon kawali is boiled with spices and deep fried to perfection it goes well with that liver sauce and atchara ( pickled veggies). Were regulars at GJ grill, they usually have halo- halo in there. It’s a good thing you enjoyed your first filipino meal here in melbourne. Try here in burnsdie heights ( west side) they have filipino resto as well and they have boodle fights for big groups of family.

Mang tomas is sauce you can get it In a lot of Asian supermarkets and that stuff it’s amazing with fried food it’s awesome with fried chicken or believe it or not just regular french fries

Bangus is milkfish. You pronounce bangus, “bang-oos”

Holy shit talk about expensive

The sauce is a liver sauce and we call it sarsa or sauce in english its like a gravy but sweet its become a tradition to pair it with lechon it is because when the sellers of lechon cook the whole pig they didn't know what they gonna do to the organs so they decide to make a sauce from it😊 And the pickle called "achara" which is pickle green papaya & carrots. The "beef tapa" is not always tough maybe they not cook it properly😂✌ The fish is called" Bangus" or in english "milk fish " and its pronounce as ba-ngus not ban-gus😅✌✌ usually its a grilled milkfish stuff with tomatoes&onions usually eat with rice or cold beer😊 and you need to squeze the lemon on the top of bangus ☺ The tomatoes&onions is like a salad for your pallet to balance the saltiness greasy and fattiness of the fish ☺and filipino food is about sauces our food is very simple that all the people can cook it and eat it because we love cheap prize😅😅😂✌ so everybody can afford it. And speaking of the sauces here in the philippines if you have salty food you always need to have a something like sauces to balance the flavor. sweet & sour sweet.& savory sweet & salty or all of the that in one, we always have sauce to contrass and balance the flavor of the food so our food is very simple not so special but sometimes being simple will make you special😊☺💕😅 and also i want to say that the prize haha not so good hahaha thats a lot cheaper here in the philippines way more cheaper because that food you usually gonna saw it from the street😂😅✌✌ And If you come here in the philippines we have a lot wierd combination on food like cheeze on dessert 😂and manymore☺😊👌

yay!!! you guys finally tried filo food :) you definitely need to try the stews like kare kare or pork/seafood sinigang. the barbecue skewers are definitely very different in EVERY restaurant. i hope covid gets better so you can travel there!!!

The brown sauce is for the lechon kawali :)) the skewers (barbeque) should be dipped in vinegar. 💖💖

lol one of those "filipino instrumentals" was just a cover of "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals - this is making me crave lechon so much!

Just Imagining Chonnyday going to the Philippines and eating Kare kare (a peanut butter dish), sisig with egg on top, sinigang, bicol express, the halo halo, lechon, adobo, bulalo, pancit, and so much moreeee

And the Bangus is Milk Fish. It's very boney which is why you often see it advertised as Boneless Bangus na Daing (which is salted and dried to preserve it, then fried before eating) which is why it is firm. And Dalena is right on in terms of the saltiness and the need to eat it with rice.

The brown sauce is the Lechon Sauce.... the pickled papaya is for the bbq skewers

So glad you enjoyed our food! Next time try the lechon with sinigang. My 2 favorite dishes. So Good! Cheers from Alaska

Oh my gosh, the crispy crunch of that Lechon was so awesome to hear! This is my first time watching your video, and that food looked so delicious, I decided to sub your channel...Cheers!

I now know why she enchants me so much!!! When she said "chicken is good" she sounds almost exactly like lilu from the fifth element. "Chicken gud" 😮😮😮😮