Why Filipino Food Should Be The Next Big Cuisine - Dining on a Dime
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- Опубликовано: 8 авг 2016
- This week on Dining on a Dime, host Lucas Peterson heads to Los Angeles’ South Bay, to a strip mall in Torrence that’s home to a small restaurant riffing on traditional Filipino flavors. Watch as Peterson eats his way through Silog, and talks to chef Lemuel Guiyab about his culinary inspirations.
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My parents are both African but I was born and raised in Australia and I grew up with Filipino's. They are the most welcoming and friendly people :)
Moo WWs go away!
Moo WWs blacks in the Philippines acting all ghetto and disrespected lol
Chester Izzy you're stupid
Moo WWs I'm glad you think that way :D
@Chester Izzy. Wtf?
Lucas i know a few people have already commented to this effect but i really love your work on this channel man. You avoid the overly pretentious food critic bullshit and stick to describing the food for what it is and how it works well together. The first video i watched on this channel was one by you and it earned your channel an instant subscription. You make this channel better than Munchies, keep doing your thing.
thanks sanjay!
agreed, I couldn't take the pretentious hipsters of Munchies
Dear Lucas, you will forever be remembered among us Filipinos as the one who ate sisig, rice, and malasado (egg) using a fork. I'm sure all of us were staring at that untouched spoon the whole time. Thank you for finally visiting a Filipino restaurant. I've been waiting for a video in which I actually know how the food really taste.
ahhh sorry sorry
That's exactly what I was thinking! Someone needs to show Lucas how to use both the spoon and fork Filipino style ;)
+Lucas Peterson we filipinos like using spoon. we spoon everything we see....
lol. i noticed that lonely spoon too.
Kai Karlo don't forget the hands
you just made your Filipino fans happy
thanks for watchin :)
yeah but the problem is, next you're gonna have a bunch of wannabe/pseudo Filipino joints popping up ruining the real deal.
Those are usually run by filipinos that dont have a concept of business or customer service.
Ariel titi ka ba?
Sisig is more delicious if its served in a Sizzling Plate. great with beer too.
I agree with you. 👍👍
Vol deMort tama!
Vol deMort I do agree but not with the beer. 😂
Sisig is better if you stick to the traditional recipe.
Next time, use the head of the pork, not just the meat.
Add pig brain omg!!!! The best!!!
Fusion being the keyword! I know from my 3 weeks spent in Quezon City that Filipino cuisine is not about pork belly, but about eating rice rice rice, fish guts & heads, and hotdogs! My impression is that Filipino cuisine is about wasting nothing..case in point a national dish being dinuguan. Now I am craving kare kare lol.
Nice observation!
Yeah, I’m not ready for the guts thing. We’re gonna let you guys enjoy that part. I like the chicken and the pork belly dishes and I want to try the noodle dishes. As long as there’s no guts, I’m fine. I don’t do heads or ears either. And no noses! My friend said that he has had sisig and there’s ears and noses involved. That’s kind of intense. Anyway, saludos y bendiciones from this Latino to our distant Filipino cousins. 🤗
I'm not hating or anything but I keep seeing "Filipino" food in these vids but it's always with the American twist. I understand the idea behind it and the market you're trying to garner but if I get the opportunity, my dream is to start an all out Filipino joint in LA or NY. I want to sell the idea of getting the full, pure, unadulterated Filipino food experience. Home cooked feel, literally how mom makes it no BS, traditional, classics like adobo and sinigang, Bicol express etc.. rice with almost every dish, spoon and fork, or kamayan, the whole nine yards. My mission, to get the realest Filipino food experience out in the world.
I think the main problem with serving authentic Filipino food is the amount of time it takes to prepare a dish. Most successful Filipino restaurants I've been to, and still go to, are all banquet halls. Often times they have great variety, great food, but I get how unappealing it would seem to outsiders.
Max's got branches in CA if you want "pure" unadulterated filipino food experience. :D
The funny thing is, there's a lot of mom/pop filipino places but they are usually empty. The only time I see people in them are when they are in the little market side. Many Americans don't have a refined palate and are very closed minded. The "fusion" or "americanized" filipino spots most likely sell better in this country. I'd like to try one of these places and see how the fusion between the foods taste.
nah man, he sure can eat with his hands anyway (with all his other vids too)
I agree 😊
@Eater
I've never had Filipino food. But all of that stuff looked amazing, and the fact that the kitchen was so CLEAN makes me even more interested.
Lucas is the best host!
thank you
Lucas Peterson f my white ass!! Please
I'd say Sheldon.
This is one of the best series I have been watching on RUclips.
Lucas is a great host and also the editing & production is spot on..
5:21I love Filipino food! Nothing beats like a home-cooked cuisine prepared by your own Nanay and/or Lola.
thank you, lucas for loving filipino/pinoy food. you have put it a little more out there for more people to know about. love your show. more power!
Thanks!
longanisa sausage is so underrated
Louie M lol so true
Louie M preach brother! the Vigan and Calumpit longanisa in particular are the best!
I dont like longganissas but i like the vigan one
Agree
It's too sweet 😕
Love that people from all over the world recognize the unique flavors that come out of Filipino cuisine. Those are some of the most fancily cooked Filipino meals I've ever seen though. Props to the guys at Silog in LA!
You made me happy with your compliments in our foods! 😁
Finally my culture and cuisine should be on the rise after the Japanese and Korean movement. Filipino cuisine is deep. Thanks eater and Lucas!
I get this is Filipino "fusion" but I would've loved to see him introduce the audience to traditional Filipino food. Don't be scared. Open your taste buds!!! Eat diniguan... Try kare-kare with a heaping spoon of bagoong! Haha
Is kare Kare goat with vegetables and a sauce?
A heaping spoon of bagoong lol...get your camera ready. I love it on mango.
Its usually pork or beef and sometimes tripe with an array of vegetables with a peanut butter based sauce/soup served with a fermented shrimp paste on the side that has a deep strong salty ocean flavor (they call this bagoong and they use it since the dish is more sweet than it is salty so they use the bagoong to give a better combined flavor of sweet sour salty spicy and a little bit of bitternes)
It's basically Ox tail peanut stew that's great with shrimp paste. Some authentic fiesta food all up in there.
This is all making me hungry tbh
Thank you Lucas for making me so calm and relax every time I watch your video .
I do not comment often on RUclips but I adore these videos. The best food journalism on RUclips with a fantastic and down to earth presenter. Thank you!
Thanks :)
Thank you Lucas, for trying out our cuisine!
At almost near the end of the video, I agree. Japanese restos, Italian restos, Mexican, and other foreign restos spreads around the globe. Filipino restos appear few in numbers until now and /filipino restos should be raised more in numbers in order to introduced more to the world in order learn more about foodie culture.
Lucas, you have been noticed my senpai!
ty ty
Love how he doesn't show much emotion but you can tell he is being legit about the food. Basically me, why i try to show a smile to show i am legitimately happy cuz sometimes I'm happy but just don't show anything physically
Lucas!! I'm so glad you made it out to my friends restaurant. It's such a small world. I can't wait to run into you again soon. I was so excited when I met you in an Uber a year ago. Keep up the great work. And this restaurant is amazing!!! Those Tots are amazing!!!!
my mouth is watering. i cant wait until December when I visit the Philippines!
That's a nice sisig
But the best sisig will always be the ones on a sizzling plate with a raw egg and all the rice in the world.
"With a raw egg" the disrespect!!😠
They just cater to the taste of the westerners. It's how u introduce stuff to them.
Finally! Filipino food featured! Much love from the PH! Thanks Lucas!
Lucas Peterson, I hope every food critic is like you. Natural and just appreciative of everything :) You made me want to eat sisig right now!
This is like americanized filipino food. Well this looks quite simple, unlike the exquisite expensive filipino fooods in America.
This segment is called "Dining on a Dime" for a reason
+Victor Yuen Yes, I know that. Thats why I wanted to point out that this isn't the authentic filipino food. Some tells its 90 percent oil and fat, but thats not how authentic one's are prepared.
Yeah it's fusion
Yeah, I think filipino food that IS represented in America is just a very small % of what the islands have to offer. But this is similar to practically ALL ethnic cuisine represented in America. For example, Japanese food is much more than Sushi, Sashimi, Ramen, Udon, Mochi and Donburi. Mexican food is much more than tacos, torts burritos, salsa and mole. In fact the Mexican food that the west or majority of the world thinks is "Mexican" is actually "Tex-Mex" or "South-Western" cuisine.
Authentic is such a relative word, ESPECIALLY when it comes to Filipino cuisine that has been touched by so many cultures and that has evolved. I mean, "Pancit Canton" "Lumping Shanghai" you could get some cantonese or shanghainese person saying that those dishes are NOT authentic too.
RDT 10 he said at the beginning that it's fusion.
Hi, Lucas! In most Filipino homes, we'd eat all the dishes you ordered with rice. :-)
Perhaps you already know this, but almost all dishes are meant to be eaten with rice. If you're up to trying more Filipino dishes, I suggest "sinigang." It's a broth-based dish with meat or seafood that's made sour with tamarind, calamansi or other Filipino sour fruits.
You do a really nice job capturing the essence of Filipino food and distinguishing it from other Asian cuisines. I find it's really hard to do because this cuisine is so heavily influenced by other cultures. For example, when you talk about lumpia, never once did you refer to it as an "eggroll" or its sauce as "sweet & sour sauce." You present it as completely separate dish, giving the humble lumpia some much needed respect and autonomy. You rock Lucas! Extra awesome that you have some Chicago roots!
Love the support Eater channel and Lucas in particular been giving local and family owned joints. Keep up the good work.
thanks jeff
I have never had Filipino food. looks awesome
Rachel and Nick and add vinegar on it and use spoons and forks are useless in PH food
Rachel and Nick its really good! You should try it! If u like soup, i advice sinigang 😋😋 u can choose from pork, salmon head, fish, shrimps, etc. There's so many versions. If u like spicy foods and coconut, there's bicol express. Spicy, and has gata. Its coconut. Super yummy. But my personal favorite is beef nilaga. Its soup. Its good. And sisig. Pork sisig. There's chicken sisig as well.
Rachel and Nick dang yeah same
B.I is Fanboying me Wym
I really enjoy how you describe the taste... As if I'm there eating the food.
Es súper deliciosa la comida de @silog filipino
Lucas the videos you host are informative and well-presented. Keep up the great work - I'll continue to watch!
I am the next foodie working on it. There is another person in Canada doing it up for the Filipino's already. I take pride in cooking food from around the world because they are so close to who I am and where my ancestors from because I am mixed with many great people . Definitely gonna do it up for the people on a international level .
I think you'd go so far with an active channel of your own Lucas. Regardless, keep up the awesome content!
thanks for watching!
man, as someone who live in SEA it bothers me when i saw someone eat rice with a fork when you have a spoon lying around. my british friend does this too and when i point that out to them they are so confused as it was normal for them. lol
How do you pick other food up?? With a spoon? No a with fork, a fork does it jobs.
Specifically talking about rice here. Using a spoon does a better job.
yeah you're right about that sorry
+MRfisheri lol I hear you. I trip out when my buddies ask for chop sticks at Thai restaurants and think they're being more authentic! I'm like, dudes...they put a spoon and fork on the table for a reason. They actually utilize spoons and forks for their food!!! Hello!? Curry? Meat and veggies next to rice on a olate NOT over rice IN A BOWL!?! These are things ppl don't actually pay attention to. But it's cool...who cares? as long as it falls into the mouth somehow. If you want to get real technical, filipinos eat with their "hand-shovels" as well, Indian and Arab style.
or when chinese uses chopsticks but shoves the bowl in their face so they can push the rice into their mouth. what i'm saying is, different people different culture.
I'm from the Philippines and it's nice to see appreciation about our cuisine. A lot of people hate on Filipino cuisine but they should know that we have any kind of pork dish anywhere. Hahaha.
just a small note in the bio, TORRENCE is actually TORRANCE ~I love these kinds of videos that showcase up-and-coming restaurants in Los Angeles!
YAAAAAAASSSSS LUCAS!!!!! Maraming salamat!!!!
!!!!!!!
One of my favourite comfort food cuisines!
Nice to know that! Cheers
Subscribed. I watched a few videos from you and now I'm hooked! You definitely know how to describe a food's taste.
looks amazing. love your content and demeanor. u seem to genuinely care and enjoy the food/people. thanks for the great content
It's also suspicious how the restaurant is called Silog (see-LOHG; fast and abrupt end as well) yet no mention or appearance of SInangag (garlic fried rice, very yummy!) and the itLOG (egg in English) is just plain hard boiled, its supposed to be fried sunny side up. The point of SI-LOG is the combination of the garlic fried rice and egg plus tradditional breakfast meat like LONG-GANISA (just sausage) or TAPA (fried vinegar marinated beef). So the combos will be TAP-SI-LOG (tapa+sinangag+itlog) or LONG-SI-LOG (longganisa+sinangag+itlog). There's fusion then there is also muddled vague reference to a cuisine.
Im a Filipino! Go to Jollibee in the Phillippines.
Buy us a ticket and we'll fly over!
Eater ohhh.. burn HAHAHAHA
it's availabe in LA tbh
Recommending jollibee for filipino cuisine is like recommending mcdonalds for american.
Jollibee doesn't even have lumpia...
Showing the South Bay some love! You should come down here more often. There are so many more hidden gems.
Senior Sisig! :D Filipino foods are always the best.
Filipino food has very strong and at times unforgiving flavors. To see someone modernize the cuisine and put their own spin on it, is amazing. It's another stepping stone to someday elevate and refine Filipino cuisine to a whole new level. I look forward to the day, when Filipino food is sought after, and the cuisine is maximized and refined as a true art. I hope someday it will reach that level. But for now, I'm just happy to see someone using these familiar ingredients, and maximizing it to maximum flavor. Wish you more good fortune and success, to the Filipino chef breaking new ground with us food.
I'm convinced that nothing can make me love Lucas and/or Dining on a Dime any less.
thank u rei mcnugget
Just want to thank all of you guys for doing this awesome vid on our Filipino cuisine! Man those food presentations are awesome and while watching the whole vid it just made me super hungry!!
I was the kitchen assistant girl let me tell you that the chef was the best today he is in heaven rest in peace but he left his mark
@@tanyahernandezgarcia wow this was way 6 years ago. Didn’t remember I left a comment. But I’m deeply sorry to hear about it… I have to say this video was one of the reasons why I started culinary. Thank you so much..
that filipino chef can prepare filipino foods very well.
Filipino sub here.. thanks for sharing our food 👍🏼👍🏼
thanks for watching!
Keep on featuring diff cultures of food Mr. Lucas.. its an honor.
Thanks Lucas. you're such a natural. keep'em coming man!
Lucas fix for the week. I like the places you've featured
It would've been better if he served legit sisig.
Elentári true
it looks a lot like tapa. with mayo and crushed pork rinds.
@@moreonspeaking5667 lol mixing western cuisine in sisig
Sad that the adobo ain’t legit too. LoL
But still its good!
phillipino food i would like too try one day.
You're filipino fans are just very happy seing you eat their own food without saying disgusting things or something bad about it 😊😊
A lot of the younger generation are driving this Filipino food movement with their modern take on the food. There are some real gems out there and I hope they keep this up.
How many people are usually in the crew? Lucas, two cameramen?
Also, is Lucas the only one who's eating all that?
2 crew on camera and a producer. Everyone on set helps Lucas eat when cameras are off. Thanks for watching!
+Eater hi im a filipino too
+Angeline Lozano stfu no one cares
+Angeline Lozano don't worry nognog.. i care
+nognog nog rude
That adobo is lacking of sauce, but looks nice it’s just too dry. Thanks for uploading more power to ur channel. Watching from Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
Winnie Hughes I guess, but It’s probably just because it’s still getting developed
Alright, I went to high school in Daly City here in the Bay Area. We have a huge filipino population, so this episode really got me. Officially subscribed. Nice job, Lucas!
awesome!!!! thank you for featuring our cuisine lucas great job keep it up :)))
my pleasure
The comment section is very cancerous.
Ikr, i was just about to say that.
Yeah, there's a handful of chefs here hahaha
the good filipino food are the traditional ones..
Classic Adobo, Kare-Kare with Shrimp paste, Pancit Palabok and a Cebu Lechon
Dammit at this point I am beyond jealous of Lucas getting to eat all this awesome food. #mytimeisspentlustingoverfood# Great show as usual!
NOM!
And this isn't even scratching the surface of Filipino food!
Thanks Lucas!
I grew up in Torrance. Cool to see things in torrance
woolfel same... I always go by the place but never really noticed it even though I'm Filipino.
im not sure if lemuel is on the shorter side or if lucas is hella tall
Lucas is hella tall.
i noticed that too.. when lucas entered the door.. :D
Filipinos are Shorter Than Some Americans...
love this series!
much love from the Philippines to you Lucas. muwah!
thank you!! :-*
all of this food looks so bad for you but so amazing, just like ma boi Lucas
Yes I am v bad but v good at same time ty ty
I wonder if Lucas had ever tried Chocolate meat.
Yay Filipino food! thanks for doing a video on family's country's food :D
Lucas if you ever start (daily) vlogging or you have your own channel. I would watch everyday. You are so natural without any exaggerated faces that some hosts make. Keep it up!
and did the chef just mention about a movement to make filipino cuisine known?
why not also introduce
- tinola
- pinakbet
- sinigang
- paella
- relyenong bangus
- liempo
- tokwa at baboy
- dinuguan
- bicol express
- kalderetang kambing
- halayang ube
- leche flan
- halo-halo
- buko pandan
- etc... etc... etc...
don't just focus on adobo and sisig alone... but you can't go Filipino without them...
don't really intend to hate but:1) I wonder how much each of those meals cost. Silogs are meant to be the original Filipino fast food. They are the staple menu in small time eateries. So they're not actually meant to be sophisticated or expensive looking.
2) as a capampangan, the sisig is such a letdown. pork belly? chicharon? mayonnaise? where's the sisig in that?
3) calls the restaurant Silog, only one meal presented comes with egg (itlog) and rice (sinangag). is the rice even at least fried?
I don't want to hate the guy, but he should ask his mom and Lola first if he's right about anything.
regardless, I applaud the presence of the Filipino cuisine in the States. I just hope it stays true to the nature of silog's simplicity and not be some kind of hipster haven that makes people look cool when they eat there.
Being a Filipino, I tend to cringe at the idea of Filipino "fusion" restaurants. To me it's a dumbed down version of our cuisine, but you can't really blame the guy for trying to cater to a larger western audience. It's much like the Chinese inventing sweet and sour, broccoli beef, and chop suey dishes. You just have to give others time to get accustomed to our cuisine before they try the authentic versions.
Jeus Lau Lol we can't really say its a let down its more of an adaptation of Filipino cuisine in a different culture or country. Maybe people in that country will be intrigued and actually increase their curiosity and gradually tasting original Filipino food . For me he's done a good job ! - opinion. The culture of our food is still there ~ its like Filipino food adapted to a new environment
I feel you on the sisig, lol. Had some in Angeles City with my cousins and ever since I've been ridiculously nitpicky about all the other sisig I've eaten.
Fusion?
amazing host you're genuine and honest
love it 👏
Filipino here... Watching from Barcelona Spain...
can you go to an Indonesian restaurant in LA, please Lucas? Pretty please with a lumpia on top...
Yes, please do Indonesian. The country is even bigger and more varied than the Philippines.
but unfortunately, its representatives in the US are very limited and not as prevalent, compared to Filipino, and moreover Thai food. I think there's still some "identity crisis" regarding what cuisines are acceptable to American palate, with such variety and depth.
hate to break it you but PH has 7,107 islands that makes up for hundreds of local dishes.
I'd be glad if Lucas review Indonesian restaurant there.
Plus, should we celebrate that Indonesian and Filipino share lumpia instead? I have at least few Filipino friends that might be glad to know that we share the same food (technically), but we have bamboo shoots and prawn instead of pork hehe
Filipinos also use bamboo shoots and shrimps in lumpiang sariwa or fresh spring rolls. We use crepe wrappers instead of rice paper wrappers.
I have the biggest man crush on Lucas...
Hey Lucas, glad to see you hit up my hometown of Torrance. Never heard of this place, but when I still lived in Torrance I worked with a lot of Filipinos. We would frequently go to places in Carson for authentic Filipino food. Anyway, Torrance has fantastic Japanese food, if for some reason you guys get back to LA to film.
Always great stuff Lucas. Thanks for finding good, cheap eats and sharing them with us.
Yeah this place is by my house and it just opened up recently
Everything looks so good!
im sorry what was the chefs name again?
Lemuel Cang omg
Lucas you should try balut too
If you want to see Lucas try balut, check this out: ruclips.net/video/Q76ATjtVRl0/видео.html
he already did in the first season of the show
So true
thanks Lucas for the compliment. nice one Chef Lemuel.
thank you for appreciating filipino food. thanks for helping make it more popular.
i bet it took more that 5 minutes
Why is Lucas not getting fat? Haha
👍🏼👍🏼 though for featuring Filipino food again
I bet his crew eats 90% of what's served. It probably gets ugly once the cameras are off. 😀
wait til next season. vv fat :(
Silog - si(sinangag/fried rice) log(itlog/egg). It's a take off from the standard silog, the standard one just usually fried rice/fried egg and either combined with hotdog, tapa (fried veal/jerky)
Thank you for the positive review of Filipino cuisine.
Eater > Muchies
What? No crispy pata
Enjoyed this one!
greetings and love from Manila. Enjoyed your videos!
Try Indonesian food next.
bellflower, CA! i heard they improved!
it is a filipino INSPIRED restaurant. gosh these people commenting are so 2 dimensional. since when does cuisine follow a certain recipe 100%?.... its free to experiment in any way the restaurant owner feels like. my grandma makes adobo differently from your grandma, just like some caucasian person's meatloaf may differ from other meatloafs. i can't believe i have to explain that to some of the people commenting lmao.
I have seen many foreigners ENJOYING "Sisig." The most recent was in a food court in a mall in the Philippines where this, big probably, American man with tattoos, somewhat intimidating, holding a plastic spoon that looked so small and flimsy in that big strong hand and just digging with concentration, like trapped in that moment thing, into the Sisig (big sized one meant for 2 to 3 regular-sized Filipinos). I'm very happy to see them enjoying sisig. I think sisig will appeal to western palates.
absolutely love this place!!!! Affordable too! Parking lot can be full sometimes but the small cross street has parking.
he said BORN AND RAISED BUT moved when he was 11.. nigga u wasnt raised out there
11 is close enough. I skipped between 5 and 24 visiting the Philippines.
I was thinking the same thing. born and raised to me would be at least 17-18. he's probably around 35 so hes probably been here longer.
Levi Strauss born and raised to me is 0 - 20 under
Edit- Yeah 0 to 17-18.
Levi Strauss either way..looks interesting