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witty_han
18 yrs ago
Some part of Philippines do love spicy food just like BICOL EXPRESS(pork,coconut milk with lots of chili)in Bicol (northern part). Different in Iloilo,(western part) people there love to eat BATCHOY,(noodles,with chicharon pork,lots chopped fried garlic as toppings)
Well, very common dish in Philippines is ADOBO, either chicken or pork. Family gatherings in Philippines will not be complete without that dish in the table. check this out! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobo
Good luck to your research!
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Why don't we have more Filipino restaurants here? I have not been to the Philippines so I don't know the cuisine at all.
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supafly, what do you want to know?
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I was just thinking the other day, given the number of Filipino domestic helpers here, I'm surprised that there aren't more Filipino restaurants here.
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erba9
18 yrs ago
There are a couple in Wan Chai -- Mang Ambos on Jaffe and Sinta Jays. The second floor of World Wide Center in Central is also a good place to find Filipino food.
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Angel
18 yrs ago
if you wanna try Filipino Dish just ask your DH to cook for you like adobo, sinigamng na baboy
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Filipino cuisine is the result of this blend of cultures- mainly Malay, Chinese and Spanish. There are regional specialties, but honestly, no distinct description of Filipino cuisine.
Are you planning to open a Filipino restaurant?
Wittyhan,
Bicol is not a northern province. It is located in the mid-section of the country, southeast of Luzon.
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I agree with Chiki re opening a more "contemporary" resto. I remember maybe 15 odd years ago, when we came to HK as tourists, there was a Fil resto called Chicken Fiesta in TST.
Love tocino too. And you should try some Pork BBQ from Mang Ambo. Love grilled stuff too, dipped in vinegar, chili and soy sauce.
Kare-kare with shrimp paste is my favorite comfort food.
As is Sinigang, Adobo, Bistek, Tinapa with red egg salad, Aristocrat Boneless Chicken BBQ, Lechon de leche, Ferino's or Via Mare bibingka, Aligue over hot white rice with calamansi...Yummmmm.....
If you can google the menu of some of these restaurants in Manila you can gather more ideas:
1. Via Mare
2. Breakfast at Antonio's
3. Cafe Bola (ok, a bit of fusion here..)
4. Sentro 1771
5. Aristocrat
7. Cabalen
8. Red Crab
9. Kamayan
There are more, but I'm hungry now for Filipino food. To continue is just cruel.
Where did you get the notion that Filipinos are proud, stubborn and hot-headed?
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Hi there! I thought Supafly2 you'll going to use the gathered info in your homework from school. Well, planning to open a Filipino restaurant in HK is a good idea.
Manggang hilaw with alamang will be good for appetizer too. Just a thought.
Annebin-Thanks for the correction.
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I'm British and have lived in the Philippines and travelled around many of its provinces. I love it- one of my favourite places on this planet. But I don't love Filipino food! Sorry, but you asked and I'm giving an honest answer. I've eaten in top restaurants, roadside stalls and in private homes there, and nothing has ever made me yearn to eat at those places again. There are a few dishes that I quite enjoy: adobo, fresh lumpia, coconut-based curries, for example, but nothing to write home about. Mostly I find Filipino cooking to be an oily, sometimes bland take on American fast food or Spanish style stews, and the only times in the Philippines I've eaten fish that hasn't been overcooked (and invariably fried) is when I've grilled freshly-caught tanigue myself.
In summary: I certainly wouldn't walk past a Thai, Vietnamese, Indian or Chinese restaurant to reach a Filipino one, even for a change. But that's just my taste - I'm sure many would disagree and I know that lots of my Filipino friends would welcome a new restaurant here...
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- Bicol Express
(spciy pork in coconut with green chillies)
- Lumpia
(Filipino version of spring roll)
- Sinigang na Baboy (Pork) or Hipon (Prawns)
(its like a sour soup with veggies and meat or
fish)
- Beef Caldereta
(Filipino version of Hungarion Gulash)
- Crispy Pata and Lechon Cavali
(crispy pork knuckle and deep fried pork belly)
- Pancit Canton
(fried noodles)
- Kilawin (e.g. with Tuna)
(uncooked fish in vinegar, soy sauce and onions)
For dessert try:
Leche Flan or Buko (coconut) Pie
Yup, eaten all of the above many times. I forgot to mention above that I do love kilawin and I quite like tinola (don't know how to spell it). But I hate crispy pata. Lechon's okay, but I've had better in Brazil and Portugal. Also, I've eaten pancit bihon/canton hundreds of times but to me they are just often rather greasy and filling dishes - I prefer the Chinese, Thai or Vietnamese ways of serving noodles.
Sorry I'm sounding so negative, but this is just my opinion.
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Balut! How could I forget?! Eaten them on at least 3 different occasions that I can recall, though each time I have to confess when I've been 'socially relaxed' and extremely hungry. These 'duck abortions' as they're sometimes called are nowhere near as bad as they sound. They're apparently nutritious and taste more than okay. But not exactly fine dining.
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Ed
18 yrs ago
Sinigong (spelled right?) soup is very nice... Philippine hot and sour soup...
Not sure about trying Balut though heheh
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Food wise IMHO the Filipino cuisine is pretty bland, what it requires is really fresh produce ie freshly caught tuna fish - sure its wrong to generalise and some people will get emotional from a nationalistic angle but perhaps that's why there are not so many Filipino restaurants? Even in the Philipines it would seem the most popular dish is deep fried chicken in breadcrumbs. Incidentally when the airport was being built the canteens had four types of cooking: western, chinese, Indian and filipino and always the shortest line (by far) was the Filipino food one.
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HK2
18 yrs ago
supahfly2,
don't know if you're still checking in on this thread but i can't pass up the opportunity to reply! Am not Filipino but grew up there and still have family there so i go at least every year.
If you do open a restaurant - would suggest something middle of the road - you would definitely need the Filipinos here to come patronize your resto and it should also be at least appealing to non-Filipinos to come check it out.
Best not to lean to heavily on dishes that are too local. Adobo is widely known and accepated as are barbeques, sinigang, pancit of different kinds. I would love to see a pinakbet (mixed veggies with fish sauce called bagoong), lechon kawali. As someone above suggested, Dencio's and Recipes are also places i would suggest to visit. Aristocrat is a very old but very Filipino and loved by all sort of place so go there, too. If you open a snacky joing - would love to see Goldilocks products, and local sweets like puto, bibingka, sapin-sapin, kutsinta, suman. Actually all these mentioned are available in Worldwide but would be nice to actually go to a restaurant and sit and enjoy these.
Filipino food is very different from Indian, Thai or Vietnamese. In a lot of ways, it is more bland but it is also lighter, i feel. Not as bogged down in so many gravies and creams or curries.
There used to be a restaurant called Mabuhay in Minden Ave. TST and i often wish it was still around!
Good luck and keep us posted!
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supahfly,
i really, really hope you'll decide to open one soon!
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