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Anon is a complete fucking idiot for not simply walking into a random Filipino’s house and politely asking for some homemade Filipino food. Idiot anon goes to the McD’s of the Philippines, and calls it a day. Filipinos have many insanely tasty dishes, and dumbfuck anon chooses garbage. Dinuguan (AKA chocolate meat) is my absolute favorite.
IUm, dinuguan is blood soup (root word is literally blood). I like it, but it has a pretty niche appeal, and you'll be hard pressed to find someone that'll serve it to a westerner.
But yeah, do yourself a favor and find a "carinderia" (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to "cafeteria" but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as you'll get to homemade cooking. Some dishes to try:
Or branch out! It works kind of like Panda Express where you point to the dish(es) you want (called ulam) and they'll add rice (I recommend asking for extra). It's cheaper than any fast food chain and way better.
This sounds awesome! Wish we had places like this in the States
Dominican places in Brooklyn can be like this. Awesome and cheap.
The concept is becoming more popular I'm the US I think. I just found out a bunch of Puerto Rican ladies essentially run a similar concept near me recently.
We do, Panda Express
No
Panda express is as corpo and soulless as every other fast food restaurant.
Whooooosh
Just don't go to the Karenderia. It's run by a white woman that thinks she knows what she is doing, and wishes to speak to your manager.
Story is definitely real, so good on you for keeping it
Do this and get what looks like boiled eggs, crack open and it's an aborted bird inside.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)
Run screaming in terror to Jollibee :) get spaghetti with so mich sugar you gag and can't get it down.
Go back to Australia next day because hungry af, get a box of Tim Tams and vow to never travel again.
Hard pass, balut is goat. Sorry, mate, I eat balut every day they come by, just like taho in the mornings. It helps if you have locals teach you how to eat balut, but some can’t deal.
And hey, all aussies love marmite, yeah? No true aussie hates the taste of a bit of marmite and buttah on toast, right?
Taho in the mornings and balut in the evenings makes the world go round. ;-)