Author: Filipino Food Trip
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Renowned Australian chef graces Taste of Australia in Makati
MNL—UNICEF Australia’s National Ambassador for Nutrition and Master Chef Australia 2009 winner Adam Liaw hosted a cooking demonstration during the Taste of Australia 2019, held at Greenbelt 3 Open Park in Makati City last 27 April. Adam prepared a lamb and a beef steak pasta dish using ingredients imported from Australia but available in the…
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Filipino food is ‘bland’ and the ‘worst in the region’
If you want to pick a fight with Filipinos, try criticizing them about their food. Take for instance Tom Pepinsky’s tweet placing Filipino food at the bottom (9th place) of his list of Southeast Asian national cuisines. Southeast Asian national cuisines, ranked*** 1. Vietnamese2. Lao3. Singaporean/Malaysian 4. Thai5. Burmese6. Indonesian7. Cambodian 8. Timorese9. Philippine —…
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Filipino street food features on new Netflix show
Netflix’s new show ‘Street Food: Asia’ which debuted on April 26, 2019 ventures into the street food culture and what goes on behind the scenes. Season 1, Netflix’s Street Food: Asia will run for 9 episodes. Each episode highlights one destination in Asia and select street food operators which Netflix refer to as ‘local heroes’.…
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Italian food hailed most popular cuisine worldwide
A survey by YouGov, a market research company, has found that Italian food is the most popular cuisine in the world. Over 99 percent of Italians love their own food (Love your own!), and over 90 percent of Spaniards, French, Swedes and Brits favour this cuisine over any other in the world. Surprisingly (or not?),…
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20 much-loved Filipino street foods
The Philippines is a melting pot of different cultures from both its Asian neighbors and colonization from the West. You can find many delicious food with different influences all around the Philippines. As with the country and its people, its widely-beloved street food is diverse and has a rich, colorful history. These comfort foods are…