A Filipino Food Festival, A Disaster, and A Possible Future for Filipino Food
Filipino Cuisine Looks for Love
By ODETTE KEELEY AND RENE CIRIA-CRUZ, NEW AMERICA MEDIA
If everyone… anyone who’s had Filipino food say it is absolutely, fantastically, unbelievably, ethereally, delicious why then is Filipino food not famous? Why then is Filipino food unheard of by species who don’t speak Filipino? Beats the peanuts out of me. That is why Filipinos from the Bay area will hold a Filipino Food Festival this coming Independence day to push awareness. That is heart-warming. The article also mentioned that the Department of Tourism, Philippines is doing an awareness drive called Kulinarya Food Trips (which sounds like it will happen somewhere in a Spanish speaking country). The drive attracts fans of the Travel Channel or that bald guy that eats worms and gets exercised by a quack doctor wherever he goes. As far as i’m concerned I already memorized the Malaysia Truly Asia and India Incredible India TV spots but I haven’t seen a single shadow of Philippine Tourism ads on TV.
Dear Department of Tourism,
How can I help?
Love,
Seigfred
Red Cross aids drought-hit Philippines
You can just imagine how happy the people are in the Philippines when the month of June has graced them with rain again because for the past three months everyone were jumping like monkeys because of the raving, ravishing heat. The fact is, Philippines is still a 3rd world country and most of the time, it has to depend on heaven to piss on it, literally, to grow its produce. That’s why the fatality of the past sweltering season are the crops, the farmers and their families, the cracked earth from which its abundance reach for the heavens. But alas! The heavens is the culprit of this annual slaughter. The rapture of the grub! Now before I go ballistic and write a Greek tragedy, you can drop by The Philippine Red Cross Organization website if you want to donate to these drought-stricken families. My grandmother is singing in the website so don’t forget to say hi. You can’t shut her up too.
Freedom food
I have nothing against Fusion Food. In fact, I have nothing against any food. But is it too soon to go Fusion on Filipino food? I mean the naked Adobo is still a stranger to the world and then suddenly it gets haute couture. I think I need to write a whole stabbing article as this page won’t contain the gushing of vinegar and soy sauce all over it. For the time being, I will master how to make Boeuf Bourguignon while I let my naked Adobo sleep in its own fat. Whatever that means.
I totally agree with you Siegfred. Reading all your articles made me say … indeed, why Filipino dishes/foods are not known to many. Aside from some dishes adapted from Chinese cuisines, still we do have our own taste and delicious dishes that stands out compare to other asian cuisine. I think Filipino Food Festival is a good way to spread awareness of part of what is Filipino. The world knew little of the Philippines and Filipino. Sad to say, only bad topics and sad stories are printed about our poor and martyr country. Well in fact, we are hardworking and good people.
till next feedback,
Myrabella
Well said Myr. That’s why I am (desperately) tackling the history of Filipino food. Taking this personal journey to know what our food is and at the same time sharing it to the world gives me a sense of self that I want to share to other Filipinos as well. A bit bold I admit, but if most of us tend to disregard our history we will never have something to look back in the end.
Goodness I am getting old.
Hi Siegfred ..
I admire you the more about your desire to pursue something so relevant in our culture. I think, it will be the last thing, a typical Filipino will think about if asked about their dreams and aspirations in life
hehehehe Funny but true. Well in fact, I think it is the least each and everyone of us can do, to be proud of who we are. I hope Siegfred, that one day, there will be a Filipino gourmet restaurant all over the world, where every known race will die to taste for. Look at the vietnamese, japanese, korean and thai cuisine … they have food chains all over the world. Have you heard any Filipino known restaurant in any foriegn country???
There are a lot of Filipino Restaurants in the US specially in San Francisco and New York. There are restaurants that is focused mainly on Filipino food or a fusion with either Chinese or other Asian cuisines.
I really hope one day that a Filipino dinner would be a usual option specially for non-filipinos
thanks for the wonderful comments.
That is absolutely true. Here in chicago, you can not find a decent pan de sal or kare kare. I had to rely on searching online and harrassing my parents for recipes so I could have the dishes I remember as a child. The sad part is that when I tell people I made this or that, they don’t know by name but my appearance. I find that so sad that we are losing our culture. We need to embrace the different cultures but still hold on to our heritage. I find myself altering our food with various techniques I would read about from other cultures but still keeps the integrity of the dish. I just wish we had more of a presents here in Chicago.
@Joy You might want to put an authentic Filipino store? Maybe you are all they are waiting for…
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