Bale Dutung: Home of Filipino food at its finest

[Isleño]

No, it was way before that. Those rebellious, insolent Viets kicked us out over a 1000 years ago towards the end of the Tang Dynasty in the 900s AD, prior to that, they were on the way to being successfully and completely Sinicized.

Some good ole' history. I like that name Tang. I used to drink Tang

[zhaoyun]

Some good ole' history. I like that name Tang. I used to drink Tang

I can assure you, it wasnt named after the dynasty. LOL

[simple]

Well, I do hope so as I do like Filipino food. its annoying when sometimes I go to a city that has a sizable Filipino pop and I still can barely find good Filipino joints.

But anyways, I noticed most Filipinos tend to look for stable, well paying jobs like those in the nursing fields or service industries, rather than taking the risk of opening a business. I think its a cultural thing.

I remembered when I went to Australia I would like to eat Filipino food and I don't see a Filipino restaurant so I try the other alternative like I want Springrolls, so I went to Chinese or Japanese restaurant to try their springrolls, and there was a food festival and we were looking for Filipino food but nothing so we took Paella from Spanish dish an alternative of Filipino Paella lol and saw Indian Chicken Curry instead of our own Chicken Curry. I just saw 1 Australian owner that sell Halo-Halo and Inasal Chicken BBQ

[Iloko]

I've lived in the philippines for a few years now, and these are my fav pinoy restos I've tried so far:

1) Kanin Club - 10/10
2) Seafood Island - 10/10
3) Gerry's Grill - 9.5/10

These are alright, but were not as good to me as the above ones:

1) Cabalen(buffet) - 6.5/10
1) Mesa - 5/10

[simple]

Café Juanita


Pochero (Beef)


Café via Mare in Greenbelt Makati

[simple]

Lorenzo's Way Restaurant in Greenbelt Makati





Bamboo rice


Callos

Adobo sa Puso ng Saging


Desserts (Leche Flan)

[simple]

bistro Mateo in Pasig City








Tamarind Shake

[KidMulat]

In Philippines there's a lot of fine Filipino Restaurant. It's only overseas that only few make a restaurant, I heard a Filipino Restaurant in New York that gaining a popularity there. The Maharlika and Jeepney Restaurant in New York City.

My ex went there with friends and made all the silly comments and reactions regarding Balut at a resturant in NYC . Filipino food has basically become the new Vietnamese which is the new Thai outhere.

I grew up on Filipino food though back west, its great all around but like I seem to have a fondness especially for lumpia which when you think about it is just kind of pan southeast Asian but I ate them by the dozens haha my father would even cook Filipino food sometimes

[simple]

My ex went there with friends and made all the silly comments and reactions regarding Balut at a resturant in NYC . Filipino food has basically become the new Vietnamese which is the new Thai outhere.

I grew up on Filipino food though back west, its great all around but like I seem to have a fondness especially for lumpia which when you think about it is just kind of pan southeast Asian but I ate them by the dozens haha my father would even cook Filipino food sometimes

lol maharlika/jeepney organized a Balut eating contest. Balut is common to southeast Asians so were not the only country in asia that eat balut .. I actually eat balut but I don't eat the small duck. Just be careful with your blood pressure lol when you eat balut.

[KidMulat]

lol maharlika/jeepney organized a Balut eating contest. Balut is common to southeast Asians so were not the only country in asia that eat balut .. I actually eat balut but I don't eat the small duck. Just be careful with your blood pressure lol when you eat balut.

I ate it but like the gross factor was never there for me. Everyone back home who has been around Filipino food just slurps it and treats it as a delicious food and not some spectacle.