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Originally posted by kimboku:
I was reading the comments under "The Hierarchy of Pork" and was disappointed. Was I the only one that hated the episode on the Philippines? I talked with my sibligs and they were disappointed too. Really now...the show left me with understanding why so many travelers to Asia, skip the Philippines. As a 1st generation, I am American but I still identify with my Filipino heritage. Where was the street food (other than street food) – banana ques, chicharono, boiled peanuts, the various meat on a stick? Nothing about lumpia. They were in Cebu – nothing about the Mango groves or the San Miguel brewery? Or the pick your seafood and we’ll grill it as you sit by the river??? I could have sworn this was a show about food, not a psychology lesson. I don’t know Anthony’s view of the Philippines. I can relate to Augusto’s struggle with being Filipino American, but seriously he gave us a bad name. Anthony, you should have done more research and picked a better guide, then Augusto. I am ashamed that he was chosen as a representative of me. Yes, it is a country of so many influences that is why the show did nothing to showcase it. It left the viewer to understand the Filipino culture is trapped between it’s surrounding countries, thus with an identity crisis. Hence, Augusto… Zane Lamprey’s Three Sheets episode on the Philippines was 10 times better!!!! Too bad MOJO is no longer carried, maybe the episode is on youtube.

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Originally posted by kspkano:
As an Italian/American who spends alot of time in the Philippines, I am shocked at the reaction I have seen here.

The Philippines is a big, diverse place. No one can make a one hour T.V. show about it, and show what the Philippines is about.

No one can make a one hour T.V. show, and show what YOUR experience with the place is.

If I took Tony there, he would go to Ate Emma's on a Sunday. He would sit on her terrace, drinking a San Migel, while watching the lightning storms over the Gui Maras Strait. He would eat JenJen's adobo. Etc., etc., etc.....

Face it people, he could spend the rest of his life doing shows on the Philippines, and never make all of you happy.

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Originally posted by onencustdy:

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Originally posted by kspkano:
As an Italian/American who spends alot of time in the Philippines, I am shocked at the reaction I have seen here.

The Philippines is a big, diverse place. No one can make a one hour T.V. show about it, and show what the Philippines is about.

No one can make a one hour T.V. show, and show what YOUR experience with the place is.

If I took Tony there, he would go to Ate Emma's on a Sunday. He would sit on her terrace, drinking a San Migel, while watching the lightning storms over the Gui Maras Strait. He would eat JenJen's adobo. Etc., etc., etc.....

Face it people, he could spend the rest of his life doing shows on the Philippines, and never make all of you happy.

Exactly how much of the Philippines can be covered in one hour. As a viewer, you expect the show to cover as much as it can, but in reality how much travel can Tony get done in the limited amount of travel time he has before heading back to the States. He did what he could with the time he could and people he had to work with.

For granted the beginning of the show started with his replay of Augusto’s interview. IN THE INTERVIEW HE COVERS THE FACT THAT AUGUSTO HAS ONLY BEEN THERE ONE TIME. Tony even says to some effect that Augusto is trying to reconnect with his roots via the show. Give Augusto some credit, there are more Filipinos running around not wanting to identify with who they are and at least Augusto is willing to admit that he is rediscovering who he is.

Yes After watching the show I did question “Dude, you are just now discovering who you are?” I don’t know how things are on the east coast with Filipinos, Pilipinos or Pinoys (depending on who you are and how you were raised), but on the west coast we have towns we call little Manila because you can’t go anywhere without seeing our culture thrive in Places like Daly City, Union City, Hercules, Vallejo Stockton ETC. not to mention the vast amount of Pinoys in Hawaii. While we are all sitting her ragging on Augusto shouldn’t we as a community be focused on how we should prevent our children who live in America from forgetting where they came from? But then again, that was not the point of Tony going there; it was to highlight certain aspects of the country and some great food on the way.

I’m F.B.I (Full Blooded Ilocano) with my Family ranging from Badoc Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, to Santo Tomas La Union and I personally don’t find Manila to attractive compared to the rest of the PI. So I know I wouldn’t want Tony spending too much time in Manila (Our family used to stay in Sampaloc Manila when it was still around but back to my rant). The show is done and it is what it is, but at least he went there and maybe next time he goes back, because he probably will after he has his staff review what everyone has written, he will have a chance to do a little more research and maybe find a host family that has been to the Philippines more than ONE time.

On another note, Augusto here are some tips,

1. Get rid of the bowl cut.
2. Get a Filipino Strength Shirt
3. Learn how to cook your native food.
4. Watch a Manny Pacquiao fight with a bunch of drunk Crispy Pata eating Ilocanos.
5. Remember the Video you made for Tony try to get some of that swagger back.
6. You are doing fine and don’t take some peoples comments who you never met and decided to be big shots on the internet to heart, keep doing what your doing and hopefully you will discover the rest of the Philippines and who you are.


On one more other note, My wife is Korean (Korean and Filipinos make some beautiful children) and might I say,
Nari is fine!

Haha I get the best of both Worlds Filipino and Korean Cuisine!

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Originally posted by onencustdy:
Since school? Man once fight night comes up, the shirts and Filipino Flag hats come out. In SF and Vallejo in California we have Fiesta Filipina that we celebrate. I kinda feel for Augusto because it appears he did not have a Kuya or his Ninongs weren't there to toughin him up a bit and help him embrace his culture.

Man I'm only 32 and I'm 1st Generation Filipino American born in the good ole US, but that doesn't mean I don't identify myself as Pinoy. Ang dugo ko Pilipino! My junior high and highschool years were in schools were the Pinoys were the majority and African American and Whites were the minority. So I had an up brining very different from my man Augusto's, but what is alarming is that there are alot of Pinoys out there who are in Augusto's boat.

I fell for him and hope he comes full circle with his culture

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Originally posted by supernaught:
I'm half Filipino and your show was the first time I've seen Filipino food that looked appetizing and delicious. I live in L.A. and am used to seeing Filipino food (either in restaurants or at family gatherings) served cafeteria style, looking mostly all the same (either pork, beef, or chicken in various forms of some kind of brownish colored sauce), and it always seems like it's been sitting out for hours. which is has. Moreover, a salad?! Since when was there ever a salad in Filipino cuisine let alone a variety of vegetable dishes? I've never known. The only vegetable dish I always see is the one he ate, and even that looked much different--more fresher and appealing. Maybe it's just L.A., or the Filipinos I've grown up around, or the Filipino culture in L.A., but I have yet to find Filipino food here that looked as good as it did on your show.

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Originally posted by supernaught:
I'm half Filipino and your show was the first time I've seen Filipino food that looked appetizing and delicious. I live in L.A. and am used to seeing Filipino food (either in restaurants or at family gatherings) served cafeteria style, looking mostly all the same (either pork, beef, or chicken in various forms of some kind of brownish colored sauce), and it always seems like it's been sitting out for hours. which is has. Moreover, a salad?! Since when was there ever a salad in Filipino cuisine let alone a variety of vegetable dishes? I've never known. The only vegetable dish I always see is the one he ate, and even that looked much different--more fresher and appealing. Maybe it's just L.A., or the Filipinos I've grown up around, or the Filipino culture in L.A., but I have yet to find Filipino food here that looked as good as it did on your show.

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Originally posted by useful1:
Im going to go into non-political correctness mode here after watching the No Reservation: Philippines.

After watching the episode, No Reservation: Phillippines, I came here to register on the forums and sound off why that episode was absolute BS. Sure, there were some nice parts.

After viewing it with my family, I asked my mom about, "Is it true that if your not pampangan, your not a real filipino."

She responded, "That is BS. That is a load of crap."

Mind you, this is insulting every other group there in the philippines. My mom even said that people from pampanga are liars and cant be trusted. They boast too much and gossip like crazy.

Now, moreover, you picked a Filipino from the US as a guide, named Augusto I believe. WHAT
the hell! This guy comes to the PI, stays a week, and is the head guide for you there? That is total BS, bogus, and A**.

Get rid of that fake filipino and replace him with a real one. He had no place being on that show to being a guide. Its like Obama giving a food tour in Kenya. What....the....HE**!!!

You could of picked a better guide than that one. Get one with at least one who speaks with an accent.

A lot of food wasn't covered by the other previous posters on this thread.

Im a decent fan of Bourdain, I watch when I can. But seeing the philippine episode, forced me to come up on the forums and post. For absolute sheer hatred.

Next thing next is that spaghetti @ Jolibee is going to be considered traditional filipino food.

The show did show some nice things.
But again, am disappointed with the offerings on the food. There is much more to that.

Now, filipinos are just people who cook roast pig and eat goat heads. Nice job there FAILdain, good way to represent the PI.
Find real pinoys to do the job, better yet, find like 10 of them to be your guide around the PI.

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Originally posted by vantana99:
I just want to say that this episode was informative, but not entertaining. I am a Fil-Am and I have been to the Phillippines several times and that was in no way anything I have experienced. In my opinion, Filipino food is bland and doesn't look very good. That's why no one likes it. Lumpia and Lechon is good. That's about it. Let's face it. If the Phillippines had anything good to offer in terms of cuisine, there would be a demand for it here in the States. But guess what, there isn't - except for people from the P.I. that miss it and are not sure what else to eat. Tony, the next time you go, let me know and I will put you in contact with my father's side of the family. They live in the areas near Boracai, where all the resorts are located and there is some awesome food out there, right out of the ocean and onto your plate. From one former dishwasher to another, I know you would enjoy it. Beware the 'chocolate meat'. HA!

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Originally posted by onencustdy:
Maybe it's because your running on Filipino time and your late so the food at all the parties looks kinda stale LoL. But yes Rabong Salad, Seaweed Kamatis and Bagoong, there are Filipino Salads.

Maybe it is the Filipinos around you, because you need to eat some Tosilog for breakfast Bro!

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Originally posted by debageeb82:
I can't say how disappointed I was after watching this episode. It felt very much like he had a certain prejudice already in place because of the strong western influence that exists in the PI and like there couldn't possibly be anything interesting and worth researching before his trip! His insistance that Filipino food was nothing more than a version of Latin food was mindblowing. Really AB? How so? Because we both have dishes named Adobo? Our cuisines don't even consist of the same basic ingredients. ????????
Also, what's with the choice of "tour guide"? Seemed like he was chosen under the pretense of introducing HIM to Filipino culture, all the while belittling him for his ignorance. Like he was chosen to make some point to justify Anthony's own apathy. Seriously, Anthony, if you wanted it to be known how you really feel about Filipino culture, mission accomplished. You couldn't give a crap, but you're willing to make a half-assed attempt to pander if you think you might lose fans.
Sorry, but you just lost this one.