Same hre kaya nga hndi ako masyadong nakain ng baboy d2,iba kc ang lasa d 2lad dyan sa Pinas tlagang malinamnam, tsaka ung taba ng baboy dyan hndi nakasuya,d 2lad d2 kahit konting taba lng ung nakain mu pra ka ng nasusuka, experience q lng nman to.
Tinggal di mana? Kalo di kota2 besar biasanya bisa pesen lechon daring dari komunitas Filipina setempat, trus ada restorannya juga tapi jarang yg jual lechon sih.
He asked many times "how much (ingredients) you put?" and the cook always answered like a true Asian: just "enough"😂 the "Chef" seems to forget he's asian, too😂
Huh? What does Asian have anything to do with it? Every chef takes that approach of cooking without measurement. He's not forgetting he's Asian, such a weird comment.
There's nothing like the smell of lechon wafting through the air while being near the sea. Eating lechon is much more fun when you actually go for a swim, wash your hands while you're soaking wet, and grab a cut and a fistful of rice with your bare hands.
3:27 "It's much easier to control the people when they're subscribed to a single belief system." -- the truth about world religions. 21:00 ritually placed (not "literally placed") I love eating lechon coz it's really a part of the Filipino culture that gives so much nostalgia of my childhood. On my wedding, we had a lechon which my foreign family and friends still dream to this day. They've always wanted to replicate it. But after watching this video, I can confirm what I have been saying all these years. It'll be hard to get the authentic taste because it starts from the pigs. Learned a lot from the researchers/historians/archeologist, and local chefs. With my old Catholic background, I am proud of my roots, a mix of local, Spanish and Chinese. I look more Chinese, so madame was right to say that if you scratch a Filipino, Chinese blood will come out. I joined a city tour in Prague, Czech Republic a few years ago, and we visited a church dedicated to the Child Jesus. The tour guide mentioned that they get big groups from the Philippines just to visit the Child Jesus. As I was the only Filipino in the group, I confirmed it, and she said, "See? I'm not making this up!" We entered the church, and true enough, out of the many Sto. Nino statues, I spotted one that was from the Philippines and donated by the Filipinos. I do not know what materials they used, but it looked like pineapple fiber, so authentically Filipino. Although we love lechon baboy (pig) in the Philippines, I won't agree that it should be the national dish, because we also have to take into consideration our Muslim brothers and sisters. Maybe it'll work if we make 'lechon' our national food, but it should be generalized to include other types, like lechon baka (cow) or lechon manok (chicken).
Surprisingly, malayo polynesians do roast pig and malayo polynesians came from the Philippine islands. So filipino lechon is pre hispanic and pre chinese
@@salvaje3489 im from Panay. From the confederation of madjaas. Our ancestors were not muslims. In fact our babaylans sacrficed pigs to the Gods and the community had the roasted pog afterwards. Read history before opening your mouth
@@salvaje3489Philippines was never a muslim country and pork has been an important part of austronesian cuisine only the name lechon was adapted from the spanish
@@salvaje3489 lol my facts? Read a history book for once. By the 15th century islam has not yet spread that far and wide. Bali is still hindu even now. The only muslim areas would have been the maguindanao, maranao, sulu, tondo/maynila and it was only their elites. Butuan, madjaas, and the others were not muslim. In fact madjaas was at war with brunei-sulu-tondo.. brunei and sulu were cousins to madjaas but converted. You clearly cant open a book
11:20 That's quite non-traditional. Traditional Visayan lechon uses lemongrass (or citrus leaves/sour fruits), black pepper, salt, bay leaves ( _Cinnamomum_ sp.), and garlic as the stuffing. All of these ingredients are native to the Philippines. Salt is rubbed on the skin. Anise is not used at all.
Proud Cebuana here.. Thanks for featuring our culture, our tradition. If it's fiesta, its like Thanksgiving. Whoever comes, they can eat all they can. Its like sharing what we have. Thanks CNA❤😊
Eating pork is a very Austronesian habit. We are Austronesians! The taste for pork is very important in places that were not Hispanized - Ifugao in the Cordillera Mountains, Teduray in Central Mindanao mountains and all over the Pacific, from Bali to Micronesia and Polynesia. In Hawaii where I studied, Kahlua Pork, cooked in an imu or traditional oven, is a centerpiece of Hawaiian parties.
Aromatics/spices/stuffing i like in lechon: peppercorns, lemon grass, star anise, shallots, garlic, bay leaves. Sunblock (?) Soy sauce, anatto. For the sauce: soy sauce, labuyo, calamansi.
As Filipino, I am so Proud and Happy that you featured our Culture. I must say that Filipino Fiestas is the most exciting, fun and remarkable kind of celebration. Wherever houses you go, they will feed you and let you feel welcome. The Filipino hospitality is unmatched! 😇❤️🙏
finally CNA featuring something positive about Philippines and other countries.. not the usual negative reports and bypassing singapore except when singapore captured the criminals protecting its image yet putting in bad light its neighbors
Yes, every news from Singapore about their country features a negative example from another Southeast Asian country to show that Singapore is the best. It’s their way of lifting themselves by destroying the image of another.
The proud shall be humbled says the Lord God. Look at what is happening to China and I think South Korea is heading in the same path and maybe Singapore soon.
27:43 She clearly said Carcar, not Raqqa. Everybody there uses 7up/Sprite for barbecue marinade. Carcar is famous for their chicharon or sun-dried pork rinds.
Lechon was served to the Spaniards by pre-colonial Filipinos when the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521. It's in Antonio Pigafetta's memoir.
Props to the person who translated “Dili man ‘makuan’ kung walay lechon.” 45:11 He/she understood what the woman meant with ‘makuan’ in her answer to Sam’s question. 👍😀 Note: Cebuanos use the word “kuan” (Tagalog - kuwan) as a term to refer to something the name of which has slipped the person’s mind at that moment (or the person has forgotten).
Im a visayan from negros, i still remember back in the days when lechon is a luxury. Imagine 15 kls of meat grown for 3-6 mos and only have a dish from it. Back then growing pig takes time and feeds are not that affordable. We only get to eat lechon on very special occasion like fiesta and weddings. Wedding is a huge celebration, it gather family, friends and community Also, after living in northamerica for a while. I noticed that pork in the philippines is not as pungent as it is here
Nice content, man. Philippine culture and traditions are very rich, especially when it comes to food, because of the Chinese and Spanish influences. And yes, lechon is one of the most famous dishes in the Philippines and very expensive, too. It is very typical for Filipinos that if there is left-over lechon that is not consumed at a party or fiesta, it can be made into lechon paksiw, and this dish is also so delicious. Nice job and nice content.
@@jaydenrlegoadventure702 pigs raised for lechon here in the Philippines are fed with organic feed. You can tell the difference between pigs fed with organic feed to those fed with chemical added feed. Pigs are tastier when fed with the aforementioned natural feed.
He managed to get in touch with the local government of Cebu City and Talisay who supplied him with the right people to talk to about Cebu's history and culture featuring its most iconic food - the Lechon aka "inasal".
I feel sad for muslims who has to battle with their conscience just to taste Lechon... I made some of my Muslim friends eat lechon, they liked it and felt guilty at the same time lol
2:20 this pier looks likes its not only at capacity, but looking at the sag it seems to have endured more than its capacity in past occasions. I would recommend having some engineers come inspect the pier before a catastrophe happens.
probably either due to unsupported formworks during construction so it sagged while pouring concrete or it's already past its functional life since that fish port is really old.
20:12 Pigafetta's journal already described natives roasting pigs. Not all natives were Muslims. Also, the non-Muslims of Bali, Indonesia have their Babi Guling.
Before Foreign Invader Come To Philippines…People are already making lechon(roast pork- inihaw na baboy) because, there’s a lot of wild-boar in the jungle,and people in the past,are going hunting birds,wild boar, goats,chicken etc…etc…to have something to eat and roast it using bamboo,or dried wood 🪵 🔥 and wrap it with banana leaf 🍃 or put it inside the bamboo with coconut milk …too many ways of cooking lechon…before Portuguese,Spanish,And Americanese Came to Our Tropical Land.
I enjoyed this so much because I can see the passion in you. When you were singing with the raw lechon on the way to the fire, it's like wathching a kid in a candy store.
I'm super duper happy for showing My Hometown Pasil, our Sinulog Festival, Traditions,Culture and most especially our Famous Lechon... Cheers to you! for amazing video😁🍷🙏
23:01 That's nonsense. The Chinese were not the ones who came here. We Southeast Asians were the ones who sailed to China to trade for the last 2000 years or so. Chinese settlers only started arriving to Southeast Asia during the late Ming to early Qing dynasties. Pigs and roasted pig are mentioned in multiple early Spanish dictionaries, starting from Alonso de Mentrida's Diccionario de la lengua Bisaya (c. early 1600s). Pigs were introduced to the Philippines from Taiwan, as domesticated animals of the Austronesian ancestors of Filipinos (c. 5000 years ago), carried on boats along with other Austronesian domesticated animals (chickens, dogs, water buffalo). They crossbred with endemic pig species as well as pigs from later introductions via trade with the rest of Southeast Asia, China, and India. From genetic studies, European pig ancestry is very low in Philippine pigs, around 2.86%, which makes it clear that the Spanish didn't introduce them. The fact that related dishes to lechon exists in other Austronesian cultures outside of the Philippines (like in eastern Indonesia and Micronesia) with zero Spanish or Chinese influence is also clear evidence that it is pre-colonial. Pigs were commonly used during shamanic rituals as offerings, which also included feasts (which syncretized with Spanish fiestas). You can even still see this clearly in the Sinulog, which venerates figurines of the Santo Niño. That's not common in other Catholic countries. That originated from pre-colonial celebrations of ancestor spirits which uses wooden figurines of ancestors (anito).
Cebu style uses a lot of spring onions less or no lemong grass. The moisture from the spring onions steam inside and makes the meat inside really tender and moist.
lechon in spain is more chinese looking than the one in the philippines. hahahaha yes the lechon in spain is a copy cat of the lechon from china and the lechon in the philippines is common in southeast asia. which means that lechon is from the philippines and asia then spain tried to steal it. u didn't tell the truth about lechon in spain. many spanish people doesn't know about that dish. they only know the word. even the people who cook lechon in spain are filipinos. if u want to know where lechon come from show it to the world that the lechon in spain is not from spanish but chinese looking. in fact that style of lechon the one in spain is common in chinese restaurants.
The notion of Cebu being the "lechon" capital is fairly new, perhaps around 2000s. Back then, I was aware, La Loma was the original lechon capital and Batangas was the province that was well-known for their lechon back in the 90's (at least as far as I know).
I am a Filipino and honestly I have not heard about La Lorna nor Batangas being the best place to have Lechon. I always have known that Cebu is. Probably due to regional differences. Nevertheless, I would pretty much give Batangas Lechon baboy a try because I love good food!
Congratulations to you dear friend. Everything you mentioned have been ON POINT. The only thing that is questionable is the putting of MSG. Most lechon in Talisay don't put that. It's all natural
Lechon symbolizes bountiful blessings for Filipino. To show gratitude and thanksgiving to God, the families prepare lechon for their own families to share as well as to their friends and neighbors during special occasions like Birthdays, Christmas, Fiestas etc. It is something that families gather around at and share at the table. It is a conversation piece for intimate gatherings as well.
Sinulog started when I was in High School. Yes , when was a young whiper snapper. I only saw it once or twice when it passed by our Chapel in Lahug when it was heading towards the old Lahug Airport. We avoided it 😂. Don’t know when they started that free Lechon practice during Sinulog. Somebody has to pay for it . There is always Lechon every fiesta. Not sure who started the parade ,but in the real sense it’s not a catholic practice but a pagan ritual 😂. And yeah, Cebu is known for the best Lechon .You must eat Lechon newly cooked , on the same day or else it’s not the same, then you recook it with garlic, hot pepper, sweetened vinegar and some Lechon sauce. Thank you for this story.
'Which influence is stronger ? The Spanish or Chinese?' No doubt about it. Chinese! Scratch a Philipino and there is Chinese blood!. WOW! WHAT AN AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER. I LOVE THIS LADY
My wife and I use to ask my Filipino mother-in-law to make us pancit without meat; it always turned out great. You also have Filipino coconut rice cakes and vegetable spring rolls, common side dishes in Filipino cuisine.
I’ve only been to Cebu many years ago, but would go back just for the lechon. Cheers from Indonesia! 🇮🇩🍻🇵🇭
Nice one bro but in Indonesia, a version of Lechon is Babi Guling which is found in Bali 😊😊
Bro we also share the same passion in MLBB, you will find kind words exchanging from both countries, brotherhood indeed 💪
@@DM-bs2oz Yes my friend I like it 😊😊
Wait. An Idonesian eats lechon. Isn't it prohibited in your religious belief?
@@great9302 Yeah but non-Muslims eats lechon in Hindu-majority Bali and Christian-majority Minahassa in Sulawesi Utara
Pork in the Philippines is so delicious! Tastes clean. Whenever I eat pork outside of the country. I feel heavy or gross after.
that's because our pigs are comfy in congress
Same hre kaya nga hndi ako masyadong nakain ng baboy d2,iba kc ang lasa d 2lad dyan sa Pinas tlagang malinamnam, tsaka ung taba ng baboy dyan hndi nakasuya,d 2lad d2 kahit konting taba lng ung nakain mu pra ka ng nasusuka, experience q lng nman to.
Must be what we are feeding the hogs here
Well done. American here who loves the Philippines. Any birthday party in the Philippines is incomplete without lechon.
Surprisingly CNA has another nice topic from the Philippines.
Not very usual,.right? 😂😂
yeahhh sosososo weird..
Yeah. Surprising indeed.
Not unusual at all. You'd know if you watch CNA daily.
As a filipino never heard of this channel before😂
This showcased the best Cebu Lechon documentary by far. Well done Chef you have presented it very well.
Catholicism/Colonization 😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
@@roeweldelossantos3588then maybe change our past if you can 🙃
@@roeweldelossantos3588😂😂😂 laugh at your dumb family name dude. 😂😂😂😂
Na sa apilyedo mo yung.pinag tataeanan mo.😂😂?..?
Really wanna go there and try lechon one day. ♥️ From Indonesia 🇮🇩
Aren't you Muslim?
@@shanemarquiblat6155not all Indonesians are Muslims. It's just a misconception however the majority of them are muslims
Tinggal di mana? Kalo di kota2 besar biasanya bisa pesen lechon daring dari komunitas Filipina setempat, trus ada restorannya juga tapi jarang yg jual lechon sih.
Nice one bro, but there a version of Lechon in Indonesia as Babi Guling in Bali 😊😊
@@shanemarquiblat6155 there is also a lechon in indonesia it is called babi guling.
First time I see a CNA documentary about the Ph without poverty porn.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
They had a good one, its about the troll farms that helped duterte and now marcos to become your leaders.
Quite alarming and funny at the same time.
@@wowmawc Topics about troll farms of any person is not as positive as the above topic so it's not we're talking about.
@@wowmawcthe troll farms of Duterte is true and Sarah has troll farms as well however it has nothing to do about this video
CNA is a biased news organization favoring SG and Malaysia only. Perhaps this SG company employed too many Malaysians from JB
I'm a Cebuano and thank you for featuring my hometown!
Oo na ayan na namn kayo.
@@SiopaokoBakit, ano problema mo?
Na pinoy clickbait ka rin wag Kang ano
@@Siopaoko ayan nanaman silang mga tagalooooggggg
grabe! banyaga na yung nagsabi ha hindi kami! lechon capital of the WORLD! yun may _natandog_ ang pride 😂
He asked many times "how much (ingredients) you put?" and the cook always answered like a true Asian: just "enough"😂 the "Chef" seems to forget he's asian, too😂
Huh? What does Asian have anything to do with it? Every chef takes that approach of cooking without measurement. He's not forgetting he's Asian, such a weird comment.
@@DJBiskiti think what he meant is almost all asian food are seasoned well or salty....
@@DJBiskitbecause Asian chefs don't measure their ingredients. They stop when the voices of their ancestors tell them to stop
@@brystander9158just like meme.
Q: "how many?"
A: "yes"
There's nothing like the smell of lechon wafting through the air while being near the sea. Eating lechon is much more fun when you actually go for a swim, wash your hands while you're soaking wet, and grab a cut and a fistful of rice with your bare hands.
Hahaha! That’s so true! Sakto kaayu! Lechon + the beach + seafood = 🙌🏽🥹
3:27 "It's much easier to control the people when they're subscribed to a single belief system." -- the truth about world religions.
21:00 ritually placed (not "literally placed")
I love eating lechon coz it's really a part of the Filipino culture that gives so much nostalgia of my childhood. On my wedding, we had a lechon which my foreign family and friends still dream to this day. They've always wanted to replicate it. But after watching this video, I can confirm what I have been saying all these years. It'll be hard to get the authentic taste because it starts from the pigs.
Learned a lot from the researchers/historians/archeologist, and local chefs. With my old Catholic background, I am proud of my roots, a mix of local, Spanish and Chinese. I look more Chinese, so madame was right to say that if you scratch a Filipino, Chinese blood will come out. I joined a city tour in Prague, Czech Republic a few years ago, and we visited a church dedicated to the Child Jesus. The tour guide mentioned that they get big groups from the Philippines just to visit the Child Jesus. As I was the only Filipino in the group, I confirmed it, and she said, "See? I'm not making this up!" We entered the church, and true enough, out of the many Sto. Nino statues, I spotted one that was from the Philippines and donated by the Filipinos. I do not know what materials they used, but it looked like pineapple fiber, so authentically Filipino.
Although we love lechon baboy (pig) in the Philippines, I won't agree that it should be the national dish, because we also have to take into consideration our Muslim brothers and sisters. Maybe it'll work if we make 'lechon' our national food, but it should be generalized to include other types, like lechon baka (cow) or lechon manok (chicken).
Surprisingly, malayo polynesians do roast pig and malayo polynesians came from the Philippine islands. So filipino lechon is pre hispanic and pre chinese
Austronesians
yes, thats why muslims should stop claiming filipinos
@@salvaje3489 im from Panay. From the confederation of madjaas. Our ancestors were not muslims. In fact our babaylans sacrficed pigs to the Gods and the community had the roasted pog afterwards. Read history before opening your mouth
@@salvaje3489Philippines was never a muslim country and pork has been an important part of austronesian cuisine only the name lechon was adapted from the spanish
@@salvaje3489 lol my facts? Read a history book for once. By the 15th century islam has not yet spread that far and wide. Bali is still hindu even now. The only muslim areas would have been the maguindanao, maranao, sulu, tondo/maynila and it was only their elites. Butuan, madjaas, and the others were not muslim. In fact madjaas was at war with brunei-sulu-tondo.. brunei and sulu were cousins to madjaas but converted. You clearly cant open a book
11:20 That's quite non-traditional. Traditional Visayan lechon uses lemongrass (or citrus leaves/sour fruits), black pepper, salt, bay leaves ( _Cinnamomum_ sp.), and garlic as the stuffing. All of these ingredients are native to the Philippines. Salt is rubbed on the skin. Anise is not used at all.
I'm a Filipino myself and this documentary is way more informative than any other books I've read💪 Wow❤😊
Oh wow! I watched this mouth-watering vlog from beginning to end! Cebu and the Sinulog are simply amazing! Sam did a great job in the vlog!! 😊
Proud Cebuana here.. Thanks for featuring our culture, our tradition. If it's fiesta, its like Thanksgiving. Whoever comes, they can eat all they can. Its like sharing what we have. Thanks CNA❤😊
Eating pork is a very Austronesian habit. We are Austronesians! The taste for pork is very important in places that were not Hispanized - Ifugao in the Cordillera Mountains, Teduray in Central Mindanao mountains and all over the Pacific, from Bali to Micronesia and Polynesia. In Hawaii where I studied, Kahlua Pork, cooked in an imu or traditional oven, is a centerpiece of Hawaiian parties.
Kahlua Pork ay malansa at lasang-lasa ang amoy ng baboy. Nakain na ako ng luto ng Hawaii.
Aromatics/spices/stuffing i like in lechon: peppercorns, lemon grass, star anise, shallots, garlic, bay leaves. Sunblock (?) Soy sauce, anatto. For the sauce: soy sauce, labuyo, calamansi.
Sunblock? 😂 Ahahaha, doubt it. Anyway, yes, all the rest are also my favorite
As Filipino, I am so Proud and Happy that you featured our Culture. I must say that Filipino Fiestas is the most exciting, fun and remarkable kind of celebration. Wherever houses you go, they will feed you and let you feel welcome. The Filipino hospitality is unmatched! 😇❤️🙏
finally CNA featuring something positive about Philippines and other countries.. not the usual negative reports and bypassing singapore except when singapore captured the criminals protecting its image yet putting in bad light its neighbors
What do you expect from a biased SG company like this employing Malaysians from Johor 😂
Yes, every news from Singapore about their country features a negative example from another Southeast Asian country to show that Singapore is the best. It’s their way of lifting themselves by destroying the image of another.
@@richardnuevoYes, Malaysians are another racist people.
Yeah our ASEAN neighbors in general are very insecure of the Philippines that's why they always bring bad light in the country's image
The proud shall be humbled says the Lord God. Look at what is happening to China and I think South Korea is heading in the same path and maybe Singapore soon.
i love your story. Thank you for visiting one part of our country.
Splendid documentary work!
27:43 She clearly said Carcar, not Raqqa. Everybody there uses 7up/Sprite for barbecue marinade. Carcar is famous for their chicharon or sun-dried pork rinds.
In Indonesia, there is a version of Lechon known as Babi Guling and can be found in Bali 😊😊
curious, does babi mean pig and guling mean charcoal? sounds a lot like baboy (pig) uling (charcoal) in filipino 😂😂😂
@@OrvinReyes Yeah same words but different bro
i never knew indonesia also had a roasted pig dish
@aspopulvera9130 Yeah 😊😊
29:40 the comments killed me 😂
Dude ended racism
Armament haki
Half-cooked
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Lechon was served to the Spaniards by pre-colonial Filipinos when the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521. It's in Antonio Pigafetta's memoir.
Props to the person who translated “Dili man ‘makuan’ kung walay lechon.” 45:11 He/she understood what the woman meant with ‘makuan’ in her answer to Sam’s question. 👍😀
Note: Cebuanos use the word “kuan” (Tagalog - kuwan) as a term to refer to something the name of which has slipped the person’s mind at that moment (or the person has forgotten).
in layman's term it's basically "uhm..."
Im not from Cebu but thank you for showcasing my beloved Philippines
most educational content about the history of lechon.
Everytime there's a lechon it will always be followed by days if not weeks of eating paksiw from the leftovers 😂
that is not true. Rich people dont eat left over food. So maybe in poor villages.
I love putting more Mang Thomas to lechon paksiw.
paksiw is just sadness. Lechon is love.
As far as I know, Cebuanos don’t use Mang Tomas even in paksiw.
GREAT VIDEO. Thank you for sharing!
This is amazing! Thank you for visiting Cebu ❤
Im a visayan from negros, i still remember back in the days when lechon is a luxury. Imagine 15 kls of meat grown for 3-6 mos and only have a dish from it. Back then growing pig takes time and feeds are not that affordable. We only get to eat lechon on very special occasion like fiesta and weddings. Wedding is a huge celebration, it gather family, friends and community
Also, after living in northamerica for a while. I noticed that pork in the philippines is not as pungent as it is here
Meats in the west are drenched in chemicals and antibiotics, hence the smell.
As well here in South korea. The pork here smells like turugban😂
Kami dati, noong hindi pa uso ang feeds, gulay ang niluluto namin para ipakain sa baboy.
to supplement the feeds for the pigs we use kangkong or tubers and some use samplings of a certain tree
Lechon is very nice .. especially Cebu variety one .. I really loved it, it did remind me the Babi Guling from Bali
That’s true…
Nice content, man. Philippine culture and traditions are very rich, especially when it comes to food, because of the Chinese and Spanish influences. And yes, lechon is one of the most famous dishes in the Philippines and very expensive, too. It is very typical for Filipinos that if there is left-over lechon that is not consumed at a party or fiesta, it can be made into lechon paksiw, and this dish is also so delicious. Nice job and nice content.
The east and west meet in the philippines as they say.
@@bluewolf4789 True..👍
I really enjoyed this vlog. Very informative at the same time it makes me hungry! I want sone lechon too 😅
It's Sinulog 2025 season everyone! Viva Pit Señor Santo Niño!
Hows your BP btw after the festival???❤ thank u for featuring our Sinulog & Cebu's lechon..hope u enjoyed ur stay ..God bless you
Spanish version is not good. I went to spain last year and was disappointed
even here in Canada, lechon is very different, probably the way it is cooked, not as good as the one in the Philippines specially Cebu!
Is the Italian roast pig at least better, like I'm enticed to try porchetta, for example.
@@jaydenrlegoadventure702 pigs raised for lechon here in the Philippines are fed with organic feed. You can tell the difference between pigs fed with organic feed to those fed with chemical added feed. Pigs are tastier when fed with the aforementioned natural feed.
all meat in the western countries tastes different than back in the philippines even here in europe especially the chickn
This was a very good documentary! 👏👏👏
BEAUTIFUL, EDUCATIONAL AND HISTORICAL INFORMATIVE CONTENT.❤
He managed to get in touch with the local government of Cebu City and Talisay who supplied him with the right people to talk to about Cebu's history and culture featuring its most iconic food - the Lechon aka "inasal".
Fact check on the pig eating feast and being Muslim. Not all islands were Muslim and pork was already eaten and used in other dishes and purposes.
Thank you for visiting and featuring Cebu and specifically, Talisay City the lechon Capital of Cebu
Talisay lechon is the best. I had some last month.
I feel sad for muslims who has to battle with their conscience just to taste Lechon... I made some of my Muslim friends eat lechon, they liked it and felt guilty at the same time lol
I have an Adventist uncle and he feels the same way. lmao
Chicken lechon and goat lechon exist for muslims
After watching this, I am missing Cebu's Lechon! Thank you for featuring Cebu- Lechon Capital of the World!
Oh hey it’s Sam from NBNT!! Sibeh hao lian guy! Always act nice in front of camera
Totally agree
CNA always feature the slums of Manila and talk about it as if the Philippines is the only country that has them. This is refreshing to see.
2:20 this pier looks likes its not only at capacity, but looking at the sag it seems to have endured more than its capacity in past occasions. I would recommend having some engineers come inspect the pier before a catastrophe happens.
probably either due to unsupported formworks during construction so it sagged while pouring concrete or it's already past its functional life since that fish port is really old.
Have yet to try black variant lechon covered in squid/cuttlefish ink.
Kodus to this! proud Cebuano here!
20:12 Pigafetta's journal already described natives roasting pigs. Not all natives were Muslims. Also, the non-Muslims of Bali, Indonesia have their Babi Guling.
LOOKS AMAZING!!!. . . . GOOD JOB IN CAPTURING ITS DELICACY
Yummy!!!!! Miss pinas
Before Foreign Invader Come To Philippines…People are already making lechon(roast pork- inihaw na baboy)
because,
there’s a lot of wild-boar in the jungle,and people in the past,are going hunting birds,wild boar,
goats,chicken etc…etc…to have something to eat and roast it using bamboo,or dried wood 🪵 🔥 and wrap it with banana leaf 🍃 or put it inside the bamboo with coconut milk …too many ways of cooking lechon…before Portuguese,Spanish,And Americanese Came to Our Tropical Land.
You should check out Balayan, Batangas. We have a lechon parade on the feast of San Juan.
27:46 not Raqqa but Carcar(Karkar)
Very comprehensive history of lechon
I enjoyed this so much because I can see the passion in you. When you were singing with the raw lechon on the way to the fire, it's like wathching a kid in a candy store.
Lechon is the main character on the table during Fiesta in the Philippines.
More positive and good features please for d philippines CNA... after all we are asean!
I'm super duper happy for showing My Hometown Pasil, our Sinulog Festival, Traditions,Culture and most especially our Famous Lechon... Cheers to you! for amazing video😁🍷🙏
I love this video ❤❤ the history
My God when he ate it, my saliva fell 😅 taste heavenly, and coco vinegar tuba with garlic.. I wanna cry.
23:01 That's nonsense. The Chinese were not the ones who came here. We Southeast Asians were the ones who sailed to China to trade for the last 2000 years or so. Chinese settlers only started arriving to Southeast Asia during the late Ming to early Qing dynasties. Pigs and roasted pig are mentioned in multiple early Spanish dictionaries, starting from Alonso de Mentrida's Diccionario de la lengua Bisaya (c. early 1600s).
Pigs were introduced to the Philippines from Taiwan, as domesticated animals of the Austronesian ancestors of Filipinos (c. 5000 years ago), carried on boats along with other Austronesian domesticated animals (chickens, dogs, water buffalo). They crossbred with endemic pig species as well as pigs from later introductions via trade with the rest of Southeast Asia, China, and India. From genetic studies, European pig ancestry is very low in Philippine pigs, around 2.86%, which makes it clear that the Spanish didn't introduce them. The fact that related dishes to lechon exists in other Austronesian cultures outside of the Philippines (like in eastern Indonesia and Micronesia) with zero Spanish or Chinese influence is also clear evidence that it is pre-colonial.
Pigs were commonly used during shamanic rituals as offerings, which also included feasts (which syncretized with Spanish fiestas). You can even still see this clearly in the Sinulog, which venerates figurines of the Santo Niño. That's not common in other Catholic countries. That originated from pre-colonial celebrations of ancestor spirits which uses wooden figurines of ancestors (anito).
Cebu style uses a lot of spring onions less or no lemong grass. The moisture from the spring onions steam inside and makes the meat inside really tender and moist.
Duuuuh, pre-colonial Cebuanos were not Moslems...Our Ancestors ate Yummy Pork(Lechon or what we locally call INASAL😁
lechon in spain is more chinese looking than the one in the philippines. hahahaha yes the lechon in spain is a copy cat of the lechon from china and the lechon in the philippines is common in southeast asia. which means that lechon is from the philippines and asia then spain tried to steal it. u didn't tell the truth about lechon in spain. many spanish people doesn't know about that dish. they only know the word. even the people who cook lechon in spain are filipinos. if u want to know where lechon come from show it to the world that the lechon in spain is not from spanish but chinese looking. in fact that style of lechon the one in spain is common in chinese restaurants.
❤ from 🇵🇰Pakistan would like to try lechon.
Thank you!
Home Sweet Home! 🙏❤️🙏
LECHON is world record whole pig grilled origin in CEBU, Philippines 👍🇵🇭
Why add subtitle in 7:14 lol. She’s speaking clearly
As a Cebuano. Pit Senyor!!!
The notion of Cebu being the "lechon" capital is fairly new, perhaps around 2000s. Back then, I was aware, La Loma was the original lechon capital and Batangas was the province that was well-known for their lechon back in the 90's (at least as far as I know).
Yep, coz you're in the 'imperial manila/luzon' bubble.
Those who dubbed Cebu as the lechon capital of the world are actually from Cebu only. That is the truth of the matter
@@aldwincapin8915imperial Manila? That's how the insecure non manileños are saying all the time 🙄
this is true
I am a Filipino and honestly I have not heard about La Lorna nor Batangas being the best place to have Lechon. I always have known that Cebu is. Probably due to regional differences. Nevertheless, I would pretty much give Batangas Lechon baboy a try because I love good food!
Take note everyone. Cebu lechon doesnt use lemongrass! Best lechon in the world
nice one!!
Congratulations to you dear friend. Everything you mentioned have been ON POINT. The only thing that is questionable is the putting of MSG. Most lechon in Talisay don't put that. It's all natural
New subscriber here. Hoped you enjoyed your stay here in our country. 🙂
CNA mostly covers Cebu stories! Nearest from Singapore
Lmao. Cebu is not Near in Singapore. I dont know where did you get that idea
nope.. Lechon is 'Inasal is cebeuano native language.
RAJA in Philippines is pronounce as RAHA. But glad that my current home island is featured by you CNA
He pronounced it as Raja because it originated from the Indian "Maharaja", pronounced with a j.
Very well made documentary of the Sinulog Festival , and of course our famous Lechon ! ❤😁🇵🇭
Thank you 🇵🇭
This looks so delicious, I would love to taste this, none of the roasted pork in our cities looks as tasty.
Lechon symbolizes bountiful blessings for Filipino. To show gratitude and thanksgiving to God, the families prepare lechon for their own families to share as well as to their friends and neighbors during special occasions like Birthdays, Christmas, Fiestas etc. It is something that families gather around at and share at the table. It is a conversation piece for intimate gatherings as well.
Sinulog started when I was in High School. Yes , when was a young whiper snapper. I only saw it once or twice when it passed by our Chapel in Lahug when it was heading towards the old Lahug Airport. We avoided it 😂.
Don’t know when they started that free Lechon practice during Sinulog. Somebody has to pay for it . There is always Lechon every fiesta.
Not sure who started the parade ,but in the real sense it’s not a catholic practice but a pagan ritual 😂.
And yeah, Cebu is known for the best Lechon .You must eat Lechon newly cooked , on the same day or else it’s not the same, then you recook it with garlic, hot pepper, sweetened vinegar and some Lechon sauce.
Thank you for this story.
Very nice and good
Please try The City of Carcar Cebu Lechon also Chicharon
bebe’s Lechon and Matmat Chicharon❤❤❤❤❤
I am mow craving for lechon!!!
Roast pigs are a traditional cuisine of the Austro- Polynesia people for thousands of years
yes they have lechon in bali too its not spanish at all
20:42 di mo kmi maloloko Chavit kahit ibahin mo boses mo. 😂
this is weird, CNA posting something about philippines in a different way, what is happening?? is the world ending??
hahaha
'Which influence is stronger ? The Spanish or Chinese?' No doubt about it. Chinese! Scratch a Philipino and there is Chinese blood!. WOW! WHAT AN AFFIRMATIVE ANSWER. I LOVE THIS LADY
you are chinese😂
Been living in Cebu for four years. Can confirm, cebunaos would eat lechon every meal if they could.
are there any filipino dishes that are vegan friendly?
My wife and I use to ask my Filipino mother-in-law to make us pancit without meat; it always turned out great. You also have Filipino coconut rice cakes and vegetable spring rolls, common side dishes in Filipino cuisine.
There are dishes such as Dinengdeng, pinakbet and even adobo (adobong kangkong). Lumpia as well (togue, hubad, etc).
The only salad at a Filipino party is the fruit salad LOL!
U gotta be kidding😂
they are they are home cook like seaweed salad etc
Man, I bet pre-colonized and pre-Catholic invasion Philippines was awesome.
i would say that eat lechon in moderation
In Cebu, they will give you free lechon but will sell you grams of shabu! 😂
Best roast pork in the world when you bite first skin you fells like heaven and when you eat to much you go to heaven 😂😂
Wow CNA news about PH that is not about POVERTY!
not everybody in the Philippines eats Lechon or pork meat due to some groups are prohibited and other religions for some reasons
i don't eat lechon because of religion but because I was traumatized by seeing how pigs were killed in preparation for cooking them
U mean those problem causing muslim moros?