The first dish with the green vegetables that Naomi got is a gourd, also known as bitter melon or ampalaya in Filipino, which has many health benefits. Enjoy your stay in the Philippines! The second dish that Naomi got and you thought pork and buttery was kare-kare (pronounced as ka-reh ka-reh), which is beef with peanut sauce and is eaten with shrimp paste.
Do not shy away and always ask if you want yo know and be informed, most Filipinos can speak English but mostly have a hard time understanding because of different accents. I think they can understand better if you kinda speak slower and clearer, because we are taught in school to pronounce each syllables of every word literally, and not dropping any letters like the slang way of speaking.
@@romulotalaue In the U.S., we "commonly" call it bitter melon and not bitter gourd. And please refrain from being a smart Alec or being condescending, as different countries call it either bitter gourd or bitter melon. Either way, they are from the same family.
Ampalaya ,- bitter gourd, Lutong bahay - home cooked Mami - Chicken or beef noodle soup or Ramen. 130 pesos for 2 meals plus coke is a good deal. At the eatery at the end, Naomi had Kare-Kare with shrimp paste on the side. And I guess the other food is menudo. And the soup is Sinigang soup.
you guys are correct, the vegetable dish that you ordered is indeed bitter gourd or ampalaya in the local language. you have to keep in mind, most Filipino foods are conceptualized to be paired w/ rice. that's the reason why viands usually have strong tastes w/c the rice will temper and blend with.
Mega Metro Manila composed of 16-Cities. It has 25 million people during the day and it has clean and dirty chaotic cities also. BGC and Makati City are beautiful business district to visit.✌️
That's a very cheap lunch. The vegetables you had are bitter melons, that's how it taste but nutritious. Hope you enjoy your vacation in the Philippines I'M watching from Toronto Canada
49:12 The one dish with liver is called Menudo, and the one with side dish sauteed shrimp paste is called Kare-kare. Glad you liked them as they're our favorites too. Take care and be safe.
If you guys get a chance to visit Tagaytay Highlands its a great place to cool down March-April. The other place is Baguio city (located in the Mountains) it get temp varies from 10-26deg. during the day. If your not used to high heat these are good retreat for the coming months although i've heard its alot cooler there in Manila due to El Nino.
Saw a couple of your videos and wow, you guys showed refreshing level-headedness amidst the most chaotic time in Cebu & even Manila. Yeah both places celebrated different religious fiestas in January. Things should go smooth sailing from now on. Time to head to the beaches, go snorkling, canyoneering, etc.! Later, when you head back to Manila, visit the modern places too like Greenbelt, & the Mall of Asia complex-- where Germany won the basketball World Cup last September. Manila by itself is dense with 2 million population but if you take Metro Manila as a whole which is composed of 16 cities, the population is only 13 million. There are around 25 modern business districts in this National Capital Region. The kare-kare that Naomi had is usually beef, not pork. Oxtail actually, which makes it expensive. The sauce is not curry but peanut sauce. You mix the dish with rice and put a little shrimp paste per spoonful. Filipinos eat with spoon & fork by using the backside of the fork to push the food into the spoon which delivers the food to the mouth.
Go and do the Canyoneering in Cebu and swim under the sea and see the millions of Sardines and swim with Whale Sharks in Oslob, then in Palawan the famous El Nido & Coron, Siargao and Camiguin Island, and more to explore.
Glad you guys loved Manila. I totally agree with your opinion on Manila as compared to cities in the west like Europe and US. I currently live in California and been to Europe on vacations so I know where you guys are coming from. Enjoy the rest of your trip in Philippines.👍🏼❤️
To be very honest with you guys, I really do appreciate your very fair description of the city of Manila. I can feel the innermost sincerity of what vloggers should be. Pls enjoy your stay. It is really more fun in the Philippines!
Thank you two mad explorer for promoting Philippines for tourism. Even I'm already living here in New Zealand but I still love my country very much. Now i'm your new subscriber
I have been living in a western country for 15 years but i still prefer island life in Asia especially its people. It is the warm Filipino people first and the beatiful countryside next.
Naomi is having Kare/Kare, you put the shrimp paste on it and eat it with rice. The other one is menudo pork with innards, sauce us tomato sauce and liver spread
Hi guys,the one with the liver and pork is called "igado",and the pork with the brown sauce is called "kare kare"its actually peanut sauce.usually all filipino dishes are supposed to be eaten with rice,because filipino dishes has that strong taste and the rice neutralizes that strong taste.that pairing makes it delicious.😊
Hi guys! Welcome to our country Philippines. I enjoyed watching your first day blogging in the University Belt in Manila; however, there were few situations that I felt like you could have enjoyed your lunch to the fullest. That shrimp-paste in the small saucer is a sauce for the Kare-kare ( like pork stew, or could have been beef stew that’s cooked with “fresh peanuts”, original version, but nowadays its cooked with peanut butter. This Kare-kare’s original recipe should really taste kinda flat, that only peanut flavor should be dominant in the flavor of this stew and this is where the shrimp-paste gets into the picture. You take a “little bit “ of shrimp paste and add it on the pork stew or beef stew and then add rice every time you scoop with your spoon, having the shrimp paste to add saltiness and flavor on the stew and the rice at the same time balances the flavor of every scoop. This manner or application of eating Filipino dishes is applied most of the time. Main dish, in this case Kara-kare with shrimp-paste + Rice. Or the other one, Adobo( the pork with liver) + Rice. Proportionality for Filipinos would be 3/4 spoon of rice + 1/4 spoon of Kare-kare or whatever food of your choice is. Last, if you are not certain about the type of food you want to order , always ask the person on the other side of the counter to explain and let you know about the food of your choice, but if the person on the other side of the counter freezes or seem to ignore you, you can ask them to ask for somebody in the house that can explain for her. Most “Carrinderia helpers” are at times from a different provinces and is not equipped with communication skill; you’d be surprised that they themselves could not speak our native tongue as they could be from a different island who could not speak Tagalog but their provincial dialects or local language that they speak in their province. So, do not be shy to ask the owner or tell the helper to ask the owner for assistance. This will make your experience far more helpful and informative. I will be looking forward to your next vlog and good luck to your venture in the Philippines! Stay safe and always csrry your important belongings specially you are staying in a low star rate hotels; seriously!!!
I agree with you guys, I’ve been to New York and not all the places there are clean, same from other countries right?! Anyway thank you for visiting Philippines, I’m sure you both will enjoy! Take care and keep exploring😊
Welcome to the country guys! You should have entered San Agustin Church, it is the oldest church in the country. Very beautiful inside. If I am not mistaken, it is one of the structures that was spared from destruction during WW2.
33:00 It's refreshing to hear your perspective about Manila compared to other big cities. Like Pasig river in manila is not that different from the Thames in London in terms of cleanliness 😂 Traveling the world really changes your perspective on things. I no longer live there, but it holds a special place in my heart despite the horrendous traffic 😅 i always find it funny when people complain about traffic here in the US cause they have no idea what we have to deal with on a daily basis in Manila. Btw, that flag pole in Rizal park is Kilometer Zero for Luzon (?).. love how you just eat the food without knowing what's in there, like you judge the food by the taste and not by how it looks or any preconceived notions of the ingredients.. i can tell you've been eating quite adveturously when she was able to spot the banana blossom and the bitter gourd in those dishes..😊
Luke and Naomi , thanks for visiting Philippines ! I know your Godloving couple and please take extra careful where ever you are in the Philippines ..., ENJOY
Kare-kare is cooked with peanut. The sour soup you got that is made of tamarind. Price of eating in that area are much cheaper. Try eating on the mall where they call food court. Any mall like Robinson, SM, Ayala they had food court. Try eating in this place n the price is really good
I'm pleasantly surprised that you two know your food very much. Not a lot will know that what they might be eating is bitter gourd and indeed you're correct. That's sauteed bitter gourd, with onions, garlic, tomatoes and finished off with an egg. The dish with the liver is called Menudo. Mexico also has Menudo but it's not the same. Mexico's version is with beef tripe and garbanzos while Philippine Menudo has small chunks of Pork with potatoes, carrots and yes, liver. It's braised till fork tender in tomato sauce. The yellow dish is a bastardized version of Curry. Ours got lost in translation and thus eventually was called Kare-Kare. Also has yellow color like the curry but the Kare-Kare gets its yellow color from Annatto seeds and ground up peanuts. Nowadays, the peanuts rarely been used and in place of it is peanut butter.
Bitter melon dish is an acquired taste for those who did not grow up in the Philippines. But it is a very healthy dish specially for those who are diabetic or anemic. When cooked with mongo beans or pinakbet or pakbet it’s really good but as I had said it’s an acquired taste
January 22, 2024 If you like to see the modern side of Manila go to places they call CBD's (Central Business District) There are a few of them. Downtown Makati Center, BGC (Bonifacio Global City), Eastwood City, Ortigas Center. See how you like them. These are the most modern and developed parts of Metro Manila or the Capital Region. Enjoy your experience. I hope you have a lot of fun in the Philippines!
Welcome to the Philippines guys. Enjoy your stay here in our beautiful country. Thank you for visiting. Also subscribe in your channel just now. Again Welcome and Mabuhay!!!
I think that was bitter melon or bitter gourd you've tried. It's quite bitter but it also has health benefits. Some spicy food you could try are laing and linabog. I prefer the linabog with tuna or sharkmeat though.
Hey Luke n Naomi if your both fun of ice cream try Selecta n Arce ice cream. Japanese ppl are bringing this ice cream to Japan too. You can buy them in the grocery store. Xoxo from Texas
A lot of people doesn’t like bitter gourds specially, young people, kids. We called it ampalaya in Tagalog. Bitter gourd is actually one my favorite veg. Always wear hats because it’s really hot in our country, and make sure you take care of your belongings.♥️♥️
Glad you guys love Manila. Filipino dishes are all eaten with mixed rice to balance the sweet or saltiness of the food except for a few dishes and desert of course. Don't hesitate to ask locals they are always willing to help!
You guys missed Fort Santiago, which is just a short walk from the Manila Cathedral. It's the most historic spot in Intramuros or the Walled City. Fort Santiago, being at the mouth of the Pasig River, served as the premier defense fortress of the Spanish Government. It became a main fort for the spice trade to the Americas and Europe for 333 years. It's now a beautiful park retaining some of its historic structures that was destroyed during the last world war. Also worth a visit is the newly-built river esplanade along the fort which has just opened to the public a couple of weeks ago.
I enjoy watching you both as travelling around Metro Manila. You guys just eaten my two favorite dishes called Bopis (the liver and some other stuffs) and kare kare (pork with peanut sauce partnered with bagoong alamang or shrimp paste). Yummy 😋, Move some more from the dolomite, is the cultural center of the Philippines, Mall of Asia, the Entertainment City - Las Vegas Asia where there are many casinos and gaming, resorts and hotels. Solaire, City of Dreams, Okada. Enjoy and have fun!!!! 😊❤
When he said "ampalaya", I was thinking "Oh no. Not for the first thing you eat..." LOL At least you understand what it is. It is bitter gourd. And yes it's local price. A filling cheap meal around here costs around 1-5 US dollars. That's a good rule of thumb. For mid-level restaurants, expect around 5 to 10 USD. High-end restaurants, expect around 10 to 100 USD. A tip: if you want to try Filipino food, go to actual restaurants. The Philippines is unique in Asia in that we do NOT treat street food as meals. Forget everything you know about Thai, Chinese, etc. culinary traditions. It's very different. It's closer to Indonesian or Malaysian cuisine, though again, we eat everything with rice and we eat a lot more pork. The vast majority of our street food are SNACKS. Being extremely family-oriented, and the fact that our definition of "meal" almost always includes rice, most of us prefer to eat at home. If you absolutely want to try real street food as a meal, go for our noodles, that's pretty much the only street food we have that is actually a meal and most are distinctly Filipino (our noodle dishes are very different from neighboring regions as well). You can still try other kinds of street food, but they're more on the sweet side or rice cakes. Again, not meals. The fact that we eat at home is also why you'll find that a lot of restaurants here serve foreign food or fastfood, things you can't cook at home, so that's what we go out to eat for. But again, if you want Filipino food, look specifically for a larger restaurant. A carinderia (the most local kind of restaurant, "buffet"-type, like the one you were in) is okay, but go somewhere where there are lots of people, usually near markets and terminals. That means the food is great and are usually still hot. If not, find a mid-end to high-end Filipino restaurant, where waiters can also explain how food is eaten (some of them require you make your own sauce, some require specific mixing, almost all of them require that they be eaten with rice).
This information is SUPER HELPFUL. Thank you for taking the time to tell us these things, we appreciate it greatly. Also, thank you for taking the time to watch our video. - Luke & Naomi
It's bitter melon or Gordon. Sautéed with onion, garlic, tomatoes and eggs. Normally spiced up with oyster sauce, salt and black peppers. Glad you guys tried it. God bless.
I miss the “ lutong bahay “ food. Ampalaya is good for blood sugar control but its too bitter for me. But hope you get to try lots of lutong bahay food
Sauteed ampalaya is what you've had for your first Filipino meal. In English that vegetable is known as bitter melon or bitter gourd🙂 That's a very simple dish, but many households cook it with pork or shrimps or both added to make the dish more tasty and flavorful😁
Hello guys! If you really wants to experience the different kinds of cuisine go to Pampanga and Angeles City the Culinary Capital of the Philippines its near in Manila maybe 1 n half hr. Driving, not only food alots of places to explore as well, u can check also the Korean Town, Clark Air Base, have a great one!
The last 2 foods are "might be, im not sure" Menudo (mixed pork meat, liver and fat in tomato sauce) and the other one is Kare-Kare (meat in peanut sauce, with shrimp pste on the side)
Have u tried foods at Chinatown? There's a lot of popular Chinese restaurant that u can try the likes of golden Budda, Eng bee tin,Dimsuns,Chinese lumpia,dong bei dumplings,1919 grand cafe,
Thank you for the positive exploration in the capital city of the Philippines ❤️ wish you come visit also TAIWAN my love 2nd country where i live enjoy and God bless ❤
The first food you got is "Ginisang Ampalaya". Its good that you tried that because its a healthy dish. We know that bittet gourd is being hate by many but its good for your health.
Ya thats vegetable thats my favorite amplaya good for anemic person or low blood that the treatment of amplaya if you want to cook sautai in onion and garlic snd you put pork cubes dont put water just sautatei in oil onion and garlic
In the end i believe its kare-kare witth he shrimp paste , as you eat the kare-kare with rice mix s lil bit of shrimp paste mix Lil and take a bite , not sire what the other dish was with the pork. If you get a chance try once go to Lutong Bahay restsurant where you will pick from menu and they will cook it fresh try shrimp sinigang , bifstek, grilled pork dip in gsrlic vinegar, fried pampano fish, ayungin, fish sinigang with guava, etc.. also street food. Try fish ball if you hsvent yet. I like the one with swett sauce but they have spicy one too . I miss that . I miss my bayan, my town😊😊enjoy always. I like how you go deep into the not tourist area . Youre very brave
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did you know that if the Philippine flag was flipped, ( the red ones on top ) it means we are facing a war.
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The first dish with the green vegetables that Naomi got is a gourd, also known as bitter melon or ampalaya in Filipino, which has many health benefits. Enjoy your stay in the Philippines! The second dish that Naomi got and you thought pork and buttery was kare-kare (pronounced as ka-reh ka-reh), which is beef with peanut sauce and is eaten with shrimp paste.
Thank you so much ☺️
Yes it's bitter gourd😊
Do not shy away and always ask if you want yo know and be informed, most Filipinos can speak English but mostly have a hard time understanding because of different accents. I think they can understand better if you kinda speak slower and clearer, because we are taught in school to pronounce each syllables of every word literally, and not dropping any letters like the slang way of speaking.
* Ampalaya in English is Bitter Gourd not Bitter Melon . Lol !
@@romulotalaue In the U.S., we "commonly" call it bitter melon and not bitter gourd. And please refrain from being a smart Alec or being condescending, as different countries call it either bitter gourd or bitter melon. Either way, they are from the same family.
I love to come to Filipin one day, thanks for your VDO ,have a great time traveling fc from Thailand ❤
Ampalaya ,- bitter gourd,
Lutong bahay - home cooked
Mami - Chicken or beef noodle soup or Ramen.
130 pesos for 2 meals plus coke is a good deal.
At the eatery at the end, Naomi had Kare-Kare with shrimp paste on the side.
And I guess the other food is menudo. And the soup is Sinigang soup.
Thank you so much ☺️
you guys are correct, the vegetable dish that you ordered is indeed bitter gourd or ampalaya in the local language. you have to keep in mind, most Filipino foods are conceptualized to be paired w/ rice. that's the reason why viands usually have strong tastes w/c the rice will temper and blend with.
Thanks for the info!❤️☺️
Mega Metro Manila composed of 16-Cities. It has 25 million people during the day and it has clean and dirty chaotic cities also. BGC and Makati City are beautiful business district to visit.✌️
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nope it's only metro manila that composed of 16 cities, Mega Manila includes the neighboring provinces of Laguna, Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan.
@@mr.dreamboy8259 agree...but It references only provinces and not the exact settlement patterns of cities.
That's a very cheap lunch. The vegetables you had are bitter melons, that's how it taste but nutritious. Hope you enjoy your vacation in the Philippines I'M watching from Toronto Canada
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49:12 The one dish with liver is called Menudo, and the one with side dish sauteed shrimp paste is called Kare-kare. Glad you liked them as they're our favorites too. Take care and be safe.
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If you guys get a chance to visit Tagaytay Highlands its a great place to cool down March-April. The other place is Baguio city (located in the Mountains) it get temp varies from 10-26deg. during the day. If your not used to high heat these are good retreat for the coming months although i've heard its alot cooler there in Manila due to El Nino.
Thank you very much for the tips!
Saw a couple of your videos and wow, you guys showed refreshing level-headedness amidst the most chaotic time in Cebu & even Manila. Yeah both places celebrated different religious fiestas in January. Things should go smooth sailing from now on. Time to head to the beaches, go snorkling, canyoneering, etc.!
Later, when you head back to Manila, visit the modern places too like Greenbelt, & the Mall of Asia complex-- where Germany won the basketball World Cup last September.
Manila by itself is dense with 2 million population but if you take Metro Manila as a whole which is composed of 16 cities, the population is only 13 million. There are around 25 modern business districts in this National Capital Region.
The kare-kare that Naomi had is usually beef, not pork. Oxtail actually, which makes it expensive. The sauce is not curry but peanut sauce. You mix the dish with rice and put a little shrimp paste per spoonful.
Filipinos eat with spoon & fork by using the backside of the fork to push the food into the spoon which delivers the food to the mouth.
Happy weekend on Manila Luke and Naomi
Same to you!
Go and do the Canyoneering in Cebu and swim under the sea and see the millions of Sardines and swim with Whale Sharks in Oslob, then in Palawan the famous El Nido & Coron, Siargao and Camiguin Island, and more to explore.
Yes we are very excited ❤️
Glad you guys loved Manila. I totally agree with your opinion on Manila as compared to cities in the west like Europe and US. I currently live in California and been to Europe on vacations so I know where you guys are coming from. Enjoy the rest of your trip in Philippines.👍🏼❤️
Totally agree!❤️ thanks for watching
I think the cost of what u eat is very reasonable, rice w/ampalaya is 50.00+15.00 for coke. That's my estimate costing
To be very honest with you guys, I really do appreciate your very fair description of the city of Manila. I can feel the innermost sincerity of what vloggers should be.
Pls enjoy your stay. It is really more fun in the Philippines!
Thank you so much ☺️
Thank you two mad explorer for promoting Philippines for tourism. Even I'm already living here in New Zealand but I still love my country very much. Now i'm your new subscriber
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I have been living in a western country for 15 years but i still prefer island life in Asia especially its people. It is the warm Filipino people first and the beatiful countryside next.
The veggie dish is called sauteed bitter gourd with egg. One of.my favorites. Welcome.to the Philippines keep safe, explore, and enjoy.
Enjoy guys to around philippines
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Happy vibes.. iam laughing also once the people all you encounter are happy and laughing ...contagious lauhging...
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Naomi is having Kare/Kare, you put the shrimp paste on it and eat it with rice. The other one is menudo pork with innards, sauce us tomato sauce and liver spread
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6:17 the green vegetable was a bittermelon ... If not well done cooked..that would be taste super bitter...it was actually anti diabetic vegetable...
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Welcome to the Philippines 🇵🇭 bittermelon is one of my favorite vegetables and has good health benefits.
Special mami is a soup very tasty.❤
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Thanks for being appreciative on the positive sides,its truly show that you both an experienced traveller....keep safe ,godbless
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Thank you for being genuinely honest! We appreciate that. God bless you and may you have peace in your hearts for the rest of your days!
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Hi guys,the one with the liver and pork is called "igado",and the pork with the brown sauce is called "kare kare"its actually peanut sauce.usually all filipino dishes are supposed to be eaten with rice,because filipino dishes has that strong taste and the rice neutralizes that strong taste.that pairing makes it delicious.😊
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Happy you guys visited old manila first before going to ultra modern BGC.. then to the beaches of Boracay Palawan..etc.. enjoy your stay..
Thanks for the tips!
Hi guys! Welcome to our country Philippines. I enjoyed watching your first day blogging in the University Belt in Manila; however, there were few situations that I felt like you could have enjoyed your lunch to the fullest. That shrimp-paste in the small saucer is a sauce for the Kare-kare ( like pork stew, or could have been beef stew that’s cooked with “fresh peanuts”, original version, but nowadays its cooked with peanut butter. This Kare-kare’s original recipe should really taste kinda flat, that only peanut flavor should be dominant in the flavor of this stew and this is where the shrimp-paste gets into the picture. You take a “little bit “ of shrimp paste and add it on the pork stew or beef stew and then add rice every time you scoop with your spoon, having the shrimp paste to add saltiness and flavor on the stew and the rice at the same time balances the flavor of every scoop. This manner or application of eating Filipino dishes is applied most of the time. Main dish, in this case Kara-kare with shrimp-paste + Rice. Or the other one, Adobo( the pork with liver) + Rice. Proportionality for Filipinos would be 3/4 spoon of rice + 1/4 spoon of Kare-kare or whatever food of your choice is.
Last, if you are not certain about the type of food you want to order , always ask the person on the other side of the counter to explain and let you know about the food of your choice, but if the person on the other side of the counter freezes or seem to ignore you, you can ask them to ask for somebody in the house that can explain for her. Most “Carrinderia helpers” are at times from a different provinces and is not equipped with communication skill; you’d be surprised that they themselves could not speak our native tongue as they could be from a different island who could not speak Tagalog but their provincial dialects or local language that they speak in their province. So, do not be shy to ask the owner or tell the helper to ask the owner for assistance. This will make your experience far more helpful and informative. I will be looking forward to your next vlog and good luck to your venture in the Philippines! Stay safe and always csrry your important belongings specially you are staying in a low star rate hotels; seriously!!!
Thank you so much for your support and for all the information ❤️☺️
I agree with you guys, I’ve been to New York and not all the places there are clean, same from other countries right?!
Anyway thank you for visiting Philippines, I’m sure you both will enjoy!
Take care and keep exploring😊
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So nice to see your enjoying your tour and we filipinos are so glad to know. Thanks and be safe.
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Welcome to the country guys! You should have entered San Agustin Church, it is the oldest church in the country. Very beautiful inside. If I am not mistaken, it is one of the structures that was spared from destruction during WW2.
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Agree, the interior of San agustin is much more beautiful than that of the manila cathedral last time I visited these churches a decade ago
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME & FELL THE HOSPITALY THAT WE OFFER TO YOU & GOD BLESS ALWAYS.
Nice vibes in the city ❤
We called the soup sinigang one of our favorite pork,fish,shrimp or sometimes beef dish
Enjoy your stay here in the Philippines...God bless you both....
manu egg stir fry bitter vegetables like that in Thailand we call มะระผัดไข่ healthy food.
33:00 It's refreshing to hear your perspective about Manila compared to other big cities. Like Pasig river in manila is not that different from the Thames in London in terms of cleanliness 😂 Traveling the world really changes your perspective on things. I no longer live there, but it holds a special place in my heart despite the horrendous traffic 😅 i always find it funny when people complain about traffic here in the US cause they have no idea what we have to deal with on a daily basis in Manila. Btw, that flag pole in Rizal park is Kilometer Zero for Luzon (?).. love how you just eat the food without knowing what's in there, like you judge the food by the taste and not by how it looks or any preconceived notions of the ingredients.. i can tell you've been eating quite adveturously when she was able to spot the banana blossom and the bitter gourd in those dishes..😊
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yes ,you are right,it is bitter gourd...
Luke and Naomi , thanks for visiting Philippines ! I know your Godloving couple and please take extra careful where ever you are in the Philippines ..., ENJOY
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Welcome to Manila guys just enjoy! your stay here.
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Noodles with different mixture of shrimp, chicken or beef are delicious
hello!! thank you so much for roaming around Manila and at the Roxas Blvd. with the mini beach...i'm getting homesick now,ha,ha,ha😂😆😁
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Beginning of December to the end of February are the best months to visit Philippines towards your exploration and hope you both enjoy your time.
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Guys, you should combine that meal with fry fish milk or any grilled meat or chicken and thats it... ❤Lanz
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karekare dish in peanut butter with shrimp sauce and vegetables like bannaheart
Great price for two people. Enjoy Manila around Pasig river and redevelopment project going on.
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Bitter gourd is the favorite of my two grandson...enjoy exploring our country and be safe always..❤❤
Kare-kare is cooked with peanut. The sour soup you got that is made of tamarind. Price of eating in that area are much cheaper. Try eating on the mall where they call food court. Any mall like Robinson, SM, Ayala they had food court. Try eating in this place n the price is really good
Hi guys thanks for visiting my country, hope you guys enjoy staying there. keep safe always God bless!
Try that dish again w squash and green beans. W rice! Just ask for Ampalaya Squash and Green Beans Dish. Perfect w Rice and Eggs!
I'm pleasantly surprised that you two know your food very much. Not a lot will know that what they might be eating is bitter gourd and indeed you're correct. That's sauteed bitter gourd, with onions, garlic, tomatoes and finished off with an egg. The dish with the liver is called Menudo. Mexico also has Menudo but it's not the same. Mexico's version is with beef tripe and garbanzos while Philippine Menudo has small chunks of Pork with potatoes, carrots and yes, liver. It's braised till fork tender in tomato sauce. The yellow dish is a bastardized version of Curry. Ours got lost in translation and thus eventually was called Kare-Kare. Also has yellow color like the curry but the Kare-Kare gets its yellow color from Annatto seeds and ground up peanuts. Nowadays, the peanuts rarely been used and in place of it is peanut butter.
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Bitter melon dish is an acquired taste for those who did not grow up in the Philippines. But it is a very healthy dish specially for those who are diabetic or anemic. When cooked with mongo beans or pinakbet or pakbet it’s really good but as I had said it’s an acquired taste
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If you like to see the modern side of Manila go to places they call CBD's (Central Business District) There are a few of them. Downtown Makati Center, BGC (Bonifacio Global City), Eastwood City, Ortigas Center. See how you like them. These are the most modern and developed parts of Metro Manila or the Capital Region. Enjoy your experience. I hope you have a lot of fun in the Philippines!
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Welcome to the Philippines guys. Enjoy your stay here in our beautiful country. Thank you for visiting. Also subscribe in your channel just now. Again Welcome and Mabuhay!!!
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I think that was bitter melon or bitter gourd you've tried. It's quite bitter but it also has health benefits. Some spicy food you could try are laing and linabog. I prefer the linabog with tuna or sharkmeat though.
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Hey Luke n Naomi if your both fun of ice cream try Selecta n Arce ice cream. Japanese ppl are bringing this ice cream to Japan too. You can buy them in the grocery store. Xoxo from Texas
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You can also try "adobo." It's becoming a favorite dish among tourists.
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So much to see and do in Manila if you’re down to it😊
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New follower here and really appreciate your honest opinion and observation regarding the city of Manila,enjoy ur stay guys.
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You guys went to Manila during the best time of the year. Jan to Feb is usually sunny but not too hot :)
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Have a great time in the Philippines 🇵🇭..hope you guys go back to Thailand 🇹🇭. Soon.
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Visit BCG or Greenbelt Makati for internatl cuisine..
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Philippines is amazing I was last Month 😊
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Its a bitter melon or ampalaya or gourd its really healthy and bitter vegetable one of my fav fil food.hello from Zürich Switzerland 😊
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A lot of people doesn’t like bitter gourds specially, young people, kids. We called it ampalaya in Tagalog. Bitter gourd is actually one my favorite veg. Always wear hats because it’s really hot in our country, and make sure you take care of your belongings.♥️♥️
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The green one is bitter melone( ampalaya). A super food ( veggie) which has many health benefits like diabetes prevention and many more..👌
Glad you guys love Manila. Filipino dishes are all eaten with mixed rice to balance the sweet or saltiness of the food except for a few dishes and desert of course. Don't hesitate to ask locals they are always willing to help!
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You guys missed Fort Santiago, which is just a short walk from the Manila Cathedral. It's the most historic spot in Intramuros or the Walled City. Fort Santiago, being at the mouth of the Pasig River, served as the premier defense fortress of the Spanish Government. It became a main fort for the spice trade to the Americas and Europe for 333 years. It's now a beautiful park retaining some of its historic structures that was destroyed during the last world war. Also worth a visit is the newly-built river esplanade along the fort which has just opened to the public a couple of weeks ago.
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Yes it’s a bitter melon vegetable there’s a lot of healthy benefits on that guys .
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when in Manila try to visit also Mall of Asia ,its one of the biggest mall in the world.
Its AMPALAYA cooked with eggs and tomatoes. Always have rice to eat with. Very good lunch light and tasty.
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I enjoy watching you both as travelling around Metro Manila.
You guys just eaten my two favorite dishes called Bopis (the liver and some other stuffs) and kare kare (pork with peanut sauce partnered with bagoong alamang or shrimp paste). Yummy 😋, Move some more from the dolomite, is the cultural center of the Philippines, Mall of Asia, the Entertainment City - Las Vegas Asia where there are many casinos and gaming, resorts and hotels. Solaire, City of Dreams, Okada. Enjoy and have fun!!!! 😊❤
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When he said "ampalaya", I was thinking "Oh no. Not for the first thing you eat..." LOL At least you understand what it is. It is bitter gourd. And yes it's local price. A filling cheap meal around here costs around 1-5 US dollars. That's a good rule of thumb. For mid-level restaurants, expect around 5 to 10 USD. High-end restaurants, expect around 10 to 100 USD.
A tip: if you want to try Filipino food, go to actual restaurants. The Philippines is unique in Asia in that we do NOT treat street food as meals. Forget everything you know about Thai, Chinese, etc. culinary traditions. It's very different. It's closer to Indonesian or Malaysian cuisine, though again, we eat everything with rice and we eat a lot more pork.
The vast majority of our street food are SNACKS. Being extremely family-oriented, and the fact that our definition of "meal" almost always includes rice, most of us prefer to eat at home. If you absolutely want to try real street food as a meal, go for our noodles, that's pretty much the only street food we have that is actually a meal and most are distinctly Filipino (our noodle dishes are very different from neighboring regions as well). You can still try other kinds of street food, but they're more on the sweet side or rice cakes. Again, not meals.
The fact that we eat at home is also why you'll find that a lot of restaurants here serve foreign food or fastfood, things you can't cook at home, so that's what we go out to eat for.
But again, if you want Filipino food, look specifically for a larger restaurant. A carinderia (the most local kind of restaurant, "buffet"-type, like the one you were in) is okay, but go somewhere where there are lots of people, usually near markets and terminals. That means the food is great and are usually still hot. If not, find a mid-end to high-end Filipino restaurant, where waiters can also explain how food is eaten (some of them require you make your own sauce, some require specific mixing, almost all of them require that they be eaten with rice).
This information is SUPER HELPFUL. Thank you for taking the time to tell us these things, we appreciate it greatly. Also, thank you for taking the time to watch our video.
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Kare kare is delicious with beef cooked with vegetables and peanut sauce. I miss that for a long time
Sad that you weren’t able to see the beautiful sunset at Manila Bay
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I haven't been to Luneta Park for almost 20 years. Need to revisit this place
It's bitter melon or Gordon. Sautéed with onion, garlic, tomatoes and eggs. Normally spiced up with oyster sauce, salt and black peppers. Glad you guys tried it. God bless.
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Its called “Ampalaya” Bitter Melon vegetable
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I miss the “ lutong bahay “ food. Ampalaya is good for blood sugar control but its too bitter for me. But hope you get to try lots of lutong bahay food
Sauteed ampalaya is what you've had for your first Filipino meal. In English that vegetable is known as bitter melon or bitter gourd🙂 That's a very simple dish, but many households cook it with pork or shrimps or both added to make the dish more tasty and flavorful😁
Hello guys! If you really wants to experience the different kinds of cuisine go to Pampanga and Angeles City the Culinary Capital of the Philippines its near in Manila maybe 1 n half hr. Driving, not only food alots of places to explore as well, u can check also the Korean Town, Clark Air Base, have a great one!
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The last 2 foods are "might be, im not sure" Menudo (mixed pork meat, liver and fat in tomato sauce) and the other one is Kare-Kare (meat in peanut sauce, with shrimp pste on the side)
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Have u tried foods at Chinatown? There's a lot of popular Chinese restaurant that u can try the likes of golden Budda, Eng bee tin,Dimsuns,Chinese lumpia,dong bei dumplings,1919 grand cafe,
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The first food you got is "Ginisang Ampalaya". Its good that you tried that because its a healthy dish. We know that bittet gourd is being hate by many but its good for your health.
The dolomite beach is relatively new after rehabilitation and perhaps the history is curved on that big stone.
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Ya thats vegetable thats my favorite amplaya good for anemic person or low blood that the treatment of amplaya if you want to cook sautai in onion and garlic snd you put pork cubes dont put water just sautatei in oil onion and garlic
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In the end i believe its kare-kare witth he shrimp paste , as you eat the kare-kare with rice mix s lil bit of shrimp paste mix Lil and take a bite , not sire what the other dish was with the pork. If you get a chance try once go to Lutong Bahay restsurant where you will pick from menu and they will cook it fresh try shrimp sinigang , bifstek, grilled pork dip in gsrlic vinegar, fried pampano fish, ayungin, fish sinigang with guava, etc.. also street food. Try fish ball if you hsvent yet. I like the one with swett sauce but they have spicy one too . I miss that . I miss my bayan, my town😊😊enjoy always. I like how you go deep into the not tourist area . Youre very brave