Ultimate FILIPINO FOOD Feast in San Diego, California

Good morning from National City San Diego. The way I look at it is that if I can't travel internationally right now, I might as well go find some international flavors in my own backyard and of course that has to start with Filipino

food

. I miss her. Crazy, so today we're in National City, there's a big Filipino community here and I'm going to try some authentic Filipino dishes. I have Daniel behind the lens. You've never experienced Filipino

food

. Right, I'll introduce you to some of my favorites. plates and see how much we can eat in a day here in National City and it all starts at this little bakery called Valerio's for some pandesal let's see what we can get it smells so good wow ube look at this cheese panda saul these look so good I'm very well how are you?

Ube cheese roll, yeah okay I'll get one of those with sweet coconut inside, oh man I'm going to suck, what are these? And then of course ube all right, ube all the time, oh I love it. buy yes, I love them and this is the um banana in turon I know it well, I know about it I was there for four months yes, I traveled all over the beautiful country, I love it and now I can't travel so I'm trying to go to look for the food I love and miss fresh out of the oven, we have the treats, okay, it's still hot, you can see the steam in the bag, pande coco carioca, what are these little donuts, okay, I wasn't going to do this, but that's coconut on the inside glazed on the outside almost a sticky rice consistency on the inside oh my gosh okay I've never heard of this one honestly karaoke it's called the name karaoka sounds like someone from Rio de Janeiro but This is amazing, okay. dangerous and you have a wide variety of them, this one got me so excited because of how amazing bibinka looks, it has a layer of cheese and egg sugar on the outside, it looks crazy holy cow, it's like a sweet cornbread with cheese cream, whoa, this just blew me away and we're just getting started.

This is one of the best cakes I have ever tasted in my entire life. Oh my gosh, that's good. Then of course a traditional breakfast which is pandey gravy which is basically just a bun with salt. above and it's still hot I feel like it's still hot he can vouch for me basic simple delicious this is wonderful and we got here at the perfect time and one more thing that caught Daniel's attention this is a small muffin covered in powdered sugar filled with ube and cheese, this is going to be a disaster, you see the outside just pours out nicely, they know what they're doing, holy cow, I wasn't expecting that much, I honestly thought we were going to get in there, get all of this.

Eat it pandesal is good but it is very basic. I didn't expect all these delights. It's a wonderful start and we're just getting started. Next stop, stop number two, we're right next door and we're going to go get something more substantial. food, come on, next is Tita's kitchen, right next to the bakery, it makes it very easy, let's eat. Hello, Jer. I'm making a video about the best Filipino food in San Diego and everyone told me to come here the first time. I gasped, yes. let's do that let's make adobo panset oh that's a lot wow wow pork sinigang that's olympia wow oh my gosh oh my gosh okay this is the most recommended place by everyone you guys left comments on instagram on youtube and they have everything everything Filipino . the classics are starting we have lumpia, these look and smell amazing, really beautiful, lumpia sauce stuffed with crispy pork in this sweet and sour sauce, here so you can catch this audio better than any egg roll you've ever packed with pork and such delicious condiments. crispy exterior fried one by one oh man okay let's try this tamarind cinnamon soup which starts out as a basic chicken noodle soup and then has this amazing sweet and sour flavor it's like a sweet and sour pork soup and these huge chunks of meat of pork. there and so soft, really delicious, Cynthia, you made this, they are Filipino, they are all from the Philippines, no wonder why they are all so amazing now, the main event, one of my favorite Filipino dishes is adobo and adobo de chicken wasn't ready we went with a pork adobo belly it's basically very light noodles oh my god it's already falling apart one of my all time favorites a reason to visit the philippines on its own it's such an original seasoning i don't want put it in the same category as teriyaki it has acidity, sweetness, it looks like some onions on top, garlic and the ponset simple, easy, there is a little cabbage with carrots like a chow mein, actually pieces of chicken in the ponset, that's good , okay, then another 30 pound batch of deliciousness right here, this is the pork karikari, those of you who don't know, it looks a lot like a curry sauce, a Filipino curry sauce and here you have the pork, It has a sweet peanut butter flavor, almost like a peanut sauce, beautiful dried herbs, some fresh. vegetables and here you have all the pork, all the pieces, which is delicious and a very strong peanut butter flavor, okay, one more, this is also one of my favorites, it is dizzy pork, I like it with a little rice sometimes works.

Sizzling, this one was already prepared, they have a little sweet and sour sauce on this one, not too spicy but the best part of the sizzling is the crunchy bits so they cook it and fry it in a pan so it's nice and crispy. Was delicious. Everyone's favorite. this lumpia along with pork adobo is definitely the best amazing taste of the karikari the sea nice and crispy this soup was surprisingly delicious tina's cooking thank you all so much for the recommendations about this place this is amazing right often This is served with mangoes and for those of you who have seen the Philippine series, Bhagavan Mangos, it is not my favorite, it is a very strong and I mean very strong fish paste that surpassed everything I just ate in the bag , it's an acquired taste, it sure tastes like the bottom of the ocean and they eat it with mangoes we should leave this at the bottom of the ocean but everything else is delicious, okay we're on to our next location and this is the Manila sunset now again it's in another plaza you wouldn't know it's here there's no sign up there just look for the cash checks log in between the snowflakes and the bubble tea place at the armed forces career center and you'll find manila sunset come on alright here we go manila sunset you're hard to find everything Alright here we go it's Manila sunset and everyone here told me to eat panset malabon but I only had panset so I chose some other things something I ate almost every day , especially when I was in Iloilo and that's banglas. banglas is this beautiful fried fish, we have an egg on top of course, Filipino power, we have the rice, we have the vinegar sauce right here, okay, what I'm going to do is take this bangla and dip it a little bit in my vinegar sauce. vinegar. egg if I can and rice which is one of my favorites hello I want you to try this oh this is our specialty here what is this that is a uh bibingka gulapong wow made with rice cake this is a rice cake yes and that is the coconut grated coconut you just dip it in there you take a little piece and then you dip it in there thank you very much look that's good one thing at a time now I'm overwhelmed by the deliciousness first bracelets this is incredibly crispy on the outside beautiful texture there and this vinegar sauce, One of my favorite things about Filipino food is the vinegar sauce that is served with almost everything.

Now you hear that crunch. This one is even more like a thick, fluffy pancake. They call it rice cake, but that's what it looks like. To me it's much more like a soft cornbread, that's unreal, this is delicious, absolutely delicious and it couldn't be a Filipino video without this guy. You have seen this in many Filipino videos around the world. You have ube ice cream on top and everywhere. he serves it a little different with his own little tricks of the trade you have jellies there you have tapioca you have condensed milk this can always get dirty there is no chance of this not getting dirty you have some pieces of flan in there and the ube ice cream looks like little ones too rice krispies on top.

This is the best summer treat and the perfect ending to a hari meal. We did? Here we go. This is your first attempt. The first mix. Is agressive. There's a lot. of flavors it's like cereal with rice pudding ice cream every man there's a party in my in my voca and the refreshing ice cream yes on the beach in the philippines yes very crunchy everyone should try this okay full disclosure we left manila sunset and went to the lechon of porky for my favorite dish, hands down, my favorite dish in the Philippines and that is le chon, we got there. our guy Mike who runs Porgy said I don't have lachon today and said if you come back tomorrow with friends I will.

You want something special, so we are on our way there, it is the next day and we are going to try all the lachon he has prepared for us. We have no idea what to expect. He just said I will do something special and when Filipino tells you you have to trust him so we are heading there now to

feast

, let's go well to this unsuspecting plaza again here in National City you have to find the little gems hidden in the inside the plazas trapped between the big lotteries and the joanne fabrics and seafood city we have porky's lachon let's see if it meets my expectations, okay, remember when I told you about that surprise that mike had for us here at porky's, well, he came and I brought some friends because look at the banquet that he has prepared for us is kamaya kamaya kamayan that I have and we have literally everything from the forest to the sea, from chicken skewers, we have shrimp lumpia, obviously we have the main event, the chong, we have mussels, we have baked salmon and banana. leaves, we have rice and it looks like bacon, there are lobster tails of course, a bunch of different sauces, oranges and some friends, guys, what do we think?

Complementary ideas, have you ever tried this style of food before? No, are you excited? It's an understatement to say that I. I'm excited after you say yes and you know what you're doing. This looks exactly better than I imagined. This is our resident Filipino who is going to control all this and she will tell us where to eat. You haven't tried this style. No, no, no, I don't like it. This Brad and Barrett don't have the middle two, do you have any idea, but this is our captain, okay guys, you're ready, ready, ready, okay, I'm ready, let's dive into the traditionally kamayan, which means by hand in Tagalog, is a community-style buffet where meats and seafood are served. rice and vegetables are placed on banana leaves, everyone eats together with their hands, we try to honor this tradition and at the same time respect the current state of the world, so we brought an outdoor table, we divided the banquet into sections by person and Mike was in charge of cutting and handing out this incredible lichen to everyone, oh yes, oh my goodness, oh my goodness, the crispy skin let's get into this pork, oh my goodness, that's good, excuse me, this tastes like home, oh yeah, that's where it's at Brad, so you said you did this. in vinegar, cream cheese wrapped in creamy shrimp, yes, with cream cheese inside, it surprises me, okay, we are missing a link, daniel, we will hand over the camera so we can see this beast, welcome to the party. that's so good that's a sound that's the sound of happiness what's up is there somewhere these two days eating in the national city is a reminder of how much I missed life on the road experiencing foreign cultures through food and people that define them and being I was able to share a meal with friends.

I hope we can all return to the world soon because I know the Philippines is calling me. I was able to return. We have quarantined 14. I can't go back to that passport. Well, you have. my Philippine passport, am I not allowed? Are people now up to standards? Oh, super above and beyond, really yes, yes, how about that crispy skin? All kinds of everything. They didn't skip anything. Shrimp, mussels, chicken, lumpia, two types of Olympic salmon. I'm totally talking late to the party, but you're happy you came absolutely yes, that's what you're going to do yes strong yes, it's worth it, it's easily worth it um I can't even tell you what the best part is everything is amazing, OK?

I feel like I have trolling all over my face, but it doesn't matter, this was an amazing meal, two amazing days eating here in National City, everyone's still eating, we're still putting a dent in this lechon and everything, this was an amazing spread the best way to top off a philippine

feast

here in san

diego

this is porky it's unreal now this is not typical you can't come here and just sit and eat all this but they can definitely cater they do a lot of other things weddings events all that good but Filipino food what do you think is ridiculous as good as good out of control Daniel what do you think two days Filipino food how are you overwhelmed delicious a little full that's it if you liked the video like it, subscribe, hit the notification bell, comment , let me know if you would try this.

See you next week. There is a crazy eagle fight right over this square. We can't see them, but you just There's some kind of fight here, I don't know if it'smating season or what, but there are some huge eagles attacking right behind Mary's hair salon, okay, let's start the video, okay, we're in, we're in. another plaza here national city and I'm looking for the manila sunset there's a huge sign right here that says manila sunset and subway everything Look, it's a five for ten dollar shirt. Place a cac. A place to cash checks. I never remember that, take it to your loved ones.

Leftovers, we have a lot, Brad, come here, there's not a single shrimp left, good job.