this has been my fav. episode so far. Now im not Filipino, but i have been around the food and culture my whole adult life since i left home at age 18 for the Navy. being stationed in SoCal, my first experience with filipino food was my very first day. All of the housekeepers at the Temp barricks was this big group of titas that I grew to adore. i got to the base after lunch was done at the galley and they were all eating in the break area, saw me coming in tired and confused from culture shock. they welcomed me, fixed me a plate from all the foods they brought(and they had allot), I fell in love with it and have been in love with the food and the people ever since. I love those titas, miss them too.

@joshuarizalforeman816

10 күн бұрын

I am not a Filipino, but I live in the Philippines. I have travelled all around the world and have experienced all manner of food. I am currently tucking into a smoked tilapia with onions, garlic chilli and rice, along with a San Mig.

I grew up in the early 90's in Los Angeles, right at the time when a huge influx of migrants from Vietnam and Filipinos began to arrive in our area. Vietnamese are great people but somehow Filipinos adapted better given that our area was predominately Latin American. I became good friends with some neighbours, I tried Adobo for the first time, they always invited us to hang out, really cool people. Years later I visited the country and as the video detailed, it had a very familiar yet unique feel to it, at times you feel in a Latin American country, with Pacific islander, European and Chinese all blended together which at the end it is plain and simple Filipino.

WOW! This literally brought me to tears. The hospitality, the bonding, the love of the Filipino culture is what I miss most. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, but now retired and living in East Tennessee. I soo miss the Filipino community and of course, Filipino food. Thank you, Marcus, for showcasing our food and culture...

My first time having Kare Kare, it struck me how much it reminded me of Maafe. Filipinos have a beautiful culture with delicious food. One of my favorite cuisines, hands down. I love how Marcus interweaves history and food. It's an obvious connection, but one we don't explore in the US often enough. To that end, I'd love for our children to learn more about all the cultures that encompass this country. We haven't even scratched the surface of our cultural richness. Thank you PBS and thank you Marcus for showing the varied experiences of America's immigrant communities. ❤

@etf42

7 ай бұрын

*It's an obvious connection, but one we don't explore in the US often enough* disagree, speak for yourself. this connection is always explored

@jeanniebrooks

7 ай бұрын

@@etf42And you may speak for YOURSELF w/o being so offensive. There was nothing wrong with the way the other guy expressed his opinion- - but you? Yours was arrogant. So take your own advice: YOU speak for YOURSELF. Without reference to anyone else.

@etf42

7 ай бұрын

@@jeanniebrooks what did i say that was so offensive? why is what i said arrogant?

@pastense

6 ай бұрын

@@etf42good for yourself for being so explorative. Bravo. But this country is CLEARLY in such decline because of the ignorance in awareness of the various cultures around everyone. Your comment speaks of a perfect world. A world we obviously don’t (but wish) we live in.

@etf42

6 ай бұрын

@@pastense ok, and what evidence do you have of this premise? every major city in the US is choc full of international cuisine. There is literally not a country in the entire world that has the diversity that the US maintains. Its ironic that you oppose given the entire show that is predicated on this premise.

I'm from SE Alaska and grew up with filipino food. So glad it's having its moment because it's the best!

I think Marcus has given us unique insight into what “American” food is. We are a land of immigrants, and so is our food. Our food is what immigrants brought to this land, and shared and blended with others, along with our very American characteristic of being innovative, creative and independent. Thank you, Marcus, for this special treat!

Huge lover of Filipino food, love some of the Spanish influence and contributions, but also love the differences in the regions of 🇵🇭 Philippines, Mindenao, Cebu. So much interesting meld and infusions of entrees, kilawin, pinakbet, etc. I’m always gonna rep for my Pares 🇵🇭 love from 🇰🇭

Marcus, you did a wonderful job with this. I see so many similarities in the Filipino experience and African-Americans. Great job the people are so nice.

Filipino foods are really underrated. I wish I’m in that potluck. All the goodness of Filipino cuisines are right there.

Almost all of them are born and raised in US but they never forgotten their roots, GALING! Mabuhay po kayo mga Manong and Manang! Subscribed :)

Great timing posting this during Filipino-American Heritage Month!

This might be the best food show, and host thus far. His people skills are amazing and his personality shines through during the dull moments. Every episode has kept my attention without wavering. No Reservations better lookout because Samuel is coming for throne.

@etf42

7 ай бұрын

*No Reservations better lookout because Samuel is coming for throne.* Sorry, no one will be able to usurp Bourdain. This show is too rushed, inauthentic, and biased. Marcus doesn't grapple with the cultural/political/social complexities that Bourdain did.

@jeanniebrooks

7 ай бұрын

@@etf42Once again, Jeff, we see you are very opinionated, but more importantly you think your opinion is better than anyone else’s. Sorry..you are wrong about that.

@jeanniebrooks

7 ай бұрын

This is a great food show because Marcus shows us the best of every cultural enclave in the US he has visited. He is wonderful! He has genuine love and appreciation for the people and the food they make. He has much to teach us all. And of course, Marcus can do this so well bc of his great people skills and who he is in his heart and soul. A wonderful human being!

@etf42

7 ай бұрын

@@jeanniebrooks Jeannie Brooks please don’t treat me like this

As a Filipino living in the PNW, this video made my day. Thank You @PBS and @MarcusSamuelson

The sarsiado is our favorite dish when i was growing up in Philippines, that part that the family are cooking together brought up all the memories. This show really showed culture. Love this episode! 🩷🩷💖

Great show! The best Filipino potluck I've ever seen! Thank you for showcasing our Filipino brothers in Seattle who have not forgotten their roots.😊 Mabuhay!

woah the potluck part is quintessential Filipino -- friends and family together eating and celebrating. bonus that everybody is a chef!

@jeanniebrooks

7 ай бұрын

It’s quintessential for many cultures. How about New Orleans? Armenian? Italian?

This is an amazing show. A show that depicts a culture based on food and yet not everyone knows about it. This is definitely an awakening of culinary knowledge of a beautiful culture and incredible hospitality that only Filipinos possess .

I’m not a Seattle local but I fell into a deep dive on Tito Greg, the owner of Ludi’s. He has a great story- he spent $10k of his own money to reunite an orphan with his father, though they were complete strangers to him.

@liquidfire30

7 ай бұрын

That’s so interesting! Would you care to share a video or article? I love stories like this.

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6 ай бұрын

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@nursegardener5723

5 ай бұрын

Tito Greg is an icon! We visit seattle every year and had the honor of having a 3 hr conversation with him. He even made me cry hearing his stories 😂 We love Ludi’s but Tito Greg is the true gem of that place.

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3 ай бұрын

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3 ай бұрын

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I love this! Born and Raised in Hawaii and my wife is from Washington, I didn't realize how much history Filipinos have there just like here in Hawaii. I'm proud of my culture! And love how we the Filipinos in the mainland is soo different but the same at the same time 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

@ianhomerpura8937

6 ай бұрын

Filipinos in Hawaii are mostly Ilocano, which have their own colorful culinary traditions.

@cjvergillius6272

6 ай бұрын

@@ianhomerpura8937 so true

Great show and great host! Always been a fan of Marcus.

To the Hood Famous couple: what you are calling "ube" is NOT ube -- that is just purple sweet potato, which is a completely different species from true ube.

Marcus, thanks for featuring Filipinos and food. We are happy watching back home. Mabuhay ka!

I'm Filipino from the Philippines and our family recipes always have calamansi as sour agent and gata (coconut milk), like for kinilaw and adobo. Beyond filling our bellies, Filipino food is all about bringing people together from preparation all the way to dishwashing, with conversations making the mealtime experience so much richer. I bonded with my lolas making guinataang halo-halo with bilo-bilo and ube halaya. My mom says there was a year when I was in grade school when all I wanted in my school lunchbox was adobo with lots of rice. Every day!😂

Marcus 🙏 thanks, also the Filipino community for being welcoming, letting us know about their amazing culture

Stupendous! Thank you for featuring Filipino Food & Culture. Mabuhay (long live, keep it up) Ka Sir Marcus.

I live in Seattle. On Capitol Hill which is close to Beacon Hill. It's really a great food city. Lots of different ethnic cuisine you can try all within walking distance. The only thing I would complain about is how expensive it is to eat out. Seattle is not a cheap city, and yes you can find places that are less expensive but for the most part, a single dish is anywhere from $20-25 :(

This is a fabulous episode once again! I love meeting so many fantastic people throughout the industry that all connect over food and community!

I normally eat Filipino food at parties or from friends. Now, I will check out these treasures in Seattle.

Love Filipino food. There are plenty good, authentic Filipino eateries in NYC too - no travel needed! I still remember the first time I tried sigsig at Pig & Khao years back, I almost wanted to lick the plate clean~~It is my benchmark dish at any Filipino restaurants. The other place to check out is Mama Fina..hmm I am hungry

This is fantastic. Loved the Filipino food scene in Seattle and SF has Ox and Tiger (Filipino and Japanese, wife and husband team that is incredible).

Also, Mindanao cuisine, greatly influenced by Islamic culture, is another Filipino food worth exploring. Oh, and there’s also the cuisine from the tribes of the North, with etag (smoked wild boar) and pinikpikan (a native chicken prepared in a tribal ceremony). Spanish influences in the Visayan islands is also worth exploring.

@kayak0000

7 ай бұрын

Etag 😅😅😅 those wormy hams. Delish!

Oh man, I enjoyed every second of this. I hope this video blows up cos this was really entertaining and educational as well and also really inspiring! Amazing people's skills chef, you just blended in with the manongs and titos and titas. This was awesome. I was smiling the whole time

Everything looked so good and I love how they take in everyone and they are immediately family

i'm from Metro Manila, and it seems the food showcased are mainly from luzon. there are a lot of phililippine food that aren't yet showcased in yt. the maranaw foods down south is amazing. truly asian food. no outside influence.

@amaliahightower

6 ай бұрын

Chef Marcus and the Fil/Am featured the dishes that are the most known and popular in the States. Americans like pancit, chicken adobo, sinigang, karekare, lechon kawali, kinilaw etc. They love lumpia but not so famous is dinuguan. I’m Filipina and I don’t eat dinuguan.

One of the best EP so far. Thank you Cher Marcus for allowing our culture, food, ethnicity and history to present it to world. 👌 stand up PINOYS!!!!

I'm tearing up, miss my home country❤

This is a nice "presentation" of our culture and history through food. Thanks!

Hi Jenson -Tenaystlgn (greetings) from UK an Ethiopian. I love the historical context of the Filipino migration. Armpour Filipino!!!

Tack Marcus för att du visar upp våra filippinska maträtter. Min stora önskan är att vi ska få en framgångsrik restaurang i Göteborg som serverar de mest klassiska rätterna. Det var ett rent nöje att se ditt program. Jag stolt att vara filippinsk och har bott i Sverige i över 42 år. Vi behöver introducera mer filippinsk matkultur i Sverige. Med vänlig hälsning, Marilyn Legaspi

My closest friend is filipina shout out to your culture and food claire.

Although I’m not Pinoy I’m very proud to see Filipino food on the rise , long overdue.

Musang has a brick and mortar restaurant on Beacon Hill now that is out of this world. Everyone going to Seattle should go! Mutual Fish Co. sadly had to close up shop. Love my city, love Musang, love my neighbors, and love finding out some new spots. This was a joy

Kinilaw is not the Filipino ceviche, these dishes have different origins, and the Spaniards actually introduced the use of vinegar in ceviche when they discovered Kinilaw in the Philippines. Prior to that, pre-colonial Ceviche used sour fruits instead.

@msantos7755

7 ай бұрын

I'm Filipino but I just found this out like a month ago!

When an uncles knows most everyone in the neighborhood, he's the uncle when you need someone to talk to.

Hi Marcus good to see you again on YT. A fan here from Down Under. Glad you're feauturing Filipino dishes in Seattle. 😊 😋

Throughly enjoyed. Spent 6 weeks in the P.I. last year. Plans are in the works to be back on a permanent bases next March .

I watched this 3x now & the episode really encapsulates the Filipino food & culture. I'm in the Philippines, but when I go to the US (my bucket list), ESPECIALLY in Seattle, I REALLY want to go to Auntie Leila's resto/eatery in Pike Place.

@amaliahightower

6 ай бұрын

It’s more of a Carinderia.

This is beautifully documented and curated. I love how Filipinos in Seattle showed Bayanihan in that cooking part at the end. Mahusay!

Thank you, Marcus, for showcasing and promoting Filipino food and culture. Our heritage of food, hospitality, kindness, respect for elders, and love for community, are what the Filipino immigrants brought into the US since time immemorial. It's nice to see the next generation of Fil-Ams still mirroring all these great values and being shining examples of what the best of humanity can be like.

Home cooked meal is still king... this warms my heart so much

I think what sets Filipino food apart from the other cuisines is that we like sour/acidity, from our “sawsawan” or dipping sauces of vinegar to soups like sinigang, kansi etc. Acidity balances the fattiness so its not overwhelming in the palate.

Its a purple sweet potato...not the real ube ...because real purple yum is hard to find, it became a substitute, but nothing compare to the real ube.

Thank you Chef Samuelsson for another dope showcase! I love your show and please keep them flowing sir!! Salute to you! Peace & Blessings🙏🏽

Such an amazing episode… hats off to pinoy cuisine

Truly amazing. I’m less than 20 seconds into the video and they’ve managed to mispronounced every single Filipino food item they’ve presented.

What a good episode!

As a Seattle couple who just moved to the Philippines, we met in Seattle and i was a Fish Monger @Pikeplacemarket for years. Bravo on the content and dishes! Tagay and we are so excited to visit the restaurant when we come home to visit!!

@logik1973

6 ай бұрын

Legends youre here, small youtube world 😅

Wow ,now I need to go find Filipino food where I live and try it 😋Thank you Marcus ❤

born in ethopia and raised in sweden? man you were made to love all forms of food haha. thanks for this show it is fantastic.

Much love and respect to my kababayans in Seattle, from your fellow kababayan from Tampa, Florida.

There are still a lot of dish in visayan region not highlighted in Manila and abroad, like Halang Halang in Bohol and Laeng in Bicol. Halang Halang is a chicken soup with coconut milk and chili. Laeng is an over cooked vegetable cooked in coconut milk without sauce, just right.

Marcus Thank You very much for featuring Filipino food, Love from the PH

So emotional to see that Filipino food is FINALLY getting the much-deserved love. THANK YOU to all who are pushing it forward and keeping our traditions alive. ♥

i didn't know philipinos are happy and playful. i like thie episode.

@cynthiabianzon5408

7 ай бұрын

We even have the ability to laugh at ourselves.

Thank you for featuring our food and culture

Wow good to know, really Fhilipino are hard workers thank you!

Been waiting for the full episode of this! Thank you!

Now, I want to go to Seattle and experience this 😊

I love this show and I can't say it enough. Thank you

I’m enjoying every single episode! I’m looking forward to the next! Super educational and enjoyable!

Thank you for this.

Great video! More than the food, the people the culture thank you for brining this to light with so much sensitivity and insight

Welcome to beautiful Seattle, Marcus. It seems you enjoyed your stay! 😊⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

proud to be Filipino. ❤️ God bless y'all 😘

Love this episode. Thank you!

Chief Marcus thank you and PBS thank you for showing this … Proud FilAm here

This is an amazing series Marcus. Please keep it up.

Really love this show/series and host! Watching this makes me miss Seattle so much!

Why call or label kinilaw as ceviche? Kinilaw is kinilaw and is its own dish, it wasn't copied or derived from ceviche. Filipinos have been preparing kinilaw even before the arrival of the Spanish.

Wow. The best blog I've ever watched ..true Pilipino With compassion .being a true Pilipino. Our culture tradition..they value so much we can see in there work s in cooking ..I can see how they Love .Cherries..where they come from ,...So Proud of them...I hope I can see more ...hoping all Pilipino watched .this ..God Blessed ..

I was self raised on Blue Scholars, Geo's music. Absolutely mad he showed up in a PBS Food video, love this. Great music.

I wait for these episodes! Please don't stop! Thank you

Great show fellas! So inspiring.

Chef, thank you for doing this episode.

Apparently kinilaw is not a version of ceviche, it is the precursor.

Super love this episode! Filipino pride 🇵🇭

i enjoyed myself so much watching this. Different types of food, ways of cooking and the sharing

Great concept. Great content. Great food. Greater people.

This is amazing my grandpa is full Philippine my dad is too this make me so happy to see this I love being Philippine I am proud of my culture

This is an amazing. Keep em coming.

This has been my favorite episode so far. Can't wait to visit Seattle!

Love this program, I would suggest toward the latter of the show that Marcus would make us his favorite dish.

Very well put together! I love it! Love from the Philippines! ❤

It feels like Bourdain (and Samantha Brown) created this whole genre of "cool person explores different cuisines in different areas of the world" thing. Followed by Zimmern, Richman, Fieri, Tucci, Lakshmi, Chang, etc. etc. etc. (even Gordon Ramsay!) All awesome. But for whatever reason, I especially like Marcus S.

@phylliskumi4355

7 ай бұрын

Don't forget the fabulous Mark Weins

@robzsarmy5471

7 ай бұрын

Only Gordon Ramsay is valid elite chef on that list so I trust him the most .

Like I said always after watching show, Much Love To Marcus. Big Hugs Darrylk.

I wanted to comment as an historian and anthropologist of the Philippines who lives in Seattle (I have an MA in Philippine Studies and have written about Filipino food’s position in Asia before). Just some points on some of the cultural history and culture transfer. Precolonial or “the original” adobo never actually left the Philippines. It isn’t a rediscovery. It’s simply called adobong puti. Puti means white and refers to the vinegar (though vinegar in Tagalog is called suka; puti in the dish name because without soy sauce the finished dish is white). Another variation is adobo sa dilaw, which is stewed in luyang dilaw (turmeric in English) and sometimes gata (coconut milk). This results in a vibrant yellow color. It’s essentially the same dish as Thai yellow curry, and in general Filipino flavors are extremely similar to Thai flavors because of the emphasis on tamarind, spices, coconut milk, etc in both food cultures. Anyways, adobo is a Spanish word but it’s actually a type of paksiw. Paksiw is a general term in Tagalog meaning “prepared/cooked in vinegar”. There’s a whole class of dishes called paksiw, and adobo is a paksiw, and in precolonial times it would have been referred to in that way. Similarly, lechon is sometimes called Spanish but despite the name it is certainly precolonial. Pig is one of the major components of Austronesian food prior to the influence of Islam, and even in precolonial times Filipino Muslims did eat pork and dinuguan. Lechon is simply a style of inihaw (which means roasted in Tagalog). Inihaw na baboy now usually refers to grilled pork belly or pork chunks that have sweet marinades, whereas whole pork ihaw is called lechon now. But essentially it’s very similar to, say, kahlua pig in Hawaii or babi guling in Bali. In fact, babi and uling are cognate with baboy and uling in the Philippines. In both cases they mean pig and charcoal respectively. Similarly, arroz caldo belongs to a class of rice porridges called lugaw. There are tons of variations of lugaw, arroz caldo being one. Another really popular one is goto. In fact, Filipino champorado is basically lugaw with chocolate added. The word and chocolate ingredient being borrowed from Spanish and Mexico. Also, it’s thought by most historians of the colonial era of the Philippines (who study food history) that ceviche did not even exist in the Americas until Filipinos brought kinilaw with them as enslaved shipbuilders to Mexico. This same thing is true of distilled alcohol (tequila being a Mexican application of the lambanog distilling process to pulque) and even the guayabera shirt, which is derived from the Filipino barong Tagalog. In many ways the Philippines represents one of the most quintessentially Southeast Asian culinary traditions since it arguably has been influenced the least from outside places. This is because during the Spanish period it was a bit of a backwater in the eyes of Europeans. There was no settler colonialism at all (Spanish surnames simply come from religious conversion and a law enacted in 1849) and Spanish was never able to replace indigenous languages, so Spanish/European influences were in many ways relegated to religion. Foods have Spanish names sometimes but their actual compositions and styles are more similar to their neighbors in Asia than foods in the Americas.

I have so much to learn.

We will come try it! Hello from Seattle! Moving to the Philippines next year to open our Beach hotel!

Wow! This was a really great episode, thanks for sharing it! Now I want to go to the Pacific North West.

Great tribute to Filipino food all around, even better with the s/o to Maira Rosa the creator/ inventor if the banana catsup 🔥🔥🔥