I've found my favourite form of Ube (Bibingka!). Anyone else have a favourite Ube snack?!

@SashaPomeranian

4 ай бұрын

Ube ice cream is heavenly

@carydum9356

4 ай бұрын

Have you tried the Ube-Cheese Pandesal? 💜💜💜

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

@@carydum9356 not yet but I absolutely will 🤩

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

@@SashaPomeranian agreeeed 🤤

@user-qr1fs1ne7w

4 ай бұрын

Try individually wrapped sugar coated soft ube candy. 🍬🍬 ❤❤

One of my missions in life… Finally! A KZreadr who properly identifies Ube, eats actual Ube, and uses a picture of an actual Ube yam in their thumbnail. I support anyone who does this. ❤

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Haha! Thank you / Salamat 🙏

@arinrayscumdump

13 күн бұрын

​@@FirstPiper No. We wanna thank you for actually doing proper research about ube. I've watched a couple of videos about ube and how the world reacts to it and I was so disappointed with some Filipino Americans introducing purple sweet potato as ube to the foreigners lol. And to think that you as a non Filipino person did this is really to be appreciated.

Thank you for Feauturing my Lola’s UBE (Aling Rose) 🙏🏻😊

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Of course! They were so kind 🥰

In 1st grade (1991), I lived in the SF Bay Area, CA. There was only one existing Filipino bakery at the time. My mom got me my first Ube cake and drove 6 hours to get it. She did that every year until more Filipino bakeries started popping up. It’s wild to see Ube “trending” now because it was always part of my childhood in CA and significant in the Filipino community. But nothing beats going back to the motherland and having fresh ube treats back home 😊💜

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Your Mother sounds like a hero! 🦸‍♀️ what a lovely memory 🥰

Now THIS is ube!! All the other (mostly American) "ube" videos are actually showing purple sweet potato which is completely different and tastes nothing like UBE

I LOVE UBE EVERYTHING SO DELICIOUS! Been to the Philippines 20 times from Seattle USA! We move there for good to open our Beach Resort Hotel and we’ll be sure to have UBE everything on our menus! 🏝️🏨🇵🇭

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Oh wow! Good luck with the move 🤩 get in touch when you're over here!

@OHANA-Beach-Suites

4 ай бұрын

@@FirstPiper Thanks! Will do! 🙏

@eduardochavacano

4 ай бұрын

9 out of 10 Ube flavored stuff in Philippines is just artificial flavor. Ube is not common.

This guy really did his homework. Ube in the Philippines can be found in a lot food stores everyday all year round. It's a versatile food item, it has evolved in many ways of how its been used as an ingredient in cooking.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Aww thanks for the kind words. I really enjoyed learning about Ube so doing all the research is always kinda fun!

UBE IS THE NEW CHOCOLATE! I LOVE UBE!

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

🤩🤩🤩

It's everywhere now. I found ube cheesecake in a small bakery in Beaverton Oregon. It was next to a matcha cheesecake.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Wow! It really is getting global. I saw online that is been called the “flavour of 2024” 😮

this is the most informative ube video I've seen in a while. More than just glorifying its purple fanciness, you delved deep into its history and cultural importance.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

That is a lovely thing to say. Thanks for the kind words!

I really love how you integrated yourself to go to public market instead of supermarkets to find ube. Another thing is you actually shared that we must buy bread and pastries from small bakery establishments and now you are promoting the very essence of the-way-of-the-FIlipino lifestyle! It's my first time to watch a video from your channel so you sir, deserved to be subscribed. Thanks for sharing Filipino culture!

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

This is such a lovely comment. I really appreciate it! Thanks for subscribing and I hope you like the future vids.

YOU LITERALLY KNOW EVERY INCH OF UBE’S HISTORY!!! You deserve an award 🏆 💜

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha! I wish!

I think you're one of the few foreign vlogger who featured extensively our favorite culinary snack. Thank you for showcasing our love of ube! One of the best ube jam you can bought can be found in Baguio City. They're made by the nuns of Good Shepherd monastery in that city

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, Rix, and for the rec on Baguio. It was fun to make this!

Cut a small piece at the end of the root and plant it.. after one year you have bigggg Ube…Enjoy life and more followers to come.

Fun fact: there's another kind of ube that grows above ground like a watermelon 🍉 same size, too. We call it the "magnolia" variety in southern Mindanao. It's very rare but more flavorful and far more purple like darker purple.

You should try Ube Champorado if you could find some, it's so delicious🤤✨

@miaya3898

27 күн бұрын

7-Eleven sells it.

I like your Blog Very Informative. Ube Halaya is one of my favorite in special occasions like Christmas new year and fiesta.

@FirstPiper

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jess. Glad you liked it!

@GameplayTubeYT

4 ай бұрын

Yeah right well research unlike that Andrew Fraser misleading content on Sisig!

@bokchoy9632

4 ай бұрын

Bigyan ninyo ng importansya ang ube, at ibang native fruits katulad ng manga, buko, santol, atis, guyabano, dahil million dollar business yan. Parang cocoa chocolate o matcha napaka popular. Pera ninyo iyan ube. Eat more plants and Less animals foods. Appreciate ninyo ang binigay sa inyo ng panginoon Hesus yung native plants, trees at plant foods na wala sa ibang bansa

@GameplayTubeYT

4 ай бұрын

@@bokchoy9632 Plants ay Vulnerable sa Pest, calamity at drought. Unreliable ang mga Plants look at the Philippines namomoblema tayo sa Price ng Bigas dahil exclusive sa Bigas ang diet ng pinoy kaya nagkakaroon ng Kakulangan ng supply dahil na overwhelm ng Demand!!! Veganism should stop Forcing other what they should Eat!!! Respect others if you want others to respect you!

They even had an ube festival here in Melbourne recently, in the biggest market of the southern hemisphere, Queen Victoria Market.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

That sounds awesome! Great to see Ube being appreciated all over 🙌 🤩

Sounds like we all need a bit more Ube in our lives. That colour is quite something!

Once again OUTSTANDING

Kudos on this well-researched video. It’s great to see an ube video from a foreigner that’s actually informative and not just clickbait.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

I appreciate you watching! It was fun to put together 🙌

first time watcher here. really enjoyed the video! subscribed!

We also have purple rice which kind of look like black rice but its purple once cooked and its sticky like a sticky white rice. We also have purple corn. And other purple colored fruits like duhat and star apple, well just to share...

Thank you for being a new and exciting ube fan!

im sold!! already a subscriber!! more views to come!!

Try the ube macapuno ice cream. That’s ube ice cream in its peak form.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

that sounds delish!

The purple rice cake or biko you got from Market Market has no ube in it. It is traditionally made with pirurutong, an heirloom variety of sticky rice with purple to black color but since it is rare and expensive, they are mostly made of regular sticky rice dyed with food color.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up. I had a feeling it might not have Ube, even though they said it was "ube sticky rice" 🤣😂

@miaya3898

27 күн бұрын

​@@FirstPiperthere's a resto in our town that sells ube halaya but we suspect it's actually gabi with ube flavor and dye 😂

@FirstPiper

27 күн бұрын

@@miaya3898 noooo! 😫 bring back the Ube! 😂

@AsianSP

18 күн бұрын

​@@FirstPiperIt's called ube cause the word ube is also means violet/purple in Philippines😊

You got great content! Thank you for featuring the Ph culture.

So educational and im living for it!

.....nicely done video, thank you for featuring Ube....one of the best food Filipino's treasure....

Wow, this is.a great content for Ube. Good job!🎉❤

Ube flavored hopia is a must

@FirstPiper

2 ай бұрын

Masarap!

Mad edtiing skills man.. and vlog’s very informative too! Wish you all success on your vlog🇵🇭

@ The First Piper - the purple sticky rice cake you had is not ube but really purple sticky rice. It's a variety of rice which is purple or black called "pirurutong" used to make those rice cakes or "puto Bumbong" usually sold during the Christmas season. It will really not taste like ube.

@ramonaa8962

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing it out! Maybe that can be a topic for another vlog? Our different types of rice and its various forms from rice cakes to pinipig!

@elmar_eldnah

4 ай бұрын

My mother, who died more than 2 decades ago used to make "Biko" (rice cake) with real ube. That was something. I have not seen anyone do that.

@Ai-vq8rj

4 ай бұрын

But they actually put ube powder on it to sharpen the color. Since the rice color is not too ube.

this is a cool video format! i liked that you also sprinkled in bits and pieces of history and little details like varieties of ube, plus the vlog of you going around in local filipino establishments was also fun to watch. i hope you also focus on other food with the same format and make it longer since you’re good at explaining things well in a fun way that captures the audience’s attention. welcome to the philippines and i hope you enjoy living here!

Excellent video !!! ❤💕👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Summer is here !!! 🌞

Hope you make it big in YT .. Nice content!

One of my favourite food of all times. There’s something about the purple colour on foods.

Love your short documentary on Ube! ❤

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Had to get to the bottom of it! Thank you!

i stable upon this video and i am in love with you hahahaha and this is soooo well made and kinda short i wish its more of a ten minute video but anyway great video SUBSCRIBED!!!!

Nice content you really dig deeper in our UBE 👍🏽 GOOD JOB. ❤

Well researched video abouut UBE from a foreigner's perspective.. Well done..

Learned something new today about Ube. I am a Filipino and I love Ube. I am now a new subscriber. :)

I love your vlogs ❤ it’s really informative and done well 🫶🏼👏🏼

Ube ice cream!!!!!!!!! That would be a treat and a great favorite. 👍👍

Thanks for featuring our beloved UBE 🥰🥰🥰🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭👏👏👏 The best form of UBE Dessert? Only 2 ways.......UBE CAKE and UBE ICE CREAM

I love your content! 💜

Omg, this video makes me crave ube!!! I’ll definitely buy some ube hopia later. 😅

Just subscribed. I like your content bud. May your channel grow exponentially!

Hiiii! Your video and editing is really top tier! Really well color graded and vibrant. It's so good! And as a Filipino Ube-lover I love and super appreciate your content 💜 I don't really like it whenever people from other countries (or my Foreign friends) tell that taro and ube is the same or similar. LOL so I always try to explain it to them. I love all sorts of ube! Good luck! Much love and support, from the Philippines

Ube can actually grow really really big because they are grown for months and sometimes even a whole year. In Bohol, they have ube growing competitions and man they grow very very huge! The bright purple color is usually achieved by ube extracts and not really just the Ube halaya.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Oh interesting! I shall try and find it in Bohol!

This is kind content creator that features Pinoy stuff that I want!! They engage with people, Learn with people and many more! I hope you continue this and be successful KZreadr!

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed. Hopefully many more vids to come!

It's nice that you went to Pasig City. That's my hometown, especially the old town Pasig.

Well that was a hell of a research and history 😁. UBElicious 💜.

Thank you for doing research and covering the topic well. Short but concise 👍 Not many youtubers are able to identify the real ube, and some just don't bother knowing the culture behind the purple tuber at all. Great video man! Cheers!

I love your take on Filipino culture! New sub here!

Fantastic video! 😍

Cool! Im new here! This is my new fav channel! Complete info! He properly search and tried what real ube is! Not some fake ube imitations. So good job!

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! It was fun to make and do the research. I learnt tonnes as well

Very good content!! I loooovvveee ubeee

You have some quiet primary source right there, appreciate that you really did some digging since Ube is really a deep part of our culture. Love this content keep it up

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is probably the most informative content about UBE there is! Good job! Keep it up, very educational 👍

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Kevin. I really appreciate the comment! 🥰

Thank you for this video. I picked up new information. Ube halaya is my favorite... even had deep craving for it when I was pregnant so many years ago. 😊

I found my new favorite channel. Where have you been all this time?

Been here my whole life and how crazy is it to learn about my country from an English guy. Happy to have stumbled upon your channel before you got big and I'm telling you, YOU WILL GET BIG! Great video!

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Salamat! 🙏🏼

@julianbonues3495

4 ай бұрын

Because you Flips love foreign validation unless validated by the foreigner you will pretty much wont mind and disinterested so when you see a foreigner posted about something pocal you check it out then boom Penoy pride feeling. 😂 Want to know more unique things? check out about local Philippine deer and a unique breed of dog from the Philippines its not the aspin you know.

Engaging, professional, and enjoyable. Good job!

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

A vlogger who done a good research 😊

Hopia Ube is the best Ube for me. Especially "Eng Bee Tin" or one you can buy on every Mercury drug stores.

Amazing content! In my town on Bataan, we'd get tired of consuming UBE HALAYA dessert during Christmas Holidays😂 Best that you can keep it in fridge and enjoy when the urge kicks in to eat Ube!

thank god there's a foreigner who actually found REAL ube!

Making it an ice cream is indeed the very best way to enjoy ube!!!

@FirstPiper

5 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@GameplayTubeYT

4 ай бұрын

​@@FirstPiperI still prefer Ube Halaya has the More Natural Taste of ube as long as you use Carabao milk cuz Condense and evaporated milk are too over powering flavor and sweetness!

@nunyabiznes33

4 ай бұрын

Always better with cheese in it.

Well done on putting together these info. I agree on your remark that you've barely dug the surface. On a personal note, a well made ube jalea pairs well with some warm pan de sal for merienda, breakfast, or when when I just feel the craving for some. Great vid! Thanks for sharing. 😊

@FirstPiper

5 ай бұрын

Uff that sounds tasty. Masarap! Thanks for watching!

wow quality videos you deserve 100k followers

I'm Filipino and one of my favorite color since I was a child is purple because it reminds me of delicious ube dessets and also the color is cool to the eyes! When I ate Halo Halo I first eat ube on top of it. 🥰I loved ube in any form!

This is the best UBE documentary, very entertaining and informative

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

You're too kind. Slamat!!

I think you're right. As time goes by and the demand for ube things increase. It gets harder to supply that demand and people have resorted to just using food colour and food extracts instead of the actual yam itself. I know for a fact that some ube cakes also use uber powder.

I grow up eating Ube for our afternoon snack. Incorporated to ice cream, cakes, sticky rice cake snacks, halo-halo and made as halaya (with coconut milk).

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Yummm! Masarap 🤤

Very educational video, Thank you. I love ube, specially ube halaya because It’s made of real ube and the process of making it is very tedious. Maraming salamat.

Excellent coverage.

When in high school, there was a little resto that served ube frappe. So good ‼️

Look at you with all of this ube goodness!!! Time for you to get your ube jam from Tamtanco's in Baguio City public market!!! Great job, Ross!!!

@FirstPiper

5 ай бұрын

We'll get there one day. Nothing like some Highland Ube!

Great video!

Try Purple Yam cakes.. it's delicious & it is made of ube.

Great content!

nice content, keep exploring❤❤❤

I like your comprehensive research

Great video! Only thing missing is you did not visit an Ube farm. You should try next time, to see how it is cultivated ;) Btw, you should try Ginataan Ube Bilo-bilo, to try it as a warm snack form.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

I know right! I’d love to get to a farm to see it growing. Maybe one day!

I love suman flavored with ube. It's so good. You may try it.

New Subscriber here! :) This is a high quality video. You should have more views!!

I've been off the radar. Dude, I've followed you for years for your music. How did I not know you're in my country, the Philippines?! So happy to see you travelling again.

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for re-visiting the channel. I'm focussing more on KZread this year so there'll be a lot more content to come!

Was salivating watching your Ube video 😂

New sub here, nice storyline...I'm glad you enjoy the ph...just keep going...never give up 👍👏

You should visit a place called "Tikew" in San Pablo City, Laguna.. You'll find long line of ube stalls there..

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

ufff yummyyy!

Ube halaya is my favorite and ube jam in Baguio too.

Ube ice cream is my favorite. I think it was magnolia brand that made me love it when i was like 6 or so. I love its coconuty and earth flavor and most of all, its aroma! More than color, i love ube for its smell. Now, im craving for ube ice cream! When it turns melty and soft, ugh.

This is nicely done… i was hoping you’ll cook one 😂

Ube ice cream is my favorite, and my second is ube cake (the round birthday cake version or the log version are really good). Coming at third is Cebu's diced hopia ube, followed by empanada bread with ube filling, and Iloilo's piyaya with ube.

I love Ube. They are hard to find them at Asian Supermarkets in California. Most of the time we find the Japanese Taro. It's very light purple not like the Ube which are dark purple color.

I loved Ube when I was growing up in Cebu Philippines. My dad's family grows different kinds of Ube in Panglao Bohol. Ube was my favorite root crop. Here in the U.S. you can only buy frozen smashed Ube or powder Ube..

Ube is appealing to the eye that's why is a hit overseas in foodstuff. Who would've thought something purple would taste so good when prepared in various ways.

Enjoy your adventure here in our country

@FirstPiper

4 ай бұрын

Salamat Julius