One thing the Philippines is famous for is it's food. Balut, dried fish, adobo, lechon manok, liempo, lumpia, chickenjoy, Jolliburgers, Philippine cuisine is very well known globally due to the diaspora and annually there are rumours it is poised to take the culinary world by storm.
That's all well and good but just because one has eaten a piece of chicken prepared the Pinoy way doesn't mean you have partaken of Filipino cuisine in the proper manner. There is more to food than just cuisine. In three words it's location, location, location. It's the difference between eating fish and chips at a chip shop in the UK and eating a fish filet and french fries at your home in the US.
That's all well and good but just because one has eaten a piece of chicken prepared the Pinoy way doesn't mean you have partaken of Filipino cuisine in the proper manner. There is more to food than just cuisine. In three words it's location, location, location. It's the difference between eating fish and chips at a chip shop in the UK and eating a fish filet and french fries at your home in the US.
The only way to truly enjoy Filipino eats is to consume them in a pop-up restaurant.
These types of restaurants are popular all throughout the Philippines. The premise is simple: find a vacant lot or stretch of sidewalk and quickly set up shop. Then start serving food. That's it. Be sure to find an empty space close to an area with a lot of traffic like right outside the mall.
Attracted by the smells wafting through the air and guided by their hungry stomachs customers will come pouring right in. And they had better act fast before you are forced to close up shop forever because you have no permit to operate, no running water, and are a major health hazard to anyone who would venture to consume the food you have prepared.
Time to move to another location, location, location!
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