Episode 104 - Let’s Eat and Then Brag about Filipino Foods

Kain Na!  Let's eat!  We invite you to unpack and process, with us, the recent arrival of Filipino-centred retail food chains to Canada.  We examine the cultural significance of Jollibees; the importance of fried chicken at Max's restaurant; and the meaning that Seafood City brings to a Filipino pantry in Canada. All this talk of food creates an appetite for us to understand how Filipino foods reflects our cultural values, and wonder why it hasn't been more mainstream.  We discover that Filipino Food is the original fusion cuisine that focuses on the balance between sour and sweet (or more rightly, saucy and sweet), cooked lovingly in an acidic, tomato, or coconut broth.  We discuss how Filipino cuisine is poised to go from humble and regional food, to more mainstream in recognition. We just need to brag (a little bit) about how great Filipino food is.  Again, Kain na!

In the Mix this Week:

• A Star is Born (2018), 
• Madonna's 20/20 Interview where she says "It's Reductive" and not what Jezzie remembers,
• Jollibee Canada, 
• Max's Restaurant, Cuisine of the Philippines,
• Seafood City,
• Crispy Pata Recipe at Kawaling Pinoy, 
• Pork Sinigang Recipe at Kawaling Pinoy,
• Dip better: Top 5 Filipino Sawsawan you need to know by Chris Urbano,  
• Ulam, the Movie