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[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Anon is a complete fucking idiot for not simply walking into a random Filipino’s house and politely asking for some homemade Filipino food. Idiot anon goes to the McD’s of the Philippines, and calls it a day. Filipinos have many insanely tasty dishes, and dumbfuck anon chooses garbage. Dinuguan (AKA chocolate meat) is my absolute favorite.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Do this and get what looks like boiled eggs, crack open and it's an aborted bird inside.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(food)

Run screaming in terror to Jollibee :) get spaghetti with so mich sugar you gag and can't get it down.

Go back to Australia next day because hungry af, get a box of Tim Tams and vow to never travel again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Hard pass, balut is goat. Sorry, mate, I eat balut every day they come by, just like taho in the mornings. It helps if you have locals teach you how to eat balut, but some can’t deal.

And hey, all aussies love marmite, yeah? No true aussie hates the taste of a bit of marmite and buttah on toast, right?

Taho in the mornings and balut in the evenings makes the world go round. ;-)

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

IUm, dinuguan is blood soup (root word is literally blood). I like it, but it has a pretty niche appeal, and you'll be hard pressed to find someone that'll serve it to a westerner.

But yeah, do yourself a favor and find a "carinderia" (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to "cafeteria" but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as you'll get to homemade cooking. Some dishes to try:

  • bicol express - spicy dish with coconut and pork
  • tokwa't baboy - literally tofu and pork
  • adobo - classic chicken dish

Or branch out! It works kind of like Panda Express where you point to the dish(es) you want (called ulam) and they'll add rice (I recommend asking for extra). It's cheaper than any fast food chain and way better.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

find a "carinderia" (or karinderya, depending on region) which roughly translates to "cafeteria" but is usually run by a sweet lady making as close as you'll get to homemade cooking.

This sounds awesome! Wish we had places like this in the States

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dominican places in Brooklyn can be like this. Awesome and cheap.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

The concept is becoming more popular I'm the US I think. I just found out a bunch of Puerto Rican ladies essentially run a similar concept near me recently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] odium 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Panda express is as corpo and soulless as every other fast food restaurant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Just don't go to the Karenderia. It's run by a white woman that thinks she knows what she is doing, and wishes to speak to your manager.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Yup. It's like people who go to Starbucks when they tour Asia. removed, you're on vacation, go see something new.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago

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Imagine using an instance that censors 'bitch'

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

"Bitch", I assume. Fits the context, and I think it's on lemmy.ml's forbidden word list.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago

What a bitch-ass move.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I’m not sure whether I’m more mad about the fact that they censor the word “bitch” or that they didn’t use [redacted] as the replacement..

I might hang out at the SCP wiki a bit too much

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah, it's definitely valid to get fast food abroad, even if you have it at home. Sometimes they have wildly different things that you can't get at home, or in the case of Jollibee, it's straight up not available at home (unless home is LA). You should probably sample the more wholesome local cuisine too of course, but it's perfectly alright stop at a Burger King in Tokyo to try the new Garlic Hokkaido burger or whatever, if that's your jam. Let people enjoy things.

[–] odium 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There's jollibees in most major us cities now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not... Really. I didn't realize how much they've expanded as they're definitely in more than just LA now, so I was wrong there, but they only have locations in 14 states. There's major cities in way more than 14 states.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've had this name since 2013 :p

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

fair enough haha, is there an active 07scape community? I only know of one and it's 90% updates shared by the mod, one of the few things I miss from reddit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

No active ones unfortunately. I would say pick one from [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and start posting

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Story is definitely real, so good on you for keeping it