/ck/ - Food & Cooking

sorry for blogpost sort of; as a american filipino who hated a lot of it growing up, some of its good
>a really nice sisig, especially a nice creamy chicken one w/ a tiny bit of liver & spiciness
>mung bean soup, especially with a little chili flakes on it or some leftover pork belly stirred in on a cold day
>sinigang, if you put use the right amount of tamarind its such a bizarrely perfect balance of savory and strange sour-ish flavor
>suman malagkit (desert dish of rice steamed in banana leaf, usually served with a rich coconut sauce)

I don't really like
>lechon - it just does nothing for me, it felt like it was for spectacle every time we had a party with a bunch of other flip families, the seasoning never blew me away.
>lumpia - its nice but really nothing special, I dont really like springrolls in general so maybe its preference.
>filipino style "bbq", at least from the restaurants & uncles that I would eat it from as a kid - always dry as fuck, sauce not really sweet or savory, just vaguely tangy. Never felt as hearty as american or korean bbq
>anything bangus - oily as fuck, gross fish, I would always watch in disbelief as my parents ate from the oily fucking belly fat deposit and enjoy it
IMO I feel like at least in the house I grew up in, filipino food always felt way too fatty or way too lean and dry