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This post is too late coz I only had the chance 2 weeks ago to watch the whole video. This was the time Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations visited our country. The video is cut into 5 parts. Comments and discussions are always welcome.

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I could not feel any better than being proud of how Anthony’s trip had turned out. Well, he seemed happy with his stay and food trips, as if it was all worth it! He might not be able to get the warmest form of welcoming ‘the Filipino way’ from Augusto, at least the food was able to make Anthony feel how is it to be a Filipino.

I agree with Anthony’s comments regarding Augusto’s being ‘backward’ with his family’s presence. Unlike other families that I see on TV, the ones who are very enthusiastic whenever a visitor dines with them and even have a very good chit chat time and good huge laughs with the guest, Augusto’s family was not so like it. Well, Anthony’s actually expecting it to be the other way around.

The food anyhow is the main reason why the food guru visited here and the never ending question that bothered him most, “what’s a real Filipino cuisine?” If I would be confronted with such question I would not really have a quick answer with that. Let alone the food do the talking and explain itself.  And I agree with what Claude Tayag’s wife told Anthony why there is a little recognition with Filipino foods as compared to other Asian foods. She said that we always introduce different versions of our dishes so we fail to leave names to foreigners’ minds. It is diversified in a way that they might get confused or may overlap ‘this with that’.

Going back with the Bourdain experience, I think he finally found the very good partner with his beer! The sisig and lechon are winners (for me) that made it to the foodie’s soft spot. He is a man and no wonder he enjoyed the crispy, fatty, gooey feeling of eating hot pig flesh. “It is the best pig”, as he said. He could not find it anywhere in the world. It is only here in the Philippines. I swear, he should visit here and eat that again. Promptly speaking, everything he ate was all fatty. They were very delicious but very high in cholesterol as well. I just hope he did not get ‘empacho’ after munching over those tempting food.

Nonetheless I thank Augusto’s effort. If not with this ‘caught-in-the-middle’ guy, Anthony would not be able to decide to fly up to here and go as far as Cebu. Admit it, Bourdain could have seen and tasted more. What he tried are not even half of what we have in the Philippines. Well, we have cluttered islands and each (I am pretty sure of) serves their local cuisine. He could have traveled up to Davao to see more. But what more can I say, I am proud of what we have. I am proud someone like Bourdain loves our food!