First time trying Filipino food... and I'm hooked.

When I woke up one morning and realized the beautiful, smart, 20-year old Filipina I married the day before didn't know how to cook American food I thought I was going to starve over the next few years until she could learn. She offered me a deal, in that she would cook Filipino food for a few days, and if I didn't like it, she would not cook it again. Seemed reasonable, so I agreed. Well, she cheated. She cooked pork adobo for me the first night. It was so delicious that I ate it all, and asked her to fix it again the next night. It was so addictive that for four days that was all I wanted for supper. I've since learned to eat and enjoy many more Filipino dishes over the past 50 years together with her. And we've spent five decades exploring the world's cuisines side-by-side in the kitchen. Our kids picked up on the love of cooking, and are now teaching our grandkids the love of not only the Filipino food they grew up with, but also many others.

Every time I watch "First time trying Filipino food" videos, I'm always sad when they don't eat it with rice. You did it right!

This video blow up in just 2 weeks 😅 just in case you're curious why, it's because there's loads of Filipinos living abroad and misses home big time, and we love watching anything about home. 🇵🇭😋 watching here in the UK

The sauce for the lechon kawali is a liver sauce. The sweetness usually comes from the type of vinegar we use. Its a coconut vinegar.

It has been over 25 years since I have been in ATL and I am so happy to see a proper Filipino restaurant! Thanks for featuring this.

Filipino food contents will not let you down, most viewed videos for sure. MABUHAY!!!

The way you devoured all that food is so filipino, i mean im not even 100% convinced that it is your 1st time trying filipino food at all, the way you ate the bbq and adobo is so pro(dipped the rice in the spicy vinegar and ate it with the bbq chicken)❤❤

I LOVE FILIPINO FOOD. I'VE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE MANY DISHES AND DESSERTS AND IT IS MY FAVORITE CUISINE. THIS SISTA' WILL WORK FOR PANCIT, LECHON KAWALI, KARE KARE, SINIGANG AND PEANUT TURON AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER FILIPINO CUISINE😂. FILIPINO PEOPLE ARE SO GENEROUS AND HAVE THE BIGGEST HEARTS IN THE WORLD...AND THEY ALWAYS WANT TO FEED YOU. I LOVE Y'ALL. BEAUTIFUL.

When you took the rice and added it to the adobo juices at the bottom of the bowl, I said out loud, “YES girl! You’re doing it right!” Proud Filipina here loving how much you appreciate and are enjoying Filipino cuisine. Those dishes literally had my mouth watering. Love how you describe the foods and its flavors. Subscribing!

looks legit. nice to see authentic cuisine of filipino food. no fusion or whatsoever.

So nice that you mixed the rice it the bowl with left over adobo sauce and adding the lechon, it's actually very Filipino. Left-over adobo sauce mixed with rice is already a meal in itself. :)

It's nice that they are serving food like how Filipinos would, with fork and spoon, intead of a fork and knife.

Everything looks perfectly cooked that I could taste how good it is. Compliments to the chef.

Oh my gosh, I’m salivating right now. You go girl, thank you for appreciating the Filipino food.

I immigrated to the US in the summer of 1990. I was 9 yrs old and starting in the 4th grade. Our other family members that were already here tried their best to let us know of the many social norms, the do's and dont's, but they failed to explain to me that bringing lunch from home was a "no-no" especially if you're bringing something exotic like Filipino food. Well on my 1st day, my Mom had prepared pork adobo over rice for my lunch and I still remember seeing the disgust reaction from my classmates faces when I opened my lunchbox aka Tupperware. Eh, you can say we were just kids back then, but it was the last time I ever brought food from home to eat at school, middle school, high school, college and I still hesitate to bring home food to work. Your reaction to tasting Filipino food is helping ease that childhood pain in me. Thank you.

you can never go wrong with pork adobo and add some lechon kawali with it, YUMMY! mabuhay ang filipino food.

I love it when you put the rice and lechon kawali in the adobo bowl. ❤❤❤ that’s how I eat !

hunnie, that putting and pressing of rice on the leftover sauce in the bowl 9:37 is very much Filipino 😆 thanks for appreciating our stuff... warm regards from Manila, Philippines!

Aws that is how Filipino eat, you nailed it❤watching from 🇵🇭

All the love you from all of us... 🥰🥰🥰Thanks for giving so nice reactions on these Filipino dishes.. 😘😘😘