The most versatile recipe on planet Earth! It is prepared and cooked more than a hundred different ways from the 7,100 islands scattered in the Philippine archipelago.Are you surprise such food even exist?!
"I think sisig is perfectly positioned to win the hearts and minds of the world as a whole... I think it's the most likely to convince people abroad who have had no exposure to Filipino food to maybe look further and investigate further beyond sisig. I think that's the one that's gonna hook them."
- Anthony Michael Bourdain is an American chef, author, and TV personality.
"I think Filipino food is … you know, I've been calling it for 5 years. It's just going to keep getting more and more popular simply because of the variety of ingredients and European techniques that are found in that food.Their use of acidity, the quality of their food has the best of Asian cuisine and the best of sort of what happens when really good Asian food ... island Asian food brushes up against Spanish culture. The Spanish had colonized the Philippines for almost 500 years at one point. So, the influences are heartfelt".
- Andrew Zimmern, the host of "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern" on the Travel Channel
Lutung Filipino (Filipino Cuisine) is a style of cooking and the food associated with it have evolved over many centuries from their Austronesian origins (shared with Malaysian and Indonesian cuisines) to a mixed cuisine of Indian, Chinese, Spanish, and American influences, in line with the major waves of influence that had enriched the cultures of the archipelago, as well as others adapted to indigenous ingredients and the local palate.
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