I have to say that nothing excites me more then good food, and being that Anthony Bourdain had finally taken some insight on doing a show about the Philippines, I decided to turn the channel and watch(actually DVR is my friend).
No Reservations: Philippines, begins discreetly on the streets of the oldest Chinatown in the Philippines, a place of which obliquely feels all too common to us named “Ongpin”. Angie and I recently visited the Philippines last fall and we stayed at Angie’s grandparent’s apartment in Ongpin. Angie and I are both Chinese born in the Philippines, but have been instilled with many Filipino cultural values since childhood, so we have always enjoyed going back home. Barring obvious language barriers and our so-called stupor to explore the area, we didn’t get around as much as we had wanted, partly due to the fact on my 2nd night I caught an amoeba virus and was sidelined to Metro Manila Hospital for the rest of my stay. Nevertheless this fall, we will once again return back to the motherland and resume our quest to seek out the best the Philippines has to offer.
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