Author Topic: No Reservations: Anthony Bourdain in Pampanga (Read 11381 times)

Munskie · « **on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 01:55 AM »

Episode will air in US, January of 2009, and will air in asia in 2010 (thank God for torrents!!). Anthony Bourdain will also shoot in Manila and Cebu.

frootloops · « **Reply #1 on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 03:05 AM »

Nice one Marvin! Where can we get a taste of those foods? I love adobong itik.

Where exactly is Bale Datung?

indie boi · « **Reply #2 on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 07:01 AM »

Did he get to try camaro?

et414 · « **Reply #3 on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 08:20 AM »

wow that is so cool!

Munskie · « **Reply #4 on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 08:42 AM »

Quote from: frootloops on Oct 25, 2008 at 03:05 AM

Nice one Marvin! Where can we get a taste of those foods? I love adobong itik. Where exactly is Bale Datung?

Bale Dutung is in Villa Gloria, Angeles City. Not your typical walk-in resto. By special arrangement only, and its P1800 per head, minimum of 10-12 persons.

Munskie · « **Reply #5 on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 08:48 AM »

Quote from: indie boy on Oct 25, 2008 at 07:01 AM

Did he get to try camaro?

Hindi ata, dina pumunta sa Everybody's (maybe becoz Bizarre Foods' Andrew Zimmern did that part already). His itinerary includes Claude Tayag's Bale Dutung, Aling Lucing's (yes, right at the riles) and Mila's Kambingan.

ivannn · « **Reply #6 on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 09:15 AM »

wow! sa shooting niya sa manila dapat ma try niya yung mga street foods natin

para maging international na rin ang mga yun and of course he should feature the balut

Ctlim · « **Reply #7 on:** Oct 25, 2008 at 09:41 AM »

grabe... pumunta pala sha... this guy is awesome.

kimpOy · « **Reply #8 on:** Oct 28, 2008 at 08:28 AM »

sayang marvs i want to meet and greet the guy. plus do a photoshoot...

next time marvs im just a text away he..he

byron · « **Reply #9 on:** Oct 28, 2008 at 09:37 AM »

anyone who knows where he will be dining in Manila? hehe

Munskie · « **Reply #10 on:** Oct 28, 2008 at 09:40 AM »

Quote from: kimpOy on Oct 28, 2008 at 08:28 AM

sayang marvs i want to meet and greet the guy. plus do a photoshoot...

next time marvs im just a text away he..he

Di ko rin sya na meet. They were also trying to contain people from coming over para di maging circus......I just grabbed the pics from a friend.

Quote from: byron on Oct 28, 2008 at 09:37 AM

anyone who knows where he will be dining in Manila? hehe

I dont know if my friend is serious or playing on me.......he'll cook daw with Juday.

byron · « **Reply #11 on:** Oct 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM »

Quote from: Munskie on Oct 28, 2008 at 09:40 AM

Di ko rin sya na meet. They were also trying to contain people from coming over para di maging circus......I just grabbed the pics from a friend.

I dont know if my friend is serious or playing on me.......he'll cook daw with Juday.

JUDAY?

? yah, i know a lot of people "hunting" where Anthony might go hahaha

he's one cool guy! yan ang dream job ko. hahaha

DViant · « **Reply #12 on:** Oct 28, 2008 at 01:15 PM »

Juday would work as a local Rachel Ray... she has that Palin appeal.

Quote from: byron on Oct 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM

JUDAY?? yah, i know a lot of people "hunting" where Anthony might go hahaha

he's one cool guy! yan ang dream job ko. hahaha

Bolshoie · « **Reply #13 on:** Nov 04, 2008 at 04:48 PM »

NICE!!!! I love these TLC channels, I also like Bourdains humor and how his show tries a different approach per episode

Clondalkin · « **Reply #14 on:** Nov 04, 2008 at 04:56 PM »

I'll serve him very deep friend galunggong out of curiosity...and SWEET tomato sauce based pasta.

Munskie · « **Reply #15 on:** Feb 18, 2009 at 01:47 PM »

Episode shown na in US......you know what to do right...sa mga interested to watch...

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #16 on:** Feb 18, 2009 at 01:53 PM »

His latest blog entry talks about the show, and about what kind of meat the Philippines serves BEST, better than anywhere in the world:

Hierarchy of Pork
By Anthony Bourdain on February 16, 2009 6:55 PM

I'm very nervous about tonight's Philippines show.

I'm all too aware of the fact that the country is made up of over seven THOUSAND islands and that I visited exactly two of them. The food is intensely regional ... I mean, even the difference between the food in Manila and Pampanga -- only a couple of hours away --is striking. So I missed ... a lot.

I'm very aware of how many Filipino fans we have -- and how enthusiastic they are about us (finally) covering their country. I wanted very badly to do a good job on this one. But I fear there's no way we got it "right."

Not that I didn't have a great time. I did.

For one thing, I settled a karmic debt of sorts: Augusto Elefano, who'd argued so fervently for his country of ancestry on the previous season's FAN-atic special had been sent home short of the prize after a brutal interrogation at my hands. Impressed by his zeal and feeling guilty about smashing his hopes and dreams I felt that Cebu would be good to see through his eyes. So we packed him, his wife and baby daughter onto a plane -- and sent them off into TV Land.

What we did get right, I'm quite sure, was making sure that the amazing, porky delights of "sisig" got plenty of camera time. If you've never had this divine mosaic of pig parts, chopped and served sizzling and crisp on one side on a screaming hot platter, then you've yet to have one of the world's best beer drinking dishes. And speaking of pig? It can now be said that of all the whole roasted pigs I've had all over the world, the slow roasted lechon I had on Cebu was the best. This puts the standings in the Hierarchy of Pork as follows:

#1. Philippines

#2. Bali

#3. Puerto Rico

If nothing else, I hope that homesick Filipinos living abroad get a glimpse of some of the food and scenery they've no doubt been missing. And for viewers who weren't previously familiar with the wide and tasty spectrum of flavors available over there, I hope the sight of me shoving a lot of very tasty stuff into my maw provides -- if nothing else -- inspiration to look further.

Closer to home, I have a problem: My obsession with the HBO series "The Wire" is taking an unhealthy turn. I recently bought the DVD boxed set -- all 60 hours of the show -- as well as "The Corner" the previous six part mini-series by the same writer/producers. I'm rewatching them all from beginning to end and just can't stop. It's like if I watch them closely, I'll somehow figure out how writing can be so good -- how an ensemble of mostly little known actors and a mammoth, wildly ambitious progression of story arcs can make a whole city come vividly, tragically alive. It's funny, exciting, excrutiatingly sad and always, always feels real. I can't tear myself away.

Gotta go. Omar and Brother Monzon are making their move on Stringer Bell ... I love this part.

Woohoo! We can soon be known as the PORK capital of the world!

sardaukar · « **Reply #17 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 12:39 AM »

Just finished watching this. Bad call. Gutom tuloy ako.

Tomorrow I'm gonna get me some sisig!

Mr. Hankey · « **Reply #18 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 12:50 AM »

Same here! I actually already modified my day tomorrow to make sure I make a stop for some Cebu lechon.

indie boi · « **Reply #19 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 01:18 AM »

Modify it some more to include a short stop somewhere near my place to give me some of the lechon, haha!

frootloops · « **Reply #20 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 02:36 AM »

Who serves the best Cebu lechon and sisig nowadays?...in Manila.

sardaukar · « **Reply #21 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 07:49 AM »

Don't know about the best but I really like Buddy's sisig. That's where I'm going later.

Thinking about all the food they showed, with the exception of maybe the shrimp adobo and possibly to a lesser extent the lechon, none of it, I think, will really look appetizing to a foreigner. I don't see it making them go, "That looks great! Let's go there!" Or am I wrong in that?

Munskie · « **Reply #22 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 08:12 AM »

Kahapon pa ako naghahanap ng sisig.....tsaka crispy Lechon skin.....

Dito sa Angeles City, if you want tender, juicy sisig served the orig way (medyo basa), Aling Lucing's is best. You want it crunchy, crispy, Mila's is the one you got to try.

Grabbed some pics.....

Aling Lucing's

Mila's

Im definitely getting some sisig later this day.....with RH of course!!

docelmo · « **Reply #23 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 08:31 AM »

Quote from: Munskie on Feb 19, 2009 at 08:12 AM

Kahapon pa ako naghahanap ng sisig.....tsaka crispy Lechon skin.....

Dito sa Angeles City, if you want tender, juicy sisig served the orig way (medyo basa), Aling Lucing's is best. You want it crunchy, crispy, Mila's is the one you got to try.

Aling Lucing's

Mila's

Im definitely getting some sisig later this day.....with RH of course!!

MMMMM.........MANYAMAN!!!

ivannn · « **Reply #24 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 09:23 AM »

nakakalaway naman yung sisig!

Saxman · « **Reply #25 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM »

great shots, Munskie!

Just visited Angeles last Friday (work related and timing din sa Hot Air Baloon Fest

).

I agree with you that Mila's sisig is one of the best (aside from Lucing's)! We also had chicharon bulaklak and lechon kawali, lahat masarap!

I love Pampanga!!!

Munskie · « **Reply #26 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 12:35 PM »

Quote from: Saxman on Feb 19, 2009 at 11:51 AM

great shots, Munskie!

Just visited Angeles last Friday (work related and timing din sa Hot Air Baloon Fest ).

I agree with you that Mila's sisig is one of the best (aside from Lucing's)! We also had chicharon bulaklak and lechon kawali, lahat masarap!

I love Pampanga!!!

Those aint my shots...just grabbed them online.

Coulnt agree with you more. The ambience isnt good, but the sisig there is simply great. Meatlovers delight. Just bring your cholesterol pill!!

krets pulpol · « **Reply #27 on:** Feb 19, 2009 at 05:28 PM »

Quote from: frootloops on Feb 19, 2009 at 02:36 AM

Who serves the best Cebu lechon and sisig nowadays?...in Manila.

CNT pa rin yata, but is there anything available here in Manila?

frootloops · « **Reply #28 on:** Mar 02, 2009 at 08:49 AM »

now on YouTube!

Luxinlex · « **Reply #29 on:** Apr 21, 2009 at 09:42 PM »

Behind the scenes story of the "best pig ever"

http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/anthony-bourdain-in-cebu