Adobo in Every Form - From Traditional Dish to Slum Survival Food

[@saintevo6953]

You didn't have to do this for those doubters. Those doubters ain't going to be your supporters. They think they know everything better than others and are smarter than those around them. Ignore those fools. However, I'm glad you did do this video. I didn't watch the first time you ate pagpag adobo and the fact that you took this food on for the sake of food review and cultural understanding is just... dude you're channels going to explode. Production value is basically the same as the best ever food review show which is extremely impressive because it looks like you do most of your work yourself. Keep grinding champ, I hope to see your videos for years to come.

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks man. Appreciate it.

[@kasumpang09]

exactly!

[@yopac4418]

As a Filipino, you deserve my precious subscription on you channel. My hats off to you.

[@onlinestreamingnow]

I AM GENUINELY IN LOVE WITH YOUR FILIPINO SERIES AND I CANNOT WAIT TO GET AROUND THE OTHER COUNTRIES. YOUR STORYTELLING IS PHENOMENAL, ANDREW.

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks man. Really appreciate it.

[@Kawshun911]

Really enjoy Andrew's videos, they are some of the highest quality videos on youtube. The shots are incredible, the audio, the editing, the story telling, the voice overs are fantastic, and most end with a summation outro that makes you think. The pacing is great, I recommend this channel to everyone I speak to, the episodes are Discovery Channel quality and i always look forward to the next video no matter what the content. No doubt a tremendous amount of effort goes into making them and it really shows. After you watch these its so hard to watch other peoples videos they just don't compare. Thank you for making them!

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks. Really appreciate it 🙏.

[@hughfrasermcveyhally4575]

yaan ang tunay na ADOBO.... walang toyo, walang gata... ang sarap niyan...❤❤❤❤

[@KuyaCraig]

I avoid fatty pork and I’ve trained my pallet to like basmati rice (as well as brown basmati rice) but I’m gonna give myself some grace and make this tomorrow with a really good brand of white rice. I am on a mission now. I can’t wait to visit family in Ilocos. My diet will cease to exist the whole time I will be there. Naimas dayta! With the exception of pagpag adobo.

[@aandyvalentine]

Correction: The Philippine adobo didn't originated from Spain nor an adopted recipe from the colonizers. The filipinos were already cooking "adobo" way before the colonization, which refers to a common and indigenous cooking method. In the late 16th century, the Spanish only referred to it as "adobo" due to its superficial similarity but their adobo and our adobo aren't related.

[@brucewayne2773]

Good point, Spaniards indeed named it adobo after colonizing the Philippines in the late 16th century

[@Troo_World]

Up

[@johnwatch9147]

Adobo was Originated in Spain??ha????

[@brucewayne2773]

the word adobo originated in Spain, not the recipe@@johnwatch9147

[@user-vs3gc4cn3t]

I don’t know about that thou . The Spanish have their own adobo. I am Filipino but I’m still not sure where adobo came from. The Spaniard have been with Filipinos for a long time that most of our culture has been erased. I Wouldn’t be surprised if adobo came from Spanish colonization

[@cherylco2487]

Andrew, your contents are unique and informative even to us Pilipinos. I hope you didn't get sick eating pagpag.. What you did was very humbling. You are amazing

[@brucewayne2773]

It is nice to have chef Tito again sharing Adobo meal with you. My wife cooks adobo the same way as chef Tito, she is Ilocano they don't include veggies. But having potato in it is good too. Pagpag adobo although salty should be eaten with rice and the nice guy cooking it and his background using Magic Sarap that was key for flavor 😋.

[@Jaqe_jake]

Adobo got its name from the Spanish "adobar," meaning to marinate. When the Spaniards saw Filipinos marinating chicken or pork, it caught on. Initially, Filipinos used salt and vinegar, but when the Chinese brought soy sauce, it became a game-changer in Filipino adobo recipes.

[@arturoperez4062]

I totally agree, adobo Filipino is older the Spanish adobo. Both very similar but different, in Mexico there are some variations (marinade) if you will. Thank you for the video always great quality!!

[@eduardochavacano]

😂😂😂😂 why so desperate to create fiction.

[@christianvilla11]

Subscribed! Massive respect trying pagpag your are super brave. I've lived in the streets of Mindanao when I was a kid and tried kind of pagpag but uncooked version. Straight from the garbage and well today I salute everyone who dares to try and also respect the people.

[@eduardochavacano]

Mindanao has no Pagpag, let that be very clear. This Pagpag dish should not become a regular item in the carenderia or a street food like Kwek Kwek. But with the inflation, Pagpag will soon be as popular as fish balls.

[@adlibao76]

Andrew you are something else. Great work here!

[@BaldAndCurious]

Just the reality of life in a highly urbanized city like Manila. You gotta do what gotta do to survive. I personally saw kids and adults rummaging through fastfood restaurant discards on a daily basis during my commutes to and from the office. It's heart breaking. Human's should not be living in such conditions. But like any other societal problem, solutions are not so simple to come by.

[@rebeccaeugenio5727]

I love your channel. It feels new, it feels refreshing. Outstanding quality, perfectly paced.

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks 🙏 really appreciate the support

[@zumedina3431]

Andrew! I salute you! you've got what it takes to be a Filipino!

[@davidnguyen4885]

After watching this a saying came to mind. “Do you eat to live, or live to eat?”

[@rydellgarcia]

i wouldnt even dare to eat pagpag ever. hell no. so hats off to you sir

[@quarkstar2]

Great Video! Thank you for telling the untold stories!

[@colwood360]

Wow my place of living way back in my school days. Adobo is every ones favorite. Cheers~

[@monicaperdomo227]

I admire you! Just watching you eat that pagpag turned my stomach, I couldn’t do it. My respects

[@lawrencemaweu]

Wow, Andrew...glad to watch something from you

[@Cocopancake528]

Thank you for feeding the stray cat there ! Please keep that up ❤

[@vfxforge]

have a great holiday season Andrew, look forward to your videos in 2024

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Appreciate it mate 🙏. You also, have a great Christmas.

[@SoloQueueGamer]

Filipino Cuisine contains a lot of shall I say "survival" dishes and Adobo is one of those dishes. There's even a saying that goes "Adobo ngayon, Menudo bukas", which means meat is usually cooked as an Adobo today and then tomorrow any leftovers will be transformed into another dish.

[@Traviare1985]

Interesting dish and I like that your just crazy enough to try it! Lol.. I've never had refried fried chicken but I've had stuff like that meal.. food repurposed made from restaurant and stores dumpsters... different meats cleaned and cooked again noodles washed then new sauces added... honestly it wasn't bad... well great video like always and keep on introducing and showing us all the different crazy fun things from where ever you go!

[@ulyssesparado2743]

Andrew you're brave man! you tried the Pagpag Adobo....I supposed one time in his life our National Pride Manny Pacquiao also has experienced that...when he was still NOBODY eons ago!

[@allancastillo3106]

Woah, it's nice that you've able to visit the Philippines, and try the famous adobo with different versions of meat, God bless enjoy❤

[@Iampinaywanderer]

You're brave to try the adobo in happy land👍

[@fatboyfatboy9868]

Andrew thank you for visiting the Philippines and sharing to the world our unique diverse culture. Have tried going to the Visayas region like Iloilo? I wish you would cover that place too 😊

[@kendalcruz7418]

Ohh it's you! Aren't you the guy from sonny's channel (the besteverfoodreview)

[@ericksonasilo6569]

The bold guy sounds like a Filipino Elvis the way he talks 😂

[@ivanbernardino8984]

Back in the early 2000s I would see people checking the trash at night from that famous fast food here in the PH. I thought at first they were gonna sell the packaging (styro) to junk shops. Then a local channel did a documentary about pagpag. I put 2 and 2 together and damn. Its nasty and tasty at the same time (bec of adobo). They showed that in early 2000s btw and im surprised its still being done today.

[@KenLC]

may paksiw din ba sa Spain? kasi paksiw at adobo pareho lang, ibang karne lang ang gamit.

[@wcdo]

your contents are great!

[@frankiefernandez9225]

Your Game 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🤜🤛

[@mankenyuhoi9066]

Thank you for sharing this video

[@MikkosFree]

Just a slight adendum. When the spanish came, the Philippines was already cooking adobo. It just didn't have that name yet. When they saw how it was cooked, they went "ah, Adobar" which is the Spanish name for preserving meats in spices.

[@sillypiggy13]

Adobo did not originate from Spain, the word adobo(adobar) does, which means to marinate. And when they came here, they noticed that the locals were already doing it and that's our version.

[@eduardochavacano]

rich people eat Soy Pork or Soy Chicken from Chinese restaurant. Adobo is just poor man's soy chicken. No need to create a myth or legend for something that is not even popular among Filipinos. no Filipino in the Philippines want to see adobo in a party or banquet.

[@sillypiggy13]

@@eduardochavacano you say that but you're creating your own myth how the hell is Adobo not popular among Filipinos when it's a staple food? And no, adobo is not poor man's soy chicken since pre colonial adobo or adobo sa puti is just vinegar, lard, pepper, bayleaf, and garlic, plus there are many more versions of adobo, you're just looking down on our own culture and cuisine bro

[@neil330]

​@@sillypiggy13he's always like that in almost every videos that involves filipino food. Ignore him.

[@jhonrichardmanalo8811]

@@eduardochavacano original "adodo" doesn't even use soy sauce lmao know your history, I know you're a Filipino as well. Hunyango hahaha

[@edward2448]

Hey Andy, I will never complain again about not liking what I am having for dinner. I was surprised to see your friend on a cell 📱 phone. Money for a phone but not fresh food.? I will think about that skin and bones you had for lunch while I'm having my chicken legs tonight. Thank God mine will have meat on them. Videos like this help put things in perspective and humble me. God Bless ✝️📖✌️💞🙏

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Hey Edward, I've been to some really remote spots and I still haven't found a place where cellphones aren't everywhere. Maybe in your neck of the woods due to the amish? Next week's episode will talk more about happyland culture in a little more detail. It's a place full of contradictions, some of those guys make more money than you'd expect, and the food there is about much more than just surviving.

[@edward2448]

@@Andrew_Fraser Don't be fooled by the Amish. They have cell phones for their businesses. Only the homes remain Amish. Google them if time permits, quite interesting and not what you might think. Be safe, Seeya next time.✝️📖✌️💞🙏

[@edward2448]

@@Andrew_Fraser Hey Andy, Wishing you and your family a Blessed and Beautiful Christmas Shalom Shalom ✝️

[@dragoonzen]

Wow 😮

[@Jaqe_jake]

Adobo derived its name from the Spanish word "adobar," meaning to marinate. The Spaniards observed Filipinos marinating chicken or pork before cooking. Initially, Filipinos used salt and vinegar, but the introduction of soy sauce by the Chinese led to its incorporation in Filipino adobo recipes.

[@GigglesDaDevil]

I can’t believe you actually ate it

[@lutomson3496]

Meanwhile adobo was brought to mexico a hundred years earlier then Phillipines

[@brentgabel3660]

Damn Andrew, love your vids. Happy Land. Life is what me make of it. The man that lost part of his leg.........just keep keeping on. This is life, deal. Wow.

[@aaronzapata6071]

Andrew where's Sunny? , great video btw.

[@boang30]

While the original adobo you guys ate that was made in the clay pot is no longer seen in the modern day. The evolution that is pretty close to it would be adobo puti my grandma is from leyte and she would make it growing up and its pretty good. The cooking method is very close to the original

[@esperanzacorazon9686]

kusinero is wrong. watch some more videos of Filipino adobo. it did not start with the spaniards. the natives already had their own version of this dish before the spaniards came!

[@its_kimkim]

I miss you in Sonny's episode, i enjoyed alot..but im started to like your content too..i hit a like and subscribe button a year ago❤️❤️❤️ i love your channel too 5:09 5:09

[@kuyzdem8182]

try to document the rat hunters in Philippines thats cool documentary my friend every filipino love to see a challenging and extraordinary documentary

[@markalejandrox]

In an alternate reality, Louie would have received medical rehabilitation, a prosthetic for his lost leg, and lived in a cleaner environment, avoiding the hardships of scavenging among garbage. He would have had access to education, eliminating the need to resort to consuming scraps every other day. His reluctance to relocate stems from the prevalent lack of awareness among his community, as they struggle to believe in the possibility of a better life.

[@ballistic350]

Damn andrew dont risk your health too much...

[@raymondcajigal4923]

New subscriber here😊

[@amhigh8946]

I subscribed cause i saw you with sunny and your in the Philippines 🇵🇭 ❤❤❤❤

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Appreciate it man 🙏. Great to have you on board.

[@amhigh8946]

@@Andrew_Fraser there alot places to explore in the phillpines PALAWAN el nido : best island beach in the phillpine BANAUE : past 8 wonders of the world BAGUIO city : american colonized it BOHOL : chocolates hills BORACAY : beach CEBU city..... try the lechon meat. .... try it you wont regret it😃

[@cakesnipher7024]

Thank you Andrew 👍🤙

[@jhonrichardmanalo8811]

This is the other side of the Philippines that you would not see in other "travel vloggers". I first knew pagpag when a local documentary channel featured it years ago, it is nasty to think that they get this foods on trash, but poverty really gave them no choice to resort to this things. Even me, a local, would not try this, it is good that there are people who is brave enough to show or tell stories others even won't try.

[@Luxebarbie]

yum

[@markmadrigal9302]

Yung diring diri tayo sa pagluluto ng mga indiano sa kanilang pagkain....yung hindi natin naisip na mayroon pala tayong PAGPAG! 😀😀

[@carmelohernandez1202]

Adobo back in Puerto Rico is pretty much a seasoning 🧂

[@seanvergs6175]

Very delicious 🤤😋🥰❤️☺️

[@Masaichi-ux5lf]

Pagpag again. Ur talented. But really God bless l.a ca

[@christianandrewmendoza6183]

damn props to you bro, i'm a filipino but i would never eat that thing 😂

[@stebopign]

holy crap, you did this story? :o

[@14Jondaime]

Sad that a Filipino doesn't know the origin of his dish. Adobo didn't come from Spain, it's our ancestors way of cooking meat with local ingredients like vinegar, garlic and other spices. Also it's not colonial era Adobo, it's pre-colonial.

[@Voss_Baba]

The information you received is inaccurate. Filipinos have been preparing Adobo long before the arrival of the Spaniards, and the use of soy sauce predates their colonization by centuries. Our historical trade relations with the Chinese further solidify our longstanding culinary practices. While the name 'Adobo' may have originated from Spanish influences, it is essential to recognize that Filipinos have been employing the cooking method for an extensive period. Therefore, Adobo is not merely a dish name but a culinary technique deeply embedded in our heritage.

[@eecycee6073]

way better then sunnys show

[@amyvelo5212]

Adobo without soy sauce is originally called adobong Tagalog or adobong puti.

[@handel1111]

No such thing as Adobong Tagalog. Adobong Puti, yes.

[@jamesneilnovite3479]

you versus historians? lol.. ​@@handel1111

[@totalchaos7112]

i hope this everyone a different perspective in life.

[@laurencemunoz2216]

Cooking adobo we don't use simple spices because that way you will taste the meat in its fullest not the taste of to much spices.

[@AudreyAnnePalad]

Why he interview that bold hair he didnt even know where our adobo originated

[@Harald.]

That's hard for a foreigner to know. I belive he did his best. A foreigner will never be able to fully understand the culture and way of thinking, as he grew up in another culture, at another continent. The interesting part for me, was not the origin of the dish or the recipe. It was what people do to survive.

[@armedanddangerous2242]

Pinoys, we should be proud of our pagpag, bcuz it shows our resourcefulness.

[@dominicijavier1575]

resourcefulness??? that's desperation that shouldn't even be happening. stop patronizing poverty. my fellow filipinos are eating food out of dumpsters because they have to take matters into their own hand since the government failed them and you want me to be proud of that?

[@handel1111]

Resourcefulness your ass, what you're stating about being proud over pagpag is poverty porn

[@cristyluv1205]

I’m not sure if “proud” is the word you should be using. This is garbage, highly susceptible to bacteria and other diseases. The fact that these good people have to do this is atrocious….No community farms???NOONE should be forced to sift through trash just to fill their bellies everyday. This isn’t resourceful….it’s wrong

[@carlomandocdoc4917]

Bro being proud of the Philippines governments filth like what the f*ck

[@sinnceer_era]

✌🏾🙏🏾🐜

[@reddbest0153]

hats off ..i thought that theres no american has a guts to try pagpag..

[@christophermorales3175]

Even vlogs don't dare to taste that food.

[@gads994]

Best adobo atleast no more oil added, let them cook in there own meat oil specifically pork meat. I really wonder why a lot of people put some oil on it when they cook adobo

[@AnhNguyen-oh6ht]

Yummy pagpag adobo👅

[@_ShaDynasty]

12:50 haha his short answers

[@LilyBeth-wm6lg]

Hi Andrew

[@sillypiggy13]

Also no, the statement 'and then the Chinese came' is wrong. There were already trades happening between Chinese and the Filipinos from Luzon long before the Spaniards came, the Chinese came first, they just didn't colonize us.

[@joaquimrodriguez8961]

If legend has it,it's not true

[@Andrew_Fraser]

What legend?

[@R3TR0J4N]

Unfortunately the only means of foraging in a concrete jungle, most felled vicitim were blinded by the false hope that manula bring them out of poverty, until its too late to realize they had better life in the province

[@pinoytoons]

Responding to that so called traditional adobo, is not adobo. It's "Paksiw".

[@laoaganlester1728]

This is a great example of poor country survival! (eating pag-pag) Compared to the rich countries who take there privileges for granted. My personal experience when I worked in Europe....I used to dig up dumpsters only to find out that about 1/8 of the entire content are the real garbage. I found eggs, chicken, unexpired factory made food that are still sealed. Clothes that are not damaged. I felt angry and frustrated about the waste lifestyle of the citizens of the country.

[@Harald.]

I totally agree. In the western world we waste too much food. Being born i Norway in the 1970's in a relative poor family, we where brought up to never waste food. You eat everything you put on your plate, and leftovers are prepared to another meal. If we didn't trow away so much food, we would buy less, and more food would be available to the poor regions. Wasting food is also disrespectful to the farmers and producers, who work hard.

[@hankwnen8805]

What was that?? I’d be more impressed if you ate a whole plate of pag pag with rice!

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Time for round 3?

[@kaizerkun6364]

Spanish learn adobo from the Philippines

[@mrgrimlemortv8077]

Only in Luzon 😢😢

[@comeju3264]

Done reporting this video

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Thanks. Appreciate it 🙏

[@RedmiRedmi-vo9sx]

🥺🥺🥺🤲🤲🇧🇩❤️

[@francischua2565]

"pagpag" is not a national dish. only isolated portion of the population eat it due to economic hardships. this video got it all wrong in so many levels. very insensitive to say the least.

[@OMARtivated]

Hey andrew the info about the adobo u got from that bald guy is wrong

[@kashmir0702]

wrong! the philippine adobo exist in pre-colonial time, when spaniards saw it they call it adobo which means marinating.. that chef story doesn't make sense, he said spain introduce adobo, then started using soy sauce when chinese came, FYI chinese came on the Philippine Islands many years earlier than spaniards.

[@HomeAutomated-v2r]

This reminds me of when Fred Durst said he would eat the corn out of Christina Agulera's shit. You should have washed it down with half a cup of cold sick.

[@bellyfat3152]

Chicken Adobo in 15 minutes is BS, absolutely impossible

[@electrovertex5959]

According to google pagpag originated from spain 😅

[@handel1111]

Lol that guy explaining to you the history of Adobo is entirely wrong, he certainly doesn't know history.

[@bon-dq1po]

Wag nyo na po sana kainin galing na po sa basurahan. Tinapon na po ng iba may dahilan sila. Kung sa restawran po, pwede naman po siguro magsabi, magsabi lang. ang gobyerno po ay may tulong para sa bawat pinoy pinay. Sorry talaga ho. maraming salamat po. Wag na wag nyo po kakainin di po para sa tao yun. Alagaan nyo po ang sarili nyo parang tulad ng ginagawa nyo sa bawat isa. Ang buhay po ay mahalaga. Sorry at maraming salamat.

[@parakawil]

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[@georgeli3935]

Did he just call it the "unofficial national dish"? Thats like calling baloney sandwiches the "unofficial" national dish of the USA.

[@drissaudia1323]

11:25 I have seen this dish before on another documentary channel. You didn’t quite explain it properly. Basically, they go and find scraps of left over chicken in bins, wastes and at chicken shops that throw their customers food out. They wash it and re- cook it again. I wouldn’t eat it, gosh knows how long it’s been sitting in the bin among all other nasty things! You would think in this world we would have enough food for everyone that we don’t have to eat scraps from rubbish! But, this is only for the very very poor.

[@norfabros5690]

That's not adobo he cooked that's paksiw