I fell in love with Filipino food in Manila!

9 places in this vlog

In the order they appear. Tap a time to play it here, or ↗ to open YouTube at that second.

1. 1:54

   Rodic's Diner

   🍴 Restaurant · Diliman, Quezon City

   Try the longsilog with peppery sausage and add chili-spiked vinegar to cut the richness.

2. 3:12

   Esmeralda Kitchen

   🍴 Restaurant · Metro Manila

   Its sinigang is made with lechon belly; pair the kare-kare with bagoong and 'Wake Up, Wake Up' greens.

3. 5:25

   Intramuros

   🏛️ Historic site · Intramuros

   A snack stall just outside sells 'quack quack', deep-fried quail eggs with a zingy vinegar dip.

4. 6:44

   Lechon Diva

   🍴 Restaurant · Metro Manila

   The lechon is stuffed with rice, mushrooms and truffle essence and served with a spicy-sour 'Divalicious' sauce.

5. 9:29

   Cabel

   🍴 Restaurant · Metro Manila

   The Mindanao chicken with charred coconut sauce is the standout dish.

6. 11:21

   Palm Grill

   🍴 Restaurant · Metro Manila

   Order tiyula itum with torched bone marrow, the charred eggplant salad, fish with sambal and the Mindanao-style halo-halo.

7. 13:33

   Binondo

   🏘️ Neighborhood · Binondo

   Expect long queues at popular spots; fresh lumpia, pancit canton and fried lumpia are the essentials here.

8. 17:45

   Toyo Eatery

   🍴 Restaurant · Makati

   Leche flan ice cream comes topped with rare artisanal salt filtered through burnt coconut husk, taking six months to make.

9. 19:54

   Binondo Bites

   🍜 Street food · Binondo

   The queue can reach two hours; the buns are very good but arguably not worth that long a wait.