[OPINION] Of pancit, adobo and takoyaki: Colonialism, cuisine, culture

The Philippines is more than just Chicken Joy or adobo. Embrace multiculturalism.

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.After a sunny stroll, I had lunch with a group of Korean students. I asked one of them about her view on Filipino food. She said that Pinoy cuisine may be,” but collectively, it tends to be oily, fatty, and too sweet. In short, appetizing yet somewhat unhealthy.

The Chinese, despite not colonizing the Philippines, influenced Filipino cuisine. Pinoy comfort foods like lumpiang Shanghai and pancit Canton bear the names of places in China. If translated to English, they are addressed as “Filipino spring rolls” and “Filipino stir-fried noodles,” respectively. Notice how the modifiers specifying the Chinese places, when translated to English, are replaced with “Filipino.” Hence, this proves how we Filipinos made Chinese dishes as our own.

Americans introduced fast-food and child obesity, too, to the islands. Besides Jesus Christ, I assume every Filipino kid can recognize a clown and a bee as mascots of the rival joints. Jollibee is the nation’s response to localizing American fast-food joints. If the American South enjoys fried chicken as soul food, Chicken Joy is probably the Philippine equivalent.

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