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Made in China

China products are everywhere, even to the remotest barangay in the Philippines. Filipinos buy products with Chinese characters they couldn’t understand. This is just the obvious part of the bigger problem. There are more alarming truths underneath. Made in China Product Made in China Label of a Box Made in China with Characters Unrecognizable to Common Filipinos From the Filipinos Perception Before we go over the complicated "Made in China" thing, let me first share with you this short conversation among Filipinos. This conversation  with my co-barangays in Batangas  about substandard quality of products being sold and used in the Philippines by the Filipinos started on a morning cooking session for a despedida party. One guy complained: “Ano ga naman yan, ano gang pagkakanipis naring siyansi na are! Pag may kaunti pang diin ay pihong bali.” (What the heck, why this spatula is so thin! Some more pressure and this will surely break.) This guy is in-charge

How Filipinos are Loosing their True Identity

What happens to the Filipinos foods? Haven’t you noticed, foreign foods are invading the Philippines by storm? International restaurants serving foreign cuisines are everywhere. Culinary arts, the way Filipinos look at it, is just becoming a trendy topic. Chefs, food blogger, culinary experts, food architect - goodness, are they soon to replace the simple “kusinero” and “kusinera” words that best describes our real identity as Filipinos in terms of cooking? Lechon - an original Filipino Cuisine Hamburger - considered as a foreign food in the Philippines that originated from the West Globalization shapes the future of the country, particularly the food landscape. There is nothing wrong with innovation. I’d been a waiter for quite some time in a popular catering business and if its about food preparation, I’m really impressed with the way our cooks and kitchen staffs do it. Those garnishing, decorative artwork, and plating styles, they really add beauty to the foods we

The Crisis We Need to Face as One Filipinos

The price of rice, vegetables, meat, poultry, and fish, among other Filipinos daily basic needs, keeps on rising. What is going on in the Philippines today? Rice and eggs, typical Filipino meal I think that same question is your question too. During my elementary days, I used to sing a song about rice and a part of the song goes like this... Bawat butil ng bigas na mailigpit... Ligaya rin natin kapag nagigigpit... Kumain ka ng husto at magtipid... (Every grain of rice that is consumed... Our happiness when we are on crisis... Eat well and be thrifty...) I can feel it and I am not numb to not see how the Filipinos are perishing to this crisis of the time. Rice, which our very own country produced, is so expensive that the lower class Filipino citizens can no longer afford to buy them. But if one cannot understand how rising global oil prices affects the inflation rate in the country, then to the simplest way, this blog will attempt to explain why importation of