Video: Americans react to ‘isaw, kwek kwek’ and other Pinoy ‘street foods’ Many Filipinos have a strong craving for ‘street foods.’ It’s almost a part of regular living for the masses. But how about other nationalities like our ally Americans? How would they react to ‘isaw, kwek kwek’ and other Filipino ‘street foods’? This almost- three-minute clip shows the reaction of the American crew of the website BuzzFeed as they tried our Filipino street foods: fish balls, turon, kwek kwek, kikiam and isaw. One taster described our widely popular fish balls, which is made of deep-fried fish paste, as “like a weird sponge.” Another taster has an interesting take on our fish ball as the “the fish version of a chicken nugget.” Among the street foods they tasted, most of the BuzzFeed staff enjoyed the ‘turon’ or sweet banana spring rolls, as well as the ‘kwek-kwek’ or deep-fried quail eggs. Although they generally like kikiam (ground pork and vegetables wrapped in bean curd sheets and deep fried) they consider its taste as like egg roll. “It tastes like a flat egg roll… I don’t know what’s going on,” says one taster on kikiam. With regards to our classic ‘isaw’ (grilled intestines), understandably, it did not go well with the tasters. “It’s like ‘Fear Factor’ right there,” mumbles one taster on the ‘isaw’ challenge. Way back in 2009, Filipinos felt pride when the travel website of CNN (then called CNNGo) considered Manila as one of Asia’s 10 greatest street food cities. Among the street foods listed on the CNN travel website are fish ball, isaw, kikiam and kwek-kwek, chicharon (deep-fried pork rinds), taho (silken tofu with sugar syrup and tapioca pearls), balut (fertilized duck egg), silog (garlic fried rice, fried egg and a viand), sago’t gulaman (tapioca pearls with caramelized sugar water and agar jelly) and banana cue (deep-fried banana coated in brown sugar). Watch the video:
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 06:57:49 +0000