/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16897367
This is largely true. They adopted a few good items from Spain, also the rest of Asia. Lumpia is the same as any Asian fried spring roll, and fucking everyone can make simple stir frys, fried rice, etc. Recipes that are truly native to the Philippines are always bad. Some of this is the result of destitute poverty. The ingredients are limited to the cheapest of the cheap, most households do not even have an oven, many do not even have refrigeration. So your initial conditions are an extremely basic kitchen and bad ingredients.
Filipinos adore American food. A lot of them are starving so greasy, processed, sugary junk is like manna from heaven to them.