Where We Eat in Siargao | Ep. 2 🇵ðŸ‡ðŸ”ªðŸ¤™ðŸ½
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We need this exercise and this energy
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And kami ni Camille
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We're both Pisces
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Creatures of the water
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We get our energy from
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Di ba pag happy ka
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Mag happy ka yung output mo maganda rin
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We're going to this karinderia
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Where David normally eats
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And I trust David in terms of
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You know, food selections
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Kasi we surfed hard today
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And at the same time we're happy
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Yan ang tinatawag nilang stoked
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Yung nakangiti yung mata mo
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Yan yung aking definition of stoked
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Ang saya lang talaga
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To be one with nature
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Pag na-wipe out ka
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Kanina medyo tagal ko sa tubig
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Hindi talaga ako nag-panic
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Pero huwag mo kontrahin
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Huwag mo kontrahin yung Mother Nature
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Tapos i-aangat ka lang nun
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Sobrang gutom ko na
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Yan yung hindi ko na ikokontra
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This is gonna be good
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This is gonna be good
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I eat here almost everyday
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Kayo nagluluto na ito kuya?
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Parang alam ko na maging masarap to
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Kasi yung nagtitinda
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Ano pangalan niyo ma'am?
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So balita ko nagsasart ka ng maaga
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Luto mga seven thirty
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Inuuna ko lahat yung
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Ano yung gusto ng mga tao
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Gano'ng nakatagal to?
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Tapos taga rin pa kayo?
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Kaya pala yung pagkain nyo
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Dinalan nyo dito?
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Lutong bahay lang po
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Kung ano lang yung
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Kung ano lang yung
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Kailangan mayabang ka
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Masarap yung pagkain mo
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Eh kain muna kami
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This is your go-to place
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Before going to the bar
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Before going to work
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I come here at like
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Just to recharge everything
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To get the energy
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For Sev and Barbosa
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If they have this
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The Spanish sardines
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Or the Beagle Express
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So a lot of these are
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This is the inert
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And this is the face
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Ginatang vegetables
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Which is good too
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And they have squid here
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He said this is the second time
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He said this is the second time
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They've cooked it
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So it's a new dish
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But it's nice because
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This is my favorite here
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And I eat it with
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I get all the sauce
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I put it in the rice
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The ginuguan is so fresh
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This would be good with fish too
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This has great textures
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Because it's got the fat
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And then there's the cartilage
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And then there's the salty
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What is Sari-Sari?
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The face of a pig
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I always try all these
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Carinderas and papa
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Because that's where I like to eat papa
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So this is like on the main road
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And when I tried it
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This is really good
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Because you don't see a lot of this
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Especially the Spanish sardines
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The person cooking here
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Really knows what she's doing
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And it's so straightforward
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And through my conversations
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With the people here
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Over the last year
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She doesn't accept
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Na pangit yung luto yan
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That's why I eat here
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Kala ko sa mga plugs lang
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Siya na yata yung pinaka
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Na masarap na tinuguan
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Para lasong-lasong mo
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Hindi pa po yung perfect
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Ano kasi nasa yung
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Ang hinahanap ko yung
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Yun yung problema sa akin
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Pag asawa ko pagluto
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Hindi ako contento
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Pag sinasabi mong nutong bahay
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Pero yung sa inyo
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At may pagmamahal
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At susunod na lang yung pera
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Masarap naman kasi talaga
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Masarap naman kasi talaga
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Oh my God, that's so nice!
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When you try it also, it's really good.
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I'm surprised you ordered a vegan drink.
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No, I do like vegan ice creams.
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Because it's so clean.
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And it's by the main road so a lot of people when they're done with surfing, they come here and they buy a buko juice.
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It's the easiest spot to buy fresh buko juice.
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Because usually when you get buko juice that's like from the coconut, it's not cool.
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After lunch, we paid a surprise visit to Barbosa, one of David's restaurants, to visit an old friend from Macaulay Gringo, now a Sergao resident and David's sous chef.
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We're here at Barbosa. How old is Barbosa?
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Yeah, something like this.
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And this is Gringo, one of my first friends here in the island.
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I had a friend before that was looking for a chef.
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And he asked me and I said,
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I have the perfect guy.
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And then yeah, fast forward, that was you and fast forward, you're still here.
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After how many years?
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So I took that job and then rest is history. I never left.
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Except for yeah, like I said, COVID.
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And then this is an Asian-inspired?
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Because last year, I pretty much like lived in Thailand for a bit.
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And then just by being there, like I got to be familiarized with the flavors and all that.
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When me and David decided to go the direction of Southeast Asian flavors.
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So like it's, I mean, Thailand is a food mecca.
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And if you live there, so did you kind of like learn from someone or while you were there
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or just by eating?
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And then of course, research.
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You're like, oh, that's how they make it easy.
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Like and then from the experiences of, you know, like taste buds, like find our way through.
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It's really different when you get to taste mismo, di ba?
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Like it's different say from a cookbook or from YouTube versus you really tasting it
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and experiencing it yourself, right?
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So are you really, are you happy cooking Southeast Asian food?
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Because of course, there's not a lot of those flavors coming around.
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We want to present it in a different way also.
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So say what's your favorite dish here in your menu?
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I would have to say the pork and the shrimp dish.
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The pork is just cooked in what?
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Um, the pork is just grilled and then we have this like Thai inspired sauce also to go,
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And then for the shrimp naman, I don't know, I think those two dishes are the ones that
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we just made it on the first try and we said like, okay, let's put that on the menu.
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You know, this guy, not only is he a cook, he's also a good, a great artist.
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And then I don't see any of your artwork here yet.
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I guess it just goes to show Gringo's focus in the kitchen.
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Being able to present a different form of art is yeah, it's very fulfilling also.
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You really saw the island evolve.
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And do you, are you happy?
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I guess I've come to learn to accept the fact that it will always change.
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And you know, like even then 2014 you'd say, you know, I came here 2014 and then 2018
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I'd say like, oh, it was better in 2014 and then now it's 2020, 23 and I would say like,
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oh, 2018 was a really good time.
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So I think now would be a really good time looking, you know, forward.
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Right, right, right, right.
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You guys, you know, you went out, you got those experience and brought it here.
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I mean, it's like what you said, it's a constant change for the good.
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For the good, yeah.
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But as long as there are people like us who want to make it good, then we do try to inspire
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also others to go there.
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Not everyone can live in an island.
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Everyone can go on a holiday in an island, but to stay here for more than 10 years.
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That's why I asked earlier, where do you get your joy?
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I'm just hanging out.
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And I, I still do my art.
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So on my off time, I'm by myself painting, drawing.
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I remember I called Gringo.
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I was, I was here.
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I said, Gringo, you want to work in Sergao?
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No, and ever since, but we've done so many pop-ups together as well.
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And you've always helped me.
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I remember you've always, he's always been there.
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Like, he's like the, the perfect sous chef.
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That's why he's here with me.
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So, guys, Gringo is taken.
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So don't even think about it anymore.
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No, really, like, it's, it's rare to find someone that, like, can do it.
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That, like, can, can be that two steps ahead.
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Like, iniisip mo palang ginagawa niya na or ready na siya.
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We're back at Barboza for dinner.
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It's a Friday night.
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And in a few hours, this place will be absolutely packed with partygoers.
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So far, the vibe is super, super cool.
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And, um, I can't believe that we're in Sergao.
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It feels like I'm in another country.
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So, yeah, guys, um, this is David, the head chef here.
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The, the ever-reliable Gringo.
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And, um, yeah, this is their team.
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It's pretty cool how Sergao has evolved, you know?
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Like, look at that, a chef on the pass.
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I mean, normally, Sergao has, used to be just so straightforward.
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Beside our table, I meet some friends from Manila.
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And I ask why they keep coming back to Sergao.
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Lauren is from Manila, right?
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Yes, I'm from Manila.
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Okay, so I'm, I'm gonna ask a question.
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So, why do you like coming to Sergao?
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I love coming to Sergao because there's something about the spirit here.
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Everybody is just so free-spirited and is open to everything.
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And as a foodie, I love that every time I come here, there's something new.
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And the scene here is just, it doesn't feel commercial.
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Everybody, you feel the passion that everyone puts into everything here.
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I'm getting goosebumps.
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From the food to the events.
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Everyone's here because they want to be here and they want to be doing what they do.
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And I think you can feel it.
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Pang-Miss Universe na sagot yan ah, pero.
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Like, back in the city, you're like, wait.
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Right here is like, we're all the same.
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We all want to have the same level.
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Everyone wants you to have a good time.
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So, why do you like coming here?
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For me, it's really the community.
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It's the openness.
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And like, just have the energy, really.
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I mean, and there's always something new every time you come.
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And there's always a new experience.
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And like you said, like, everyone's in the same wavelength, the same path.
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How many times have you been here?
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Six times so far.
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To see how, like you said, the food scene has grown so much.
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A week is not enough.
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But it's always an excuse to come back, you know what I mean?
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As cliche as this may sound, I mean, I'm a foodie as well.
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And I feel like this place is such a melting pot of ideas.
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You know, you see different people from different walks of life trying to bring in their culture to here.
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So every restaurant you go to has like a different scene, different vibe, different energy to it.
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And like even just the people around here, whether you meet the locals or the foreigners, everyone in a sense is all equal.
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So it's just nice to be around them because no matter who you are, like you feel accepted in a way.
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I guess that's what everyone's feeling here.
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And you guys just articulated it and really, really well.
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I've been to beaches like Boracay, El Nido and stuff.
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But for me, this feels more like home.
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Maybe it's the language, maybe it's the food.
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So before the pandemic, I would go here just, you know, kind of mababa, but I always go here to party.
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That's how we start.
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Not really, not really surf, not really, you know, take part in the community.
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But during the pandemic, I found myself like not doing anything.
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So like I stayed here for like a month or more.
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And like that's when I realized how important it is.
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I realized how tight-knit the community is.
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I fell in love with it.
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And then after that, I started, like I really wanted to come back.
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So this is the first time I come back.
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Finally, it's time to try David and Gringo's food.
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Can we start with this?
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So this is our cabbage appetizer.
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It's roasted cabbage with miso butter, calamansi soy glaze, and a soy egg, sesame, and spring onions.
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And then this is fermented potatoes we fermented for three days, and homemade banana ketchup,
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and garlic aioli.
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And then our other starter is a string bean and Baguio bean Szechuan stir fry.
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So it has Szechuan peppers, and then there's calamansi cream cheese whipped.
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And then this is a cuttlefish rolled in fermented mustasa with sticky rice inside.
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That's a fried chicken, kind of Thai style, with a Thai kind of flavor.
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Kind of Thai style with a Thai kaumonggay sauce and a pineapple petchai relish.
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And then this is a grilled pork with cumin and fennel rub, an herb salad, and like a Thai dressing also.
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And then this is a parang binagoongan na shrimp with a bagoong mango thing.
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It's like a chili salt mango thing and a ginger turmeric curry sauce.
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And then we have our very tamarind chili peanuts.
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And that is that.
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I mean, pretty impressive, man.
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So cuttlefish is kind of like squid, but it's not.
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It has like a big spine that's kind of hard.
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So it has like a backbone.
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But it's similar to squid.
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Me and Gringo, we wanted to ferment stuff.
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That was our initial plan.
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Like we want to ferment a lot of things.
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So one of the things we started fermenting was mustard leaves.
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And then one night, he went to my house and he brought a stir fry of pork with like a Thai style stir fry.
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And we just decided to wrap that with rice in the mustard leaves.
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And so we were like, oh, this is really good.
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And so I kind of wanted to change it because it was a little too basic for me.
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So I thought of putting cuttlefish because there's a lot of cuttlefish here.
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You don't see that in Manila or anywhere else.
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So I have only seen it really here in the beaches in Mindanao.
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So we pressure cook that and then we make our own XO sauce.
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And then we put chili garlic, the chili garlic that you like.
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And then we do a coconut lemongrass sticky rice.
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And then we wrap that in the mustard.
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And then the sauce is mustard and pickled ginger that we blend.
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So that's the friendship, no?
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Because if it was just me,
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I would have maybe stopped somewhere or I wouldn't be able to start somewhere
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in terms of like thinking of what to put in the dish.
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So Gringo is the perfect complement for me because that's where the creativity kind of bounces with each other.
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Like for that, like he brought in the idea of wrapping it in the mustard leaves.
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The initial concept for this was actually more Western, like hummus, salads, ganyan.
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And then at a certain point, we didn't feel like it was very true to our hearts.
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And so we decided to go Asian because that's what we know and love anyway.
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And we're Asian, so.
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It's like labneh.
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It's really nice combination flavor.
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So what makes it sour here?
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So we put tamarind.
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So that's the primary thing that makes it sour.
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But also calamansi we put.
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And this is charred over charcoal, no?
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And so the rub of that is cumin and fennel seeds.
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The rub of the pork.
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Because it's something I ate in Beijing before.
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It's like a Sichuan barbecue but they do it with lamb.
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And of course, we don't have lamb here so I just used the pork and it's good.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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I'll leave some for Aaron, alright?
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And this one's everyone's favorite.
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It's like a shrimp pinagawangan with like a green, it's a green mango salad.
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And then a curry, turmeric and ginger curry on there.
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So we did at my old restaurant, we did bagoong and charred hispi cabbage.
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So I'm really interested to try this.
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Yes, this one is a bit Japanese.
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So the cabbage, that was also kind of accidental, no?
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Like we didn't really plan.
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Steamed first and then roasted?
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Steamed and then roasted.
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What makes it so yummy?
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So it's just miso paste with butter.
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Little bit of sugar.
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This is the star.
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You like that one?
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This is the star.
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This is, right, this menu is your playground.
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It's super experimental.
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The reason why I want to do this is I want to also say that I don't just do kinilaw.
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You know what I mean?
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Because it's, yeah.
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I just want to express a bit more of what we can do.
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Especially on the island where the ingredients are very limited.
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You're pushing it, man.
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We're trying to be very creative with it.
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But a lot of the ingredients are from Shopee.
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Like the szechuan peppers are from Shopee.
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The tamarind paste is from Shopee.
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The miso butter is from here.
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You know, I won't be surprised if, say, a local cook comes here, eats here, and then
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gets inspired, and then he'll make a barbecue out of this.
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This is the playground.
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And because you have all these different ingredients, you have the license for it as
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Whatever you want.
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You could be the Shopee endorser.
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It saved my life on the island, to be honest.
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It's time to put away the camera.
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Stay tuned for episode three, coming soon.
