FIRST TIME In Philippines 🇵🇭 Manila was NOT What We Expected… (we were SHOCKED!)

FIRST TIME In Philippines 🇵🇭 Manila was NOT What We Expected… (we were SHOCKED!)

Welcome to Manila, Philippines. We’re super 
excited to be in Manila. This is actually   our first time that we’ve ever been to the 
Philippines, and we actually arrived here a couple nights ago. We flew from Bangkok on 
Cebu Pacific to Manila, and we arrived here at 6:00 in the morning. We immediately went to our 
Airbnb in Mandaluyong that we booked for a month, but unfortunately, there was a little bit of a 
pest problem, so we immediately had to leave and   find a new Airbnb. Luckily, we found another one, 
which I really love, in Makati. We’re staying at a place called Ra House, which is super nice. It’s 
got these two big beds, it’s got a nice big TV, it’s got a little kitchenette, it’s got a 
workspace as well, and a nice little balcony   with a view, so we really like it here. We 
weren’t expecting to be in Makati at all, so today’s going to be a surprise even to us, 
but we’re really looking forward to exploring   this area and seeing what we can get up 
to. But first, let’s go grab some coffee. One thing we’ve already noticed in the brief 
amount of time we’ve been here in Manila is   that there seem to be coffee shops absolutely 
everywhere. So I took a quick second to look it up, and it turns out that the Philippines is 
the second biggest consumer of coffee in Asia. I think that it said something like 80% of people 
here drink coffee, and on average, two and a half cups per day. So that’s pretty insane, to be 
honest. We came to a place called Commune Bar, Café, and Roastery, of course for some coffee. 
As you can see, I got something very interesting, and this is a pandan coffee. It looks 
absolutely insane. The whole bottom half of the coffee is just this bright lime green 
pandan color. If you don’t know what pandan is, it’s a very popular flavor in Southeast Asia. 
It kind of tastes like coconut and vanilla,   so I’m very excited to try this. It looks 
very interesting, so let’s mix this up. I think I might even like this 
coffee. I’m just not a coffee drinker,   but this looks delicious. 
All right, let’s try this. Mmm. Oh, that is so good. It actually is pretty 
coffee-forward, so I’m not sure that you will like this, but I love it. It has like a little hint of 
that coconut pandan flavor, but what you really taste is that nice strong coffee, and it’s really 
creamy as well. This is absolutely delicious. We are in this area that’s called Poblacion, and I 
think especially here I feel like I’ve seen loads of coffee shops on Google Maps, and I think just 
in general this area has a lot of bars and coffee shops, restaurants—I think it’s quite hip, and I 
quite like it. But I don’t really drink coffee, so I got an iced tea. It’s their own recipe, I 
guess, because it’s Commune Iced Tea. Let’s see. Mmm. Ooh, this tastes not very sweet, 
actually. It’s just very lemony, delicious. Kind of tastes like a homemade 
Lipton iced tea, so it’s quite nice. Yeah, maybe it’s calamansi. Yeah,   I don’t know. I don’t know what that 
tastes like. I just know it’s good. That is really good. Just like you 
said, not that sweet, a little bit sour,   but definitely refreshing. One thing 
that’s cool about this place is that, as you can see, you can come up to the 
rooftop and get these really cool views   of Makati. So I’m glad that we came 
here. Let me try this pandan coffee. Yeah, it’s not sweet, but it does kind of taste 
like coconut-y pandan-y. I feel like if I had a little bit more sugar and condensed 
milk or something, this would be good. When we first came into the city 
the other day from the airport,   I feel like I immediately noticed that the 
city kind of seems almost dystopian to me, like steampunk-y or cyberpunk-y, with lots of metal, 
lots of dark. The jeepneys are all made of metal, and everyone’s squeezed in there. There’s crazy 
traffic, people are driving kind of crazy as well, and yeah, I just felt like I was kind 
of in some dystopian movie or something,   which is pretty cool and quite different from 
any other Asian city I’ve been to so far. I feel like even just driving through 
what we’ve seen so far, there’s a pretty   significant juxtaposition between poor and rich. 
There’s some areas that are really built up, really nice, these big high-rises, but 
then of course there’s the poorer side   of Manila with slums and things like that. 
But one major impression already is that the people here are amazing, and they are 
some of the most friendly that we’ve   ever dealt with. So I’m really excited 
to explore the city a little bit more. But at this moment, we are starving. 
So let’s go grab some breakfast. So we came to Kanto Freestyle, 
which I think is a chain,   and they have all-day breakfast. We ordered 
some traditional things, but we also got this macadamia float — and it’s melting, so 
that’s why I’m going to have this first. It’s going everywhere. Anja is obsessed 
with anything nut-related. So it’s coffee? I’m pretty sure it’s coffee. Great — we just 
had coffee, and I don’t even drink coffee. This tastes nice, but it tastes like a milky 
kind of coffee, I don’t know, with ice cream. I don’t know if we can take that much caffeine. 
I know — we’re going to have a heart attack. It   is absolutely roasting out here today, and this 
thing is melting so quickly. So let’s try this… Oh, it is so sweet.
Not bad sweet?  What do you mean? It’s super sweet. 
It’s got a huge dollop of ice cream on top. It’s got marshmallows. And as you said,   it definitely tastes like an instant kind 
of package of coffee or something like that. I certainly don’t taste macadamia. But 
I don’t know. It’s very, very sweet. Our food has now arrived, and I’m going 
to try something called champorado, which is a rice porridge — a chocolate rice porridge. 
Typically, this comes with something called tuyo, which is a dried fish, but they ran out. That 
was actually the main reason why I wanted to come   here, because it seemed a little bit unique and 
a bit strange to me — chocolate and fried fish. But since they don’t have the fish, I’m going 
to just have to try the porridge on its own. So let’s mix this up.
Oh, look at it. It looks so chocolatey and super sweet. You’ll have to let me know in the 
comments — if you’re Filipino, is this more of a breakfast thing or a dessert? All right, let’s try this… Mmm! Oh, so chocolatey! That is an extremely sweet way to start your day.
I feel like if you ate a whole bowl of this, you would absolutely have a sugar high.
But of course, it’s delicious — super   creamy, milky, and chocolatey.
You don’t even really taste the rice. But this is definitely delicious.
Oh — it’s hot! That is so chocolatey. That is like the most 
chocolatey chocolate rice pudding I’ve ever had. It’s like a mix of pudding and rice porridge.
It’s really nice. I don’t know how anyone could eat the whole bowl.
And I have no idea how you could put fish on this. I think that would be good — 
it would be a nice contrast.  Yeah, I think it would be a nice contrast 
to it with some saltiness and some texture. Like, I can actually imagine that being good.
Yeah, me too. This is good, but I feel like you have 
to share it with your whole family. The next dish we have is something savory, and 
this is Vigan longganisa. But it’s actually not vegan — it’s spelled with an “I.”
We were a bit confused about that.  The lady here said this is one 
of the most traditional ones, and I read that this is from Vigan City.  It’s a sausage they make there with garlic from 
there and some spices. And I think it’s pork. In these little balls.
Smells really good. Basically, when you walk around Manila, 
all you smell is garlic — all the time. It’s so nice. It’s so chunky.
Yeah, it looks   like it’s not ground at all.
No, it’s almost like meat chunks inside of a casing.
It’s really nice though.  It’s not spicy. It’s not 
very snappy on the outside. It’s just kind of like this soft, chunky ball.
But really, really good. Yum! Longganisa sausages are definitely one 
of the most popular breakfast items.  And as you can see here, it’s served 
with a side of garlic rice and eggs. So this looks absolutely amazing. As Anja said, the smell of garlic just 
hits you anytime you go to any restaurant. And we are huge garlic fans.
I absolutely love that. All right, I’m going to crack open 
this egg — still a little bit runny. I think I’ve built myself the perfect bite.  I have some sausage, some rice, and egg.
This is probably too much, but oh well. If you are a fan of garlic, you will 
love it here in the Philippines.  Garlic rice. Garlic in the 
sausage. Garlic everywhere. I wouldn’t typically start my day with garlic in   North America — in Canada where I’m 
from — but I absolutely love this. And this sausage is so good. Nice 
and savory, garlicky, delicious.  This rice is so good. It’s so garlicky.
I think garlic just elevates rice so much. I don’t feel like many other 
countries have garlic rice like this.  And I think they should — because that’s superior. So good. So here in Poblacion, there’s a church 
called the St. Peter and Paul Parish Church. And we just went inside, and it looks like 
we’re back in Europe basically when you’re   inside — like, it’s just like a Catholic church.
Apparently, it has over 400 years of history. This definitely looks like a church 
that you would find in Spain. We actually used to live in Spain, 
so it feels like kind of a throwback. And from what I’ve read online, I think like 
almost 80% of the Philippines is Catholic, so there are churches all over the place.
You also see religious paraphernalia pretty much   everywhere — people wearing Jesus shirts, bags.
You even see it on those little jeepneys that drive by.
So people here seem pretty religious overall. So let us know in the comments — are you 
Catholic? Do you go to this church? Let us know. And it’s pretty interesting to see this 
kind of contrast of Spanish architecture or European architecture, and then you have Manila 
highrises and other local kinds of buildings. And although I knew obviously that the Spanish 
were here for a long time and there’s a lot of influence, it’s not just the buildings 
— it’s also, for example, the language.  I noticed they have words like pero and nunca, and just the way it sounds reminds 
me a little bit of Spanish. And then you have foods like tuna empanadas, 
and all these names of dishes and restaurants and cafes — they’re all Spanish.
And I just didn’t… I didn’t expect that. Probably should have expected it, 
but yeah, it’s kind of crazy to see. One thing we’ve noticed in Manila is that 
there seems to be a lot of weekend markets.  And we actually happen to be 
here on a Sunday filming this, so we’ve decided to head to Legazpi Weekend 
Market and see what that’s all about. This market is crazy!
It’s completely different than I thought it would   be because there’s all these international foods —
there’s like okonomiyaki, there were German sausages, Philly cheesesteaks, 
paella from Valencia where we lived… Yeah, it’s crazy.
I thought it was just going to be like a local farmers market with 
some Filipino food, but there’s so much stuff. I know! And it smells absolutely incredible here.
It’s very packed.  I heard that this place is a little bit more 
bougie than some other places, but don’t you worry — we actually have another video coming up where 
we visit some local markets for some street food. So make sure that you subscribe 
and stay tuned for that. There are also dogs everywhere!
Everyone seems to be coming here with   their dog on a Sunday to eat some delicious food.
There are dogs everywhere in the Philippines. I feel like compared to some 
other Southeast Asian countries,   they absolutely love dogs here.
So many little dogs. So cute. They even have samples.
“Get one for you too.”  “Thank you.”
Apple pie samples. Try it out. It’s a bunch of big chunks of apple.
Let’s see how I’m going to eat this… Mmm…
They taste like the topping of an apple crumble. Really cinnamony.
That’s delicious. There’s not much pie though.
I got this tiny little cookie sample. Mmm… very crunchy and sweet. But there isn’t just food here — there’s all sorts of other stuff as well.
You can buy fresh vegetables.  I saw places that were selling jewelry, 
cutlery, clothing… pretty much everything. So you don’t have to just come here for the food.  But food’s the best.
Yeah, of course. That’s why we come here. And I got carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Mmm!
There’s walnuts in there. And I love nuts. They also have halo-halo here, which is 
one of the most famous Filipino desserts.  But we are actually going to try 
a bunch of different Filipino desserts in a separate video — because we’ve 
actually never tried any Filipino desserts.  So we’re going to dedicate a whole video to it. Since it’s so hot, first 
we decided to get a drink,   and they have some really interesting 
flavors at different stalls here. I keep seeing something like “buko 
juice” — I don’t know if that’s   coconut. It looks like coconut.
But we got cucumber juice. And it apparently has sugar in 
it — a little bit, only 10%.  Yeah, and it smells like cucumber salad — like 
the juice that you get with cucumber salad. So I’m interested to try this. That is so weird.
It tastes like mushed-up cucumber.  Not like the salad, because I guess the salad 
has some herbs and stuff and vinegar flavors. This one just literally tastes like a 
really watery cucumber with some sugar. It’s not bad.  It’s quite nice.
It’s refreshing.  It tastes like watermelon juice — but 
instead of watermelon, you have cucumber. As Anja mentioned, they had 
all sorts of other juices here.  There was one stand that was 
selling fresh calamansi juice. But I’m a bit worried that these 
ones are going to be really sugary.  And it is hot today, so I want something that’s 
light and refreshing — not too much sugar. That’s what this is.  Especially because we already had a 
sugar overload with that champorado. So let’s see… Mmm, that’s actually really good.
That’s super refreshing.  It’s a tiny bit sweet, but not really.
It basically just tastes like a bunch of blended-up cucumbers strained into a glass, so you 
have a couple little chunks, but it’s not chunky. This is really nice.
And it’s so cold and refreshing. There were just so many different snacks to 
choose from, it was really hard to decide.  But we decided to try an empanada, because 
as we mentioned, we did live in Spain, and now we have to see what a 
Filipino empanada tastes like. So let’s try this.  It seems like it’s baked rather 
than fried. So let’s see… Mmm, carrots.
It’s quite sweet. This is definitely a lot sweeter than 
any Spanish empanada I’ve ever had.  It could be because there’s 
so many carrots in there. Yeah, this is pretty good.  But it definitely tastes 
different than a Spanish empanada.  It is stacked though — there’s so 
much in here. Look at all that. Looks like… whoa, I think there’s egg in here too.
So bizarre. Mmm, it smells good though. It’s not sweet.
Obviously it’s sweet.  I mean, I think it’s just the carrot.
It kind of tastes like a meat and carrot stew. It’s not sweet — not like sugary, desserty sweet.
No, you’re crazy.  This is quite nice.
It tastes like your mom made a carrot and meat, potato and egg stew 
— I don’t know — and put it in an empanada. But the bread’s really good.
I think the bread is what…  Oh yeah, you’re right — it’s the bread.
It’s kind of sweet bread filled with carrot stew. Yeah.
I wish it wasn’t as sweet on   the outside, but it’s still pretty nice.
Yeah, the inside is really nice. And I guess in Asia, breads 
are often sweet, right?  Maybe that’s why. Honestly, I really like this market.
It kind of seems to me like a market   you would find in Europe or North America.
But I wish there was more Filipino food, to be honest.
Because we usually   come to these places in other countries to try 
the local food, and I feel like there’s just so much international food here that it’s almost 
hard to find little Filipino snacks and stuff. Because it’s all, I don’t know… American, 
Thai food, Mexican — so many tacos and bread. And it’s pretty cool, but I want to 
try some local, weird Filipino things. There will be a lot more of that 
coming up anyway, so doesn’t matter. I’ve actually made us a reservation for 
a very popular Filipino restaurant chain, but that’s not for a couple hours.  So we’re going to do what the Filipinos 
do — and go to a mall and cool off. It’s pretty crazy because we’re still in 
Makati, and this area looks completely   different than Poblacion where we’re 
staying and where we were earlier. Here, it’s all these high-rises 
and greenery and modern-ness. Everything looks completely different, 
and it’s only like a five-minute drive.  So it’s crazy how the city changes like that. Yeah.
I have to imagine that   it’s probably like that all throughout the city.
But of course, we haven’t explored that much yet. But even here, there’s this sign behind us 
at a construction site that says “Greenbelt is changing. Greenbelt is evolving.”
And it definitely seems like parts of   Manila are changing and evolving.
There’s construction everywhere. It’s just really cool, and I cannot 
wait to explore more of the city.  And even just driving through the city — when we 
came in from the airport, and then when we were in Mandaluyong — it’s all completely different.
It’s like different cities. Now, I guess in Manila they’re all called 
“cities,” yeah, so it’s not surprising. But I guess to us, it’s surprising. We now came to the Greenbelt 
Mall, I think, and it’s so posh.  You walk in and you’re just like, Louis 
Vuitton, all these brands that are not for us. But let’s see.
I think there’s an outdoor area even and stuff. Although we are not really mall 
people — and especially not posh mall   people — I can definitely appreciate this mall.
And I guess I understand why this area is called Greenbelt, because it is so green.
So beautiful.  There are palm trees everywhere, 
and it just looks so posh. Did you imagine the Philippines to be this way?  I feel like when you look up 
videos of Manila on YouTube, there is such a focus on the whole slum aspect.
They even have a name for it — “poverty porn,” where people just show the 
poorer sides of the city. So I really had no idea 
what to expect from Manila. But being here in the Greenbelt, seeing 
how luxurious and posh and green it is — I mean, it makes sense why this 
area is called the Greenbelt. It’s just a side of Manila that I 
didn’t really expect — outside of BGC. So this is absolutely wild. This is by far more posh than anything I’m used 
to where I’m from in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Yeah, this reminds me of places maybe in 
L.A. or in Australia — super mega posh. Because even where I’m from in Germany, 
we don’t really have poshness like this. I know.
It’s not really our vibe — we’re more of a “eat local street 
food, go to local food spots” kind of people. But it’s still really interesting to 
see, and obviously, it’s beautiful. One thing that I’ve noticed since we got here is that everyone who’s on a motorbike is 
driving with a helmet that’s full-face. I feel like I’ve never seen 
that before in Southeast Asia. A lot of countries actually have people 
driving with no helmets and all that. And here, everyone has a full-face helmet.
So I assume that’s the law here — which is pretty good.
Because we’ve definitely   seen some bad accidents before where 
people weren’t wearing the right helmet. So that’s pretty nice to see.
I guess that means that even   though people are driving like 
maniacs here… they’re safe maniacs. It is now time for dinner, so 
we came to a place called Manam,   which is for comfort Filipino cuisine.
And I saw that this place was highly recommended online.
On Reddit, many locals   said that they come here for Filipino food 
because it’s consistent, it’s delicious. So we’re very excited to try some 
Filipino dishes for the first time. To begin our meal, we’ve got ourselves 
some freshly squeezed juices. And I got a calamansi juice.
And if you don’t know what   a calamansi is, it’s basically a little 
citrus fruit that’s very similar to a lime, and they use it everywhere 
here in the Philippines. Let’s try it. Mmm, a little bit sour, a little bit sweet.  This almost tastes more like an 
orange, to be honest, than a lime. But it’s really refreshing 
— especially in this heat. I got a dalandan juice, and apparently dalandans 
are oranges — a specific type of oranges that are very popular in the Philippines.
And they’re very… sour,   right? Is that what I read?
Or bitter? And they’re green. And I already saw this earlier at the 
market, but I didn’t know what it was. Oh yeah — it tastes kind of 
like a bit like grapefruit.  Oh really?
Yeah, but not as bitter and not as sour. It’s actually quite sweet, but it’s quite nice.
Yeah, really nice. They look almost the same though.
Let’s see if we didn’t switch them. They don’t taste that different, I think.  Wait… you haven’t tried it yet.
They don’t taste that different. Yours is a little bit sweeter, I think.
They’re both nice. Oh no — they definitely taste different.
What are you talking about?  This is definitely way more bitter.
It almost, like you said, tastes a little bit like grapefruit.
This is a lot more sweet and tastes to   me more like an orange.
But both really good. All of our food has now arrived, 
and it looks absolutely delicious. We ordered ourselves four different dishes, as well as two types of rice — 
a normal rice and a garlic rice. The first dish we’re going to 
try is called sizzling sisig, which is probably one of the 
most popular Filipino dishes.  It is made from pork jowel, pork 
belly, pork ear, chicken liver… And then it’s seasoned with onions, 
calamansi, and chili as well. And I know that you’re supposed to 
mix this up as soon as you get it, so let’s not waste time and let’s mix this. Oh, it looks like this one’s also topped 
with pork floss or something like that. I don’t know what it is, but 
this looks absolutely delicious. I think I’m going to just try it straight up 
for now, and then we’ll get it with some rice. This should have a bunch of 
different textures, so let’s see. Mmm.
You hear that crunch? Mmm, oh — that is so good, man.
Chase that with a little bit of rice… Even though this is a pig’s 
face, do not let that intimidate   you — because this dish is absolutely amazing.
It is so crunchy, fatty, and it is the perfect accompaniment with this rice.
I love this dish so much. Mmm, smells so good.
Am I going to eat it by itself? Yeah. Mmm — it’s like pork skin. Like crackling. We actually had sisig in Spain before, 
in Madrid, at a Filipino restaurant. I feel like this is way different.
This is way better.  This tastes so good.
Although the other one was delicious too. Yeah — and there’s some 
sourness or something in there.  Yeah, the calamansi.
Mmm, so good. Such a good start. The next dish we’re going to eat 
is called sinigang, and it’s a   soup which is made out of tamarind.
Therefore, I assume it’s quite sour. And it looks like it has pork belly… I don’t 
know… morning glory? Maybe zucchini? Onion? I have no idea. Let’s just try the broth first. Ooh, it’s sour.
Like, it’s really sour — but it’s really nice. Let’s try some meat.
I don’t want to eat   the whole…
Who cares? Mmm, that meat is so nice.
This kind of reminds me of a soup you would get in Austria, like Tafelsptiz or 
something — but super sour, so way better. I really like the sourness. This is really 
good, and so not what I would expect from   Filipino food, to be honest.
This is much different. It’s pretty good.
I’ve heard a lot   about this soup, but I’ve never had it, and 
I’ve always been really curious to try it. I love sour things.
I like tamarind,   so I’m sure I’m going to love this as well. All right, let’s get myself some pork 
belly, some onion, some of this greenery… Ooh — mmm.
I thought that   making this Austrian tafelspitz comparison was 
really weird, but I totally get what you mean. It almost tastes like beef 
soup — even though it’s pork.  I know it’s pork, but that’s 
what it reminds me of too. It’s very hearty.
It’s really refreshing.  I love that citrusy tamarind — the sour notes.
This is really, really good. And I’m glad that we have a nice, hearty soup like   this to accompany all this meat 
we’re going to follow it up with. We are now going to try some adobo, which is, 
I think, the national dish of the Philippines.  It is extremely popular.
I think you can get a bunch of different types — you can get it with seafood, chicken, pork.
And this one is actually mixed — both   with chicken and pork.
It’s made with vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and it’s marinated for a long 
time so that it just soaks up all that flavor. This looks absolutely incredible.  This also looks like it’s topped with maybe 
pork floss or chicken floss — I don’t know. But this is the perfect 
pairing with some white rice. So let’s get some rice.
Let’s get a piece of this crispy pork belly.
And let’s enjoy. Mmm.
Oh man.  Mmm.
That pork belly is so crispy, so fatty, and so meaty.
But it’s also really tender. I think it said that it was 
fried first and then stewed. So you can tell it’s very soft but also crunchy 
— it’s just perfect texture in your mouth. And of course, this adobo — the sauce 
is savory, but a little bit sweet too. This is just really nice.
It looks kind of syrupy.  Yeah, it’s thick. It must have some sugar 
in there as well. But it’s delicious. I got myself a piece of pork 
belly and a whole clove of garlic. Add some garlic to that garlic.
Mmm, that is so good. That garlic clove is so creamy.
I don’t know what the sauce tastes like — but yeah, it’s kind of sweet and 
savory, and the pork belly is just divine. Yeah, this is so good.
And again, not really what I think of when I think of Asian food.
I don’t know, it’s so interesting. I feel like Filipino food is quite different 
than Thai food or Vietnamese food and stuff. I like it. It’s funny because Anja says 
these aren’t the kind of flavors   that remind her of Asian food —
but my mom used to cook chicken with garlic and soy sauce like this.
So I guess my mom used to cook Filipino   food growing up — not quite, but the taste 
is very similar to what I grew up with. My family would never cook Asian 
food really, so maybe that’s why. Mmm — the chicken is delicious as well.
Super crispy. Really moist.
I just love adobo. Another dish that is really popular 
here, I think, is called kare-kare — I think that’s how you say it.
It’s a peanut-based stew.  It’s this thick peanut paste 
and it comes with shrimp paste. I don’t know how I’m supposed 
to eat that together. This one is the oxtail version.
So this is going to be a bit difficult to eat, because I want to get a bite of everything.
Pick it up with your hands! Mmm, that meat’s delicious.
So tender.  And the sauce — it’s so peanuty. Like, I already tasted it.
It has chunks of peanuts. Really?
Yeah, it’s so good.  It tastes like chunky, less 
sweet, dissolved peanut butter. So good.
And the oxtail is delicious. Ooh — and then there’s more 
meat at the bottom too. So it’s not just this ring. Some of it is intestines and stuff, I think.
Or not intestines — tripe, I think. Oh really?
And what’s this?  I think it’s eggplant.
Oh yeah. Try that. Yeah, this is delicious.
Let me see… should I try this side tripe-y thing? I think it’s just meat.
Oh really?  It’s delicious.
Yeah, it’s really good. I can smell the peanut from here.  That ox tastes really… like “ox-y.”
A little bit. A little bit “gamey.” I don’t know — this is so good. 
Everything here is just so, so delicious. In Spain, ox and beef tail — or 
bull tail — is very popular as well. They have a dish called rabo 
de toro, which is bull’s tail.  That’s what this reminds me of — except 
they definitely did not have peanut sauce. I love peanuts.
I cannot wait to try this.  I’m just going to get a 
little bit of the sauce first… Mmm, that is literal heaven. Now I’m going to try this as well.
I’m just going to pick it straight up.  Maybe that’s not the way 
you’re supposed to do it but… Mmm! So tender. Let’s get some vegetables…
Mmm. Chase it with a little bit of rice… I’m sure I have this all in my beard.
Peanut sauce is going everywhere.  But I love this dish so much.
It’s honestly hard to choose a favorite, because everything that we’ve had here today is amazing.
So good. But this one’s definitely up there. I’m taking a tiny bit of this shrimp paste, 
putting it on my kare-kare… let’s try it. It’s pretty good.
I feel like it just   brings an extra saltiness to it — which 
I don’t necessarily think that it needs, because it’s delicious on its own.
But still good. Let me try this kare-kare 
with the shrimp paste as well. Brandon said he actually got the aftertaste 
in the end, which was a bit weird. I don’t really taste a difference.
Maybe I didn’t put enough.  No, I put that much too.
You’ll get it in like a minute from now. I wonder if people put it in the bowl — like the 
whole thing — or how you’re supposed to eat it. Are you just supposed to put a little dab on?
Yeah, I don’t know.  I find it a weird combination — peanut 
butter almost with shrimp paste. It’s so random. This food has been absolutely delicious. We were actually debating on whether we should go 
to this place or another restaurant called Mesa. Seems to be a rivalry kind of 
between these two restaurants.  People love both of them.
So let us know in the   comments — which place do you prefer?
Do you prefer Manam or Mesa? But now we’re going to take a minute, devour 
the rest of this food, and enjoy ourselves. This is the end of our video.
We had an amazing first day here. We love the food, and we’re so full.
And we love the Philippines so far. But obviously, we know that 
we’ve only scratched the surface. We’ve only seen a tiny 
little bit of Manila so far. But if you’re worried about that — do not worry. Because we have many more videos coming, 
including one where we go to the Quiapo   Street Food Market so we can try a 
bunch of different local street food. We’ve got one trying a bunch of 
different Filipino fast food chains,  and also one where we try Filipino 
desserts for the first time. So stay tuned for all of those 
— and maybe even some more. But for this video, that is it.
So if you did like it, please give it a like, write us a comment —
and by far the most important   thing is to hit that subscribe button. But that is it for this one.
See you all in the next one. Bye!

In this week’s video, we visit Manila, Philippines, for the first time! Manila was not what we expected. We were honestly shocked!

As usual, we decide to begin our day with some coffee at one of Manila’s many cafes. We choose a place called Commune Cafe, located in Población.
After fueling ourselves with caffeine, it’s now time to grab some breakfast at Kanto’s Freestyle Breakfast. We ordered ourselves two Filipino breakfasts: champorado (a chocolatey rice porridge) and vigan longanissa with egg and garlic rice.
Just outside of the restaurant, we find Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Church. A beautiful Spanish-style cathedral, with over 400 years of history. From here, we head to Legazpi Sunday Market. We take some time to stroll around, trying various food samples along the way. We also decide to try out a cucumber juice and a Filipino empanada.
To break from the intense Manila heat, we then head to Greenbelt Mall to cool off in the A/C.
We end our day at Manam Comfort Filipino, where we have ourselves an absolute feast of Filipino classics.

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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:31 – Apartment Tour
01:07 – Coffee at Commune Cafe in Manila
05:07 – Breakfast at Kanto Freestyle Breakfast In Manila
09:58 – Sts. Peter and Paul Parish Church
11:52 – Legazpi Sunday Market
19:41 – Greenbelt Mall
22:13 – Manam Comfort Filipino food
34:00 – End