Fourtyounce48
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I'm willing to pay top dollar. Please let me know asap if you're willing to sell.
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Impulse copped the 3A-12TS. Hope it can fit my kindle it there (read: not as limited by its size as it seems).
^ Impulse bought (._. )
I think it's really small and its use for me will be limited. I'm thinking when I don't want to carry my backpack because it's either too big for a short walk / it's too hot and I just want to bring around keys and so on. I wish there were more photos of it slung / worn though.
Here's a pic I took early last year (!!)
The Kindle fits but fills it out oddly.
Ordered one as a present for the wife. And no, I'm not the dude who then also spent $2k on stuff for himself.
If any of you decide the bag is not to your liking, I'd be very interested in purchasing it at a premium price. Please let me know. Thanks.
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WTB: ACRONYM 3A-12TS
Willing to pay a premium price for it.
Thanks.
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Hints of J.W. Anderson coming through here. The intermix of femine/maculine elements seems to be creeping up more and more. And the high socks look + derby lace-ups seems to the be the defacto trend for spring. Could care less for the clutchs. Liked the unusual use of color blocking from the shoulders and the the use of the hidden snap buttons. Dries Van Noten had interpreted the use of them recently and it gives a coat or jacket a streamlined/slick/futuristic look. And of course the "ugly" running sneaker trend. Best trend I've seen come out of nothing in a while.
are you looking for the powder room sweetie?
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or this:
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In essence it's not as "good" as say Thai or Vietnamese cuisine.
It doesn't have the sophistication in technique or ingredients used. I mean just looking at the most popular dishes the seasoning or spices used are limited to basically soy, vinegar, salt and pepper. The depth of flavor or nuance flavors you get from other cuisines is just not there.
Here's a video of a place that might be doing it right.
It's not 100% authentic but this might be a good way to interpret filipino dishes in a way to gain popularity.
Do restaurants like these do a diservice to Filipino cuisine? Because they don't seem to cater to directly filipinos but rather to non-filipinos?
Is it wrong or inauthentic to present Filipino food this way?
Did the way korean, chinese, vietnamese, etc introduce it better because they catered directly to their own people and it just happened to catch on to other ethnicities?
Is the concept of deconstructing and reinterpreting and then presenting filipino cuisine this way contrived?
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reading this thread is responsible for me having filipino food twice in a row for lunch.
i can get behind more foodfight threads if this is what happens.
Nice, most people that's responded hated it.
I myself eat it on occasion when I get I craving for dishes like kare-kare, diniguan, and lechon. Most of the times the heaviness of the filipino food I crave can be too much.
I'd rather eat many other types of cuisine most of the time but I appreciate it enough that I don't use words like suck to describe it.
I think there's a few restaurants that are presenting Filipino food well. It's a nice change from the often poor-mediocre restaurant options that is typically available.
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Alright last post in this shithole.Firstly, it's hilarious that you neg any post that has said anything to do with why Filipino food isn't big in the US.Secondly, we're all somewhat mature here, you can use the word "fucking".Thirdly, if you could pull your head out your ass and cut it with the over the top "gotta protect muh culture" stuff,it'd be nice. You keep saying we lack reading comprehension and we're not addressing the original question about why it hasn't been successful in the states...well we have...multiple times.You just don't like hearing why Filipino food isn't the shit.
I doubt a reasonable person could get this impression from the dialogue conducted by me.
No one can be this obtuse.
I give you credit at your troll professionalism.
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Yeah we established why Filipino food sucks and why it doesn't translate quite a while ago.
Unlike other Asian dishes, it kind of lacks it's own identity, it's either basic as fuck peasant food that has a lot of salted/preserved stuff or offal or it's just a sub-par adaptation of European cuisine.
The restaurants you were linking, as SS said, are such a fusion it's not even Filipino anymore. One of the dishes was just sausages with rice.
But they make decent baked food (shout out to Goldilocks)
thanks for your candor and not taking shit the wrong way. again, the point of this thread is not the impossible answer as to whether or not filipino food is "good," but if it can take off in the u.s. if it can be marketed to nonfilipinos. filipino food can't, unless it is fused with other cuisines. hence it would cease to be filipino food.
both of you fail in comprehension.
so this thread is not to determine if filipino food is good or bad. its to determine if it can get popular in the US. which it cant, reason being is that its bad and not as good as other asian cuisines.
fuxin idiots...
the thread is not the problem but the people participating in it. the loudest with the most cocksure answers showing the most ignorance.
the point is basically to hear other people's opinion on filipino food. i hear you loud and clear and I appreciate that.
No you don't. I hate this thread and possibly hate you, your intentions, and 2 out of every 3 of Fil-Ams I've met.
Why do you need affirmation? What's the point of this thread? I think I sorely missed the point with my posts as this thread clearly does not mean to discuss the merits of Filipino food but instead ask whether or not the cuisine will ever make it in America.
I had dinner with the Monocle team and Tyler Brule specifically asked for Adobo and Sinangag versus the whole plethora of food we fed them. Listen to their 24 Radio show, there's a bit where they rave about ginumis for a full 6 minutes. Are you happy? Does this sate your need for anglo-american reaffirmation?
Filipinos/you need to find their balls, and by that I don't mean going here and participating in the sex trade / trying to fucking Brooklynize every thing that they get a chance at. Not true? Prove yourself wrong and stop posting.
from this statement we got idiots still assuming that the thread is there to get some validation from the white man. as well as a critique on filams bad behavior.
you fux have some insecurity issues
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where can you get ube empanada? all empanadas i know have meat inside them
not sure where you're at but I've had ube macapuno empanadas in Baguio before.
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wtf are you even talking about??? have you even been to the philippines for longer than two weeks (and not in manila; malling/lame-o partying like most fil-ams who come here do?)
What an obtuse question.
My knowledge and experiences of and in the Philippines is extensive. Your not talking to a tourist here. Why would you assume otherwise? I'm not inclined to prove anything to you.
It speaks more about you if your experiences of FilAms is that limited.
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it must give you a great deal of self worth and satisfaction criticizing the cultural flaws that Filipinos have while walking around all proud of yourself while being oblivious to the plight of avg filipinos. Way to have perspective. You have no moral, eithical, or intellectual superiority to be asking anyone to prove themselves.
Fux you and your complex, cretin
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why don't you prove yourself... restrain yourself from wearing female garb, i'm sure the avg person in the Philippines wouldn't appreciate that you're wearing an $800 dollar skirt while they walk around with an empty stomach.
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It is actually doing well in NYC since Maharlika opened, here are the other two that just opened recently;
yep i made some video links to that restaurant. hopefully get a chance to try it out.
some people in the thread dont consider it filipino food tho.
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FYI: I am Filipino American.
P.S. What are you on.
So.
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No you don't. I hate this thread and possibly hate you, your intentions, and 2 out of every 3 of Fil-Ams I've met.
Why do you need affirmation? What's the point of this thread? I think I sorely missed the point with my posts as this thread clearly does not mean to discuss the merits of Filipino food but instead ask whether or not the cuisine will ever make it in America.
I had dinner with the Monocle team and Tyler Brule specifically asked for Adobo and Sinangag versus the whole plethora of food we fed them. Listen to their 24 Radio show, there's a bit where they rave about ginumis for a full 6 minutes. Are you happy? Does this sate your need for anglo-american reaffirmation?
Filipinos/you need to find their balls, and by that I don't mean going here and participating in the sex trade / trying to fucking Brooklynize every thing that they get a chance at. Not true? Prove yourself wrong and stop posting.
now i know whats up. don't feel threatened man. we're not competition nor are we trying to brooklynize the philippines. i understand you want to do it yourself. looking outwardly and craving creativity originating from outside the philippines and in the same head space criticizing what you want to be. seems like you hate those filipino americans because they are the competition for the attention you seek.
go on with your avant guarde self, you gay fish worshipping self loather.
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No you don't. I hate this thread and possibly hate you, your intentions, and 2 out of every 3 of Fil-Ams I've met.
Why do you need affirmation? What's the point of this thread? I think I sorely missed the point with my posts as this thread clearly does not mean to discuss the merits of Filipino food but instead ask whether or not the cuisine will ever make it in America.
I had dinner with the Monocle team and Tyler Brule specifically asked for Adobo and Sinangag versus the whole plethora of food we fed them. Listen to their 24 Radio show, there's a bit where they rave about ginumis for a full 6 minutes. Are you happy? Does this sate your need for anglo-american reaffirmation?
Filipinos/you need to find their balls, and by that I don't mean going here and participating in the sex trade / trying to fucking Brooklynize every thing that they get a chance at. Not true? Prove yourself wrong and stop posting.
I thought asking the question of the popularity of Filipino cuisine in America would delve into the merits of Filipino food. I could have possibly phrased the question better.
From the limited opinions you gave I still have to be in basic agreement with them. In regards to the rest of the questions you pose I don't find a need to answer as it's not relavent to me.
Similarly I end up detesting 2 of every 3 Filipino Americans myself though possibly for different reasons. With that said I found myself hating 99 out of 100 of the Filipino bourgeois and old money nepotistic elites that I've encountered there. Hope your not one of them but I do sense a little self hate in you.
Still I appreciate your candor but with a little less ego driven presumptuousness next time.
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What kind of pisses me off though is why does it have to be big in America? Are you starting a restaurant in the US? Is America some sort of litmus paper of epicurean taste that Filipino food needs to impress its greater whole?
I don't think Koreans/Vietnamese/Thai/Chinese/Japanese people gave a single fuck about whether or not their food would be a hit with Americans. It was good with them first and it's all that mattered.
That Zimmerman quote and the recent Bourdain attention was nothing but a landmine to an over eager culture looking for affirmation.
What this is a giant finger pointing to a larger cultural problem that Filipinos quite frankly have. We assimilate too easily, have zero national identity and pride – and in an effort to reconnect, overcompensate by reaching for the kitschiest and dumbest things. (3 star hats, Jeepney / Jose Rizal / Dirty Ice Cream / Pacquaio Tees. The national flag is not a color peg for your clothing line)
I gotta admit, as a Filipino American these are the thoughts that is also on my mind but do not have the eloquence to communicate it.
This quote needs to be read and understood by all Filipinos.
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What kind of pisses me off though is why does it have to be big in America? Are you starting a restaurant in the US? Is America some sort of litmus paper of epicurean taste that Filipino food needs to impress its greater whole?
I don't think Koreans/Vietnamese/Thai/Chinese/Japanese people gave a single fuck about whether or not their food would be a hit with Americans. It was good with them first and it's all that mattered.
That Zimmerman quote and the recent Bourdain attention was nothing but a landmine to an over eager culture looking for affirmation.
What this is a giant finger pointing to a larger cultural problem that Filipinos quite frankly have. We assimilate too easily, have zero national identity and pride – and in an effort to reconnect, overcompensate by reaching for the kitschiest and dumbest things. (3 star hats, Jeepney / Jose Rizal / Dirty Ice Cream / Pacquaio Tees. The national flag is not a color peg for your clothing line)
I have the exact opinion as yourself. I couldn't have sait it better.
I actually would have delve into this earlier but I got sidetracked debating some stupid and rather shallow points.
It's funny how people here accused me of wanting to hear some sort of applause for Filipino food/culture when I'm actually very critical of it.
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I don't know where you guys have been eating, but IMHO, I think Filipino food can run alongside other cuisines quite easily – if properly presented.
Sadly though it's that latter bit that plenty people fail at, Filipinos and Non-Filipinos alike. This isn't even taking account that we probably have 0 national pride and are quite eager to suck the cultural / racial penis of everyone else.
It's like saying.. why isn't Peruvian cuisine in America? Why isn't Brazilian cuisine big in America? I mean, this isn't just true for ethnic cuisines, not too long ago you could even ask why isn't Southern food big in greater part of America?
It's a long story divided into islands, regions, families, multiplied by several periods of occupation (Spanish/Japanese/America), squared with centuries of cultural exchange with Malay, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Mauri, etc. There is no flagship / "sushi" type dish that can give the greater whole any proper and justified representation.
This isn't even a special case either, you can see this pattern repeated in a lot of countries (mostly around or below the equator) who's national identity/fingerprint has been muddled by years of foreign occupation.
I accidentally gave you message a thumbs down when i meant to give it positive feedback. Thanks for giving a well thought out response.
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^that shit is not filipino food. it's filipino influenced fusion. the guy in the 2nd video even said that shit wasn't filipino food. not to mention that the philippines is a synthesis country.
for example there is authentic chinese, japanese, thai, etc foods that have translated well overseas. many are very successful in the u.s.a. they have no need of other ethnic influences.
the two examples you gave me just reaffirm my original opinion that without the crutch of outside influence, technique, et, that filipino cuisine is pretty much unmarketable in the u.s. to the nonfilipino.
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I question what you call authentic when each country you listed have heavily altered their foods to adjust to the American palate.
the only way that filipino food can be great/marketable is if it utilizes the crutch of other ethnic cuisines. thus it ceases to be filipino food.
can authentic filipino food ever be "great?" i doubt it. can filipino food fusing their shit with that of other countrys' cuisines? maybe.
would i go there? probably not, when i could just go to those other places instead. if there was some authentic dish that happened to filipino, that was actually good, then maybe. until now i've yet to experience or hear of one.
In terms of the videos, It's not so much as they are fusing Filipino cuisine with other ethnicities but just reinterpreting it with better technique, prep, ingredients, and presentation.
maybe shit could gain popularity by that of fusing and utilizing outside influences. it may gain popularity, but guarantee that most patrons would choose the fusion rather than real filipino food.
think of all the fundamental differences between filipino food and other asian shit.
like i mentioned, there are many others in the u.s. that have no need to implement outside crutches.
most ethnic foods that have gotten traction in popularity here in the US has done so by reinterpreting their food.
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To those who got one please post pics! Thanks.
I'd like to see if it could fit an ipad mini other than just keys, wallets sort of thing.