“When you taste Filipino food, you taste the history,” Marcus Samuelsson says in the “Seattle” episode of No Passport Required. Chinese trade influences, 500 years of Spanish colonial rule, and Pacific Northwestern flavors all interplay with Filipino techniques and ingredients — including vinegar, which plays an important role in many dishes — to create a cuisine. In this episode, Samuelsson talks to Filipino-American chefs, business owners, and historians to understand more about the community in the Seattle region; keep reading to see which restaurants he visits (listed geographically, from north to south).
Watch the full episode here, and find all episodes from Season 1 and Season 2 on PBS.
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