The Adobo Experiment

I've always wondered why Filipino dishes tastes so scrumptious when you're abroad.

When I was in Las Vegas 4 years ago, the taste of kaldereta and adobo in a Filipino restaurant tasted like heaven. I stopped thinking  and focused on savoring every bit of that adobo. The same is the case everytime I eat a Filipino cuisine here in Budapest.

I came up with three hypotheses:
- Filipinos become better cooks abroad
- You just miss Filipino cuisine so every bite seem special
- They have better ingredients abroad

So I did a little experiment. Knowing that I'm probably the worst cook ever, I tried my hands cooking chicken adobo. If it'll taste like heaven, then the second hypothesis will most probably be correct. I also don't have the best ingredients since I settle for what is available and cheap so the third would not be a reason here.

Here's a look of the outcome:

With rice op kors!

It did not taste like heaven but it was close to it. :D So yes, I guess we just miss Filipino food so bad that when our toungue gets to feel that sensation of home once again, we feel like we're in heaven.

Then again, I might have just improved my cooking... NOT