Lungs, Laing & Bicol Express 🇵🇭 | Trying Filipino Food Elmhurst Queens

Bopis? The more I try Filipino food, the more I understand the cuisine of the Philippines is built on bold flavors. Few dishes display this more than Bopis and Bicol Express. Bopis is a deeply comforting dish composed of heart and lungs among other things and Bicol Express ranks high on the umami scale with shrimp paste spiked coconut sauce enveloping pork. These are two uniqe dishes, that showcase the depth of Filipino cooking to me. It's easy as a foreigner to never get past adobo and pancit (noodles) but the deeper you go into the world of dishes like taro leaves cooked in coconut milk known as laing (natong) and anything using bagoong (shrimp paste) you will be rewarded for your curiosity. Be adventurous, be curious, the Filipinos are more than willing to guide you. Episode Intel: Sariling Atin 89-12 Queens Blvd, Queens, NY 11373 Reggie Ate: Bicol Express (Filipino stew with pork, chilies, coconut milk and shrimp paste (bagoong)), bopis (heart and lung stew, laing (taro leaves cooked in coconut milk), pancit (Filipino noodles) and Sarsi (Sarsaparilla). Kuya's Lechon 84-60 Grand Ave, Queens, NY 11373 Lahi 51-24 Van Loon St, Elmhurst, NY 11373