Why Insist on Asian Flavor?
A Reaction Paper: Why insist on an Asian flavour?
Long. Unhip. Boring. These are the typical things that an individual would expect about the articles / essays / in-depth discussions about History specifically about World History and Hispanic Times / Era. Of course, it takes a lot of patience, understanding and an open-mind for someone to appreciate the importance of World History and the topics underlying it. That is why for such articles; good-writing skills, new writing styles and a catchy title are needed.
For a foodie like me, upon reading the title, I find the article interesting and worth-reading, since the title was catchy. The first thing that came into my mind was; the topic would be solely about pan-Asian. After reading the whole article, I was just mesmerized that it haunted me with a lot of facts, not only about the things related to pan-Asian, but about the essence of knowing the difference between the meaning of Filipino and being a Filipino. I acknowledge the creativity and the eruditeness of the author Fernando Zialcita, on the article ‘Why insist on an Asian flavour?’
With the given title, some would not expect that colonization, Hispanic times and significant events and issues regarding the Philippines and Asia would be raise, but just what I’ve thought, all of it were brought up. And, all of it was discussed in a very detailed manner; and in a way that the readers would be enlightened about the certain things that we should be aware of.
The author seems to bug the readers with a lot of questions so that we could all think and have a moment of pause, and I find it ingenious. Yes, life is easy since our basic needs are always readily available specifically food. But, most of us just eat, and we don’t have the time to think whether the food we eat or our favourite flavour / taste is indeed the Filipino taste. Come to think of it, there are only few people who put a lot of their time and effort just to study the history and origin of such
Long. Unhip. Boring. These are the typical things that an individual would expect about the articles / essays / in-depth discussions about History specifically about World History and Hispanic Times / Era. Of course, it takes a lot of patience, understanding and an open-mind for someone to appreciate the importance of World History and the topics underlying it. That is why for such articles; good-writing skills, new writing styles and a catchy title are needed.
For a foodie like me, upon reading the title, I find the article interesting and worth-reading, since the title was catchy. The first thing that came into my mind was; the topic would be solely about pan-Asian. After reading the whole article, I was just mesmerized that it haunted me with a lot of facts, not only about the things related to pan-Asian, but about the essence of knowing the difference between the meaning of Filipino and being a Filipino. I acknowledge the creativity and the eruditeness of the author Fernando Zialcita, on the article ‘Why insist on an Asian flavour?’
With the given title, some would not expect that colonization, Hispanic times and significant events and issues regarding the Philippines and Asia would be raise, but just what I’ve thought, all of it were brought up. And, all of it was discussed in a very detailed manner; and in a way that the readers would be enlightened about the certain things that we should be aware of.
The author seems to bug the readers with a lot of questions so that we could all think and have a moment of pause, and I find it ingenious. Yes, life is easy since our basic needs are always readily available specifically food. But, most of us just eat, and we don’t have the time to think whether the food we eat or our favourite flavour / taste is indeed the Filipino taste. Come to think of it, there are only few people who put a lot of their time and effort just to study the history and origin of such