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Ulam: Main Dish

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Following the rise of the Filipino food movement via the chefs crossing over to the center of the American table.
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David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Alexandra Cuerdo offers a mouth-watering tour through the kitchens of several top chefs dedicating to preserving their national cuisine as it plays out in New York and Manila. Jun 15, 2020 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse "Ulam Main Dish" is a very interesting spectacle that succeeds in three axes: Promoting the chefs who are also the protagonists, introducing Philippino culture through the culinary, and more than anything, raising appetites. Dec 23, 2019 Full Review Antonio Sison National Catholic Reporter Partaking from the table of plenty with their bare hands, the multiracial guests who have gathered are relishing the exquisite food experience of "Babette's Feast," Filipino kamayan (by hand) style. Jun 1, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I think the message that’s really lost in this film is that Filipinos have mastered food from a place of little means and colonial oppression using ingredients from right outside of our doors without the ability to make luxuriously expensive cuisine. So the movement is to take our gem of a food and give it to gentrifying hipster colonizers that have made our neighborhoods disappear? I had a real problem with this. I hope that the goal of these Filipino chefs is to eventually make our food more accessible and in turn truly giving it to the masses and truly making it accessible for all people. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/18/19 Full Review Read all reviews
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Alexandra Cuerdo

Director

Alexandra Cuerdo

Writer

Alexandra Cuerdo

Producer

Ray Cuerdo

Producer

John Floresca

Producer

Mia Manlunas

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Synopsis Following the rise of the Filipino food movement via the chefs crossing over to the center of the American table.
Director
Alexandra Cuerdo
Producer
Alexandra Cuerdo, Ray Cuerdo, John Floresca
Screenwriter
Alexandra Cuerdo
Production Co
Kidlat Entertainment
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 11, 2023
Runtime
1h 20m
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