Adios España, Hello America

There is much French influence in Filipino cuisine. Read the article HERE, which includes the famous menu at the inaugural banquet of the First Philippine Republic, at the Malolos Congress of 1898.

The Malolos Congress was a revolutionary congress, as the Filipinos threw off the shackles of Spain, and were valiantly struggling to keep America at bay. What to do? Feast on French cuisine.

Three months after the banquet, the Treaty of Paris was signed. Had they known what that would mean for the Filipinos, maybe they would have dined on Italian cuisine instead.