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Celebrity chef Erwan Heussaff put some twists on classic Filipino comfort food sinigang using Australian produce as souring agents.

Ditching top local ingredients for sinigang, which are tamarind and kamias, he instead cooked with Australian sour ingredients rhubarb, tamarillo, and kaffir limes.

“Sinigang is one of our most interesting soups. I love how Filipino cuisine is full of these dishes that are extremely popular all over the country, which every Filipino is very familiar with, but all of us know a different version of it.

“Depending on where you are in the Philippines, the protein, vegetables and more importantly, the souring agent will differ.

“Making this dish [amongst many other Pinoy dishes] so peculiar because we all know it so well, yet so differently.

“Since I'm currently in Australia, I thought it would be interesting to apply this same ethos to making Sinigang from scratch: use what's local.

“I ended up trying a bunch of sour ingredients and landed on Rhubarb, Tamarillo and Kaffir Limes.

"As you can tell by my face, they are the right amount of asim and they paired with my pork belly perfectly."

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Sinigang is one of our most interesting soups. I love how Filipino cuisine is full of these dishes that are extremely popular all over the country, which every Filipino is very familiar with, but all of us know a different version of it. Depending on where you are in the Philippines, the protein, vegetables and more importantly, the souring agent will differ. Making this dish (amongst many other Pinoy dishes) so peculiar because we all know it so well, yet so differently. Since i'm currently in Australia, i thought it would be interesting to apply this same ethos to making Sinigang from scratch: use what's local. I ended up trying a bunch of sour ingredients and landed on Rhubarb, Tamarillo and Kaffir Limes. As you can tell by my face, they are the right amount of asim and they paired with my pork belly perfectly. New video on youtube. Link in bio.

A post shared by Erwan Heussaff (@erwan) on Jun 9, 2020 at 4:10am PDT

On his vlog, Erwan together with two other cooks, Tom Cunanan and John Rivera, put their own spin on the meal.

As sinigang is one of Filipinos' favorite dishes, his followers joined the discussion and shared their own preparation for it.

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Curious on whose dish tastes the best? Watch this and see for yourself: