Brooklyn is so ready for a pagpag pop-up! Between the dumpster-diver culture and the extent to which foodies are getting a bit bored with dishes like sisig, but still want to embrace the culture, this seems like an obvious next move!.

Seeing this breaks my heart. No one should be living in those conditions.

I am a Filipino and watching this makes me sad. I heard pagpag food but i never expected to be like that. Those Fellow Filipinos who are living in the slum of Metro Manila has no place to plant their own vegetables and some has no jobs. This people are trying to survive. I hope our government will do more to adress this issue, it is actually nasty 😢😢

People go dumpster diving here in the US, I've also seen homeless people eating leftovers at restaurants after someone eats. It's definitely sad, but when you're hungry and desperate, you will eat anything

I think they should play this for some of the kids here in the states . They seem to take a lot of things for granted

Children nowadays need to watch this to be reminded not to take their food for granted. It's so easy to forget sometimes when you're drowning in your privilege. This video raises awareness, good job, man.

This is tough to watch but I’ve got nothing but mad respect for you making this great piece of documentary.

Absolutely no one deserves to live like this. What even is this world..

Man, Andrew, you have gone above and beyond! This just feels so dangerous to do, unless you are absolutely destitute.

that's wild. people gotta do what they have to. they're in a slum no way to grow or raise food. what do you expect. the goverment don't want people to eat it they should do something about it.

Well done Andrew! I have seen many people visiting these places and interviewing but never saw anyone actually trying it. It's so fascinating and sad at the same time.

You are brave and have a strong stomach to try that pagpag. I'm Filipino, but I would never try that pagpag. Very unsanitary. Also, I was surpised with the price - quite expensive for that type of letfover/recycled food.

Life is really hard in Philippines, people are suffering, pregnant and single moms all over the place, so shameful reality. "Pagpag" leftover garbage food is a disgrace beyond imagination, the government must stop this madness. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Thanks for showing parts of the world many people do not know about. I am more grateful to be living in Miami, FL.

It feels so sad watching people suffering from poverty....each and every human being deserves a better life,healthy food , Better and affordable education and better job opportunities...😢lots of love to Phillipinos from india❤

Knowing the health risks, you're really brave. I won't eat that even for content. 😢😢 Kudos again! That was a really good way to showcase not just the food but also the story behind it.

Tragic yet uplifting as the human ingenuity prevails! Cheers for sharing mate 🤘

Andrew, great video! You are giving an interesting angle to places that others visited before. I think this type of content will define your channel.

What a video. I wish more content creators would approach these subjects. Thank you for making this video.

It's sad to see these cats must compete with humans to get leftover food

I know a Filipino lady whose mom actually sells pagpag. She was actually very shy initially to let me know about her "family business" but once we became close she gave me plenty of information about this kind of food. I'm a little surprised that this vendor did not boil the meat before the marination process. This is to give the impression that the meat is very clean. A rice meal with pagpag sells for 20-30 pesos in my friend's mom's stall

So sad to know this happens in this day and age.

This is the first time I've seen people eating throw away foods by recooking. This is survival for the poor & needy or else they'll starve. It's hard to watch but better than people eating dogs & cats.

Did you get sick after eating the pagpag? I'm curious to know.

The mental hurdle is to great a leap for me to overcome, regardless how "safe" or "clean" it is. No human being should have to eat someone's leftovers thrown in the trash. There's a certain dignity everyone deserves to have, and food is a basic survival need. To us, it's extreme. To them, it's their way of life. It's all they've ever known and will likely ever know. Lastly, all that fast food cooked in toxic seed oils consumed on a daily basis causes all kinds of illnesses, from diabetes to heart disease, obesity, etc. Eating friend chicken alone does not cover the body's need for essential nutrients. These people are poor and nutritionally deficient in the most severe way. And there's nothing they can do about it because poverty. Man, this sucks.

Wow, this is the first video I watched from you and this is incredible storytelling there in a very respectful way. Super well done!

This vid is truly hard to watch 😢 but man I'm appreciate your effort. Stay safe mate. Wishing you the best 👍

Man you got real guts to try pug pug.... I have tried rats, worms but pug pug is some other level😳😳.. Appreciate your efforts.. Bravo💪💪

Great documentary! And nicely filmed too.

Love the content my bro keep it up ❤

😮 Unbelievable what effort this lady goes to re-selling food scraps..

I really enjoyed this video and had never heard of this before. Great job Andrew !!

I see how privileged and lucky I am in Canada. :(

When I go Manila, I also buy a Burger, take one bite of it and throw it into the Bin for the poor to eat. Sometimes I just throw a half eaten Fried Chicken at a bunch of children and watch in fascination as they fight for it. Its nice to be Charitable. 🙂

My family left in the 70s and nothing changes there. Still massive poverty while the oligarchs who rule get rich and these people survive on garbage food. We left for the us when I was nine and very grateful for it. When a nations prime source of national revenues are expatriates working overseas and sending money back to their families there's something wrong with that. I feel lucky that my family left especially when these kinds of documentaries remind me of the tragic circumstances that man y Filipino s live in.

OMG! When I walk my dog at night in NYC, the fast food restaurants, bakeries and pizzarias throw out bags of unsold food.

I’m a Filipina,I am poor also but I can’t eat food like that it’s dirty.I’m concern about the people eat pagpag left over..eat vegetables instead..health is wealth

I grew up in Australia and have family in the Philippines. Seeing this absolutely breaks my heart. I plan to go there soon to actually make some kind of a difference for the people living in the slums. Is there any reputable place that I can donate to ensuring it goes to the right people?

I learn something new daily. Great video. I’ve never heard of this. Very sad.

Thanks for showing us this sad reality 😢

If dehydration is the biggest risk, I am for leaving these people alone. Their immune systems have adapted to pagpag and until the world solves world hunger, THIS IS their way of life. I support them thriving by any means necessary. They aren't breaking any laws. Praying for my brothers and sisters across the waters 🫶🏾🙏🏽💜

This reminds me of the movie, *Platform.* God bless these people and their will to survive, live, exist to the best of their ability.

Oh my God! I did not know that you have your own channel Andrew. Thank you for visiting our country the Philippines. Ask Sonny to join you here gain next time.

Not only is it unsanitary but unhealthy fast food being recooked with oil. This brings things into perspective as someone living in the US with a roof on top..

I remember my teacher used this as a topic. She even showed the video. Yeah, that is really true, Just wash and boil after that can be used for various way of dishes. World is really unfair.

thanks for showing how people living People living their life and don't even have a clue that there is people live like this!

Not all the time we rely or blame it on our government. We have to discipline ourselves. Have kids as much as you can only afford. We must rely on ourselves. Its difficult, yes. But we have to.

But she is wearing a classy Watch despite collecting the Gabbage

They shouldn't allow this, those guys who sells it are just taking advantage of those people. There are a lot more cheaper alternatives to get food in the Philippines, guys in the slums thinks its ok coz they are uneducated about it. The government should take action.

Your brave taking a bite of pagpag

Thank you for making this video. It’s heartbreaking. What’s more heartbreaking is that the people who make the laws are the ones who can afford to be worried about things like getting sick- it is survival for some of these people. If they had other options they would be doing them. Don’t take away their means of survival unless you’re going to replace it with something.

I trust U were ok after eating this? I'm thinking with the salt and the hot oil it would possibly kill off all the nasties? Awesome episode dude! Cheers

This is so sad. Thanks for sharing. Can't they just share food that is going to be thrown away? This way the people are not forced to do this.

Yeah it’s hot out there. He’s sweating for a slim guy. Also people need to see these types of things. People don’t know how to appreciate the things they have in their lives.

Thank you for showing this kind of situation that is actually happen to destitute area of the Philippines, and trying the actual pagpag was awesome and brave.

Can't believe you ate it.

People from other countries are just exploiting our country for contents. We appreciate that content creators and vloggers choose Ph because it adds new market for our tourism but try to create new contents. This was featured so many times.

kudos to this amazing documentary vlog

I always eat chicken down to the bare bone, not even the cartilage left. It's just out of respect for the animal that had to die to feed me. So, no pag pag from me, sorry🙁

That piece u ate looks freshly bought 🤔 Pagpag barely has any meat on the bones.

Awesome video

Good episode Andrew. Sonny didn’t find Pagpag!!😂

This thumbnail is mind blowing

Human Nature to survive, you gotta do what you gotta do to make sure that happens.

Health and safety!

God bless these people

where do i know you from? sonny's vids? nice to see you here in manila!

Is the water used for cleaning even clean?

Why can't government put a policy in place, just like we have for green recycled stuff, a separate bin for PAGPAG-able foods, and other bins for all other trash? Yes in an ideal world we should not even have anything like pagpag, but the reality is quite different, poverty - extremes ones exist around the globe.

Quality quality content

I have a good job, a modest income, and a place to live but I was raised never to waste food. So even if I have fast food and I can't finish it my last thought is to throw it out. I take it home and eat it the next day or something. People who just throw away their extra food I could never understand and this is the reason why. I'm always thinking that wasting food is wrong when so many people are starving. 😢

Very interesting.......despite all u see....the people are kind and proud.....

What a lovely and humble lady. Makes me sad to see her living in such conditions 😢

It's the real world.

Respect, that you actually ate pagpag. I know saying this makes me sound snobbish.

This is heartbreaking and humbling.

I studied at a Canadian University. Our school had an all you can eat cafeteria. The food was superb, yet many students dumped their trays with food barely eaten, untouched - entire burgers, dishes, pasta, etc. Just outside the building there were carbon protesters. I'm too sick and tired to even get into the hypocrisy, but if people could just take a look this, how desparate people from other parts of the world are about food, maybe they would value their food more and start acting by simply not wasting, rather than having the meaningless protests.

Can you show the cordilleran cuisines too there in the philippines. The etag, watwat and anything you can show from the cordillera region

You're brave for testing it out 💪

Please never do that again.

Andrew, you are a brave man. Did you end up getting sick from eating it?

As a Chef here in Napa Valley region I have nothing but admiration to the tenacity and resilience of the Poorest of the poor Filipinos. Their way of survival without government’s assistance is remarkable. The recycling process and recooking at very high temperature kills all bacteria after all making it deliciously crispy good and sustainable. Nothing to be ashamed of. Chef M.

I’m sure lowering the food prices is more possible than they wanna make it seem.

"I can barely stomach fast food" Were so impressed bro😂

Omg 😢so sad 😞,god blessed them

I understand the circumstances my fellow Filipinos who resort to eating pagpag are in; still, this kind of situation is inhumane and in my opinion, should not exist. Filipinos are indeed resilient and resourceful but having these qualities do not mean that everyone has to just endure the cancer of poverty forever. Everyone deserves clean, proper food, regardless of how poor they are. Urban gardening and developing alternative types of food sustainability must be prioritized by the government and introduced to the people in these areas. My heart breaks for my fellow Filipinos having to eat pagpag to survive. Thank you for making this enlightening vlog.

That’s disgusting. I lived in the Philippines for 15 months and hated everything about it. However, seeing people eat garbage is unpleasant and I don’t wish that on anyone.

the oil is ??

6:45 Dude, kudos to you for trying it for the experience. I don’t think I could ever do that for the sake of experience as it will stick into my mind where they came from and will always imagine at what horrible state they were at when collected. And I don’t think I can stomach it. Oh boy.

I believe her when she says no one gets sick. This type of food builds a strong immune system😊

Jesus!! -Andrew you deserve some kind of award for this documentary of awareness.

"There's a law against 'pagpag'". Laws and rules in the PH are like "guidelines". Corrupt government won't care unless you get in their way. Genuinely brave of you to go there because PH slums can get pretty crazy, especially when they see foreigners (there's a persistent stigma that Caucassian people are wealthy). I'd be scared to even take out my phone in such a place, let alone use high-end equipment so out in the open.

yes, the country Filipino, For the beauty pageant is really, crazy... 1 billion every years..

in the time i've lived in manila i've never seen anything like that for almost 27 years...i'm still wandering in the tondo slum area there's nothing like that

You're the only one that tastes test pagpag in all of those documentary about it

You're the only vlogger who featured pagpag and eat the pagpag.😮

I pray All living things should live peacefully and healthier 🙏

Awesome sauce from l.a ca nice job thankyouverymuch

its either eat pag pag or starve to death for many in the slums

Food that is really not worth eating...junk food makes me afraid to go to that country🤢