A Filipino-Norwegian restaurateur made the rounds on social media after “insulting” Filipino food on national television.

Jonathan Romano, a sushi chef and MasterChef Norway judge, said quite bluntly on the TV show "4-stjerners middag" that Filipino food is “very bad” when he was asked about the Filipino food tradition.

“It’s very bad food. In the eyes of a chef, there is no food art in my eyes, unfortunately. Lots of deep-fried, lots of fried-to-death stuff like casserole dishes if you can put it that way,” he said (as translated by online show NordicPinoy). “They do not have the same taste composition as Thai food. Filipino food is more on the sour side.”

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