If there’s a hidden gem in the online and broadcast space that deserves to be discovered, watched and fully savored, it’s Lutong Daza.
Available on free tv and very conveniently in YouTube and the NET25.com news and entertainment portal, the cooking show features longtime celebrity chef, gastro guru and restaurant entrepreneur Sandy Daza, now joined by his cousin Pat-P Daza in a cooking show that features mostly home cooking staples that are easy to prepare.
Sandy is considered Filipino culinary royalty, being the son of famed culinary pioneer Nora Daza who rose to national prominence decades ago through her Cooking with Nora cookbook. She also maintained restaurants not only in Manila but also in Paris and New York, being one of the first Filipino chefs to go international decades before the advent of the Internet and social media exposure.
Sandy has continued his mother’s legacy, now with a modern online twist. He has hosted similar shows before, but his new home at NET25 has allowed Sandy to reach a broader, more tech-aware audience.
The Daza food heir updates and brings modern twists to classic recipes such as sotanghon, lechon kawali, Pinoy carbonara, nilasing na hipon and many others.
Sandy is fully at ease in all of his shows, and his experience and cooking wisdom always comes through. That is Lutong Daza’s attraction. It is immensely watchable and enjoyable – just like being in an actual kitchen with Sandy and Pat-P.
Lutong Daza showcases the best of Filipino comfort food with invaluable cooking insights from an illlustrious culinary family. It’s a definite guilty pleasure that’s worthy “na balik balikan”.
