>> anthony: welcome to jollibee.nd a whole lot more internationally wherever there are home-sick filipinos. there's a jollibee in new jersey by the way. [ jollibee theme song ] ♪ ♪ >> anthony: i hate mascots. you know they fart in those suits. oh, yeah, chicken and spaghetti -- and not just any spaghetti. i think it's like sweet banana, ketchupy stuff with hot dogs. that spaghetti's deranged, yet strangely alluring. oh, it's not a burger. it's rice! wait. eat it in a piece like pork. sinister brown sauce. i don't know what it's for. wow, that's awesome. that's what you do with the brown stuff. ugh, i hate myself. >> karla: hi, ma'am! jolly afternoon! >> anthony: did i mention it's christmas? the 7,000 plus islands that make up the philippines rank number one according to internet "scientitions" when it comes to celebrating the jolliest time of year. holiday cheer begins a full 100 days before the 25th of december, which means there's a lot to do in this town. especially if you like crashing other people's parties. al

>> welcome to jollibee.re is a jollibee in new jersey, by the way. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i hate mascots. you know they fart in those suits. oh, yeah. chicken and spaghetti and not just any spaghetti. i think it's like sweet, ketchupy with hot dogs. the spaghetti is deranged, yet strangely alluring. ♪ ♪ it's not a burger. it's rice. wait, my sinister brown sauce. i don't know what it's for. ♪ ♪ >> that's awesome. that's what crowe do with the brown stuff. ♪ ♪ >> i hate myself. >> hi, jolly afternoon! >> did i mention it's christmas? the 7,000-plus islands that make up the philippines rank number one according to internet scientigzs when it comes to celebrating the jolliest afternoon. >> it begins a full hundred days before the 25th of december which means there is a lot to do in this town especially if you like crashing other people's parties. >> let the party start. ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the seven con nents travel and tours corporate christmas party held in the fabulous banquet room of the downtown pearl garden

there's one in jersey city. ♪ ♪ jollibee [ speaking foreign language] ♪ >> anthony: i hate mascots. i think it's sweet banana, ketchup meat stutoughed with hot dogs. their spaghetti is deranged, yet strangely alluring. oh, it's not a burger. it's rice. pork, sinister brown sauce. i don't know what it's for. oh, that's awesome. that's what you do with the brown stuff. oh, i hate myself. >> hi, mom, jolly afternoon. >> anthony: did i mention it's christmas? the 7,000 plus islands that makeup the philippines rank number one when it comes to celebrating the jolliest time of the year. holiday cheer begins a full hyundai undred days before chri. and there's a lot to do especially if you like crashing other people's parties. welcome to the seven continents, travel and tours corporate christmas party held in the fabulous banquet room of the downtown royal hotel. ♪ ♪ deck the halls with bows of holly ♪ ♪ la, la, la, la, la, la, >> so, cheers. ma merry christmas. >> anthony: very catholic country? >> very catholic. 80%. christmas starts in september. >> so, at 12 midnight of september 1, ever

. >> anthony: a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain, jollibee's. any filipino. they love this drive-through mutation for specialties like this fried spam sandwich thing. but it's the desserts where it gets really crazy. >> anthony: decisions, decisions. >> roy choi: here we go. uh, we'll take one aloha burger and then one spam little big bite. >> cashier: all right. anything else? >> roy choi: uh, let's do a halo halo, and that's it. all right. >> anthony: oh, look at that. what is, what, what is that? >> roy choi: that's a halo halo. >> anthony: oh, yeah, halo halo. dig deep and you hit delicious stratas of red beans, white beans, and chickpeas, cubes of red and green jell-o, young white coconut, shaved ice and, is that flan? it makes no goddamn sense at all. i love it. >> roy choi: part of every pinoy filipino's life, halo halo. >> anthony: nutsy, man. i got to take a picture of that. it's oddly beautiful. all right. >> roy choi: all right. >> anthony: you know i'm getting a bite of that little -- what is, what is it? >> roy choi: it's a little b