Travel blogger’s search for ‘Pan Borikat’ sparks viral language mix-up

December 15, 2025 – 6:16 PM

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Japanese travel blogger

Takumi Senpai

has gone

viral

after posting a clip of himself eagerly searching for a Filipino dish he called “Pan Borikat.”

Unaware that in Bisaya (Cebuano), the word borikat is a vulgar slang term for “prostitute,” Takumi cheerfully compared the name to lipstick, leaving viewers both amused and cringing at the cultural misstep.