Pinakbet or pakbet is a popular Ilocano food, from the north of the Philippines, although it has become popular throughout the Philippines.
The word is the contracted form of the Ilocano word "pinakebbet", meaning shrunk or shrivelled.
The original Ilocano pinakbet uses baggoong, of fermented monamon or other fish, while further south, bagoong alamang is used.
Bicol Express is a Philippine food made with pork and coconut cream that will have you expressing how much you adore the taste!
Bicol Express is the name given to a popular dish which originated in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.
It is a stew made from long chilies (siling labuyo), coconut milk, shrimp paste or stockfish, onion, pork, and garlic.
Kare-kare is a Philippine stew.
Kare-kare is a Philippine food made from peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, beef, and occasionally offal or tripe.
Meat variants may include goat meat or (rarely) chicken.
It is often eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste), sometimes spiced with chili, and sprinkled with calamansi lime juice.
Tuyo is a dried salted fish (tuyo actually meaning dried) in the Philippines.
Tuyo has been tagged as a poor man's kind of dish as can be procured quite cheaply (and as it is "preserved" can be stored cheaply too!).
Poor man or no, tuyo has many fans from all walks of life, so I want to say that Tuyo is an everyman's kind of dish. And as far as tuyo lovers go, I am of the them who head to eat Tuyo for breakfast.
Dinuguan, or "pork blood stew" in English, is a Philippine food which is a very savory stew of blood and meat simmered in a rich, spicy gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili and vinegar.
The term dinuguan comes from the word dugo meaning "blood".
It is recognizably thick and dark, hence the Westernized nickname "chocolate meat". It is often served with white rice or a Filipino rice caked called puto.
Halohalo is a popular refreshments in the Philippines.
It is very widely knowned as a thirst quencher for the heat.
Halohalo is a Filipino dessert famous for mixing different kinds of fruits and interesting mix of sweetened ingredients like ube halaya, leche flan, sago, sweetened banana, kamote, monggo, kaong, nata de coco, milk and more.
In the Philippines, Jollibee beats McDonald's. More people eat at Jollibee and they do have a lot more stores than the giant McDonald's .
Jollibee is a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Philippines and also has locations in the United States, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Dubai and Brunei.
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Jollibee is also the name of Jollibee's mascot, a large bee in a blazer, shirt and chef's hat.
It is an American style fast-food restaurant with Filipino-influenced dishes specializing in chicken, burgers, and spaghetti.
Bicolanos are famous for being chili ( sili )lovers. Almost Bicolano foods are hot and spicy.
One of my favorite is laing.
Laing is a favorite Philippine food from Bicol, fiery hot and absolutely delicious though it can an acquired taste to the Western palate.
Laing is one of all time favourite Bicol dish. Be sure to use thick coconut milk, the light version will not work at all.
Lumpia Prito is a traditional Philippine food as an appetizer served in parties. But it has become a Philippine side or meat dish
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Lumpia Prito literally means fried spring roll.
It consists of a briskly fried lumpia wrapper filled with bean sprouts and various other vegetables such as diced carrots.
Pinakbet pizza is a Philippine food from the Ilocos region.
Pinakbet pizza is a combination of the pizzacrust with cheese and the pinakbet ingredients.
The Pinakbet ingredients are eggplant, ampalaya, string beans,okra and some longganiza or bagnet. The bagoong is also put on top of the Pinakbet pizza with lots of cheese in it.