General Info

Exotic? Monkey-eating eagles, pupa of honeybees, birds’ nests, freshwater beetles, sea urchins, lizards, iguanas, pythons, octopus, field rats… tastes like chicken!

The tabon bird of Palawan lays only two eggs, and one of them is sure to get egg-napped.

Freswater maliputo and tawilis — fish caught only in the Pansipit River and Taal Lake of Batangas.

Eel cooked in yellow ginger.

Binutong

Photos by SuperNam25… Binutong is a native treat from Bicol province… Here seen wrapped and arranged on a bilao.

Sinaing

Sinaing refers to boiled or steamed rice.

Rice is often cooked in an iron pot, traditionally in a clay pot, and these days using a electric rice-cooker.

Halabos

The Tagalog word halabos means to cook in salt and water by

Lauriat

Photo by Jeric Travis of Chowking’s Barbeque Lauriat in Dubai, UAE.

The word “lauriat” derives from the Chinese-Hokkien “Lao Diat” denoting a celebration.

BEANUGUAN

Glossary word for the day! Beanuguan is a recently coined word for

Lumpiang Hubad with Pandan Sauce

Featured photo by Jinkee Pacquiao: Lumpiang Hubad with Pandan Sauce 🙂

Ginisang Munggo

Ginisang Munggo by Jeric Travis… Sauteed mung beans is a popular dish in the Philippines. It can be flavored with pork or shrimp, and topped or mixed with some crushed chicharon.

Kuhol

Kuhol is an edible species of snail that’s often cooked in gata (coconut cream).

Kamatis Ligaw

Kamatis ligaw are wild tomatoes the size of berries which are occaionally

Tisilog

tinapa + sinangag + itlog

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