Filipino Food

Potchi

Potchi is the name of a popular line of gummi candies from the Columbia Candy Company of the Philippines.

The most widely enjoyed variant is Strawberry Cream.

Buko

Young coconut

Adidas

Adidas + Saluyot by Mommy Shelette.

In the Philippines, adidas refers to chicken feet.

The usage derives from the fact that the chicken’s three claws are reminiscent of the trefoil logo of the German shoe company Adidas.

Daing

Daing is a type of dried fish. It goes very well with

Atay (Liver)

Liver Steak by Mary Rizale. Atay is the Tagalog word for liver.

Mango Sago Gulaman

The Filipino treat Sago’t Gulaman is a refreshing blend of pieces of gulaman (seaweed-derived “gelatin”) and sago pearls. Here’s a recipe with mango puree added.

Krema

Magbati ng 9 na itlog. Lagyan ng isang basong gatas, 3 kutsarang

Bangus

Bangus is the Tagalog word for “milkfish.” The fish’s scientific name is Chanos chanos. What can we make with bangus? Paksiw, sinigang, relleno, adobo, pinaputok, escabeche, sisig, bangus sa tausi…

Balimbing

Photo of Balimbing by Mildred Cruz.

The fruit has the scientific name Averrhoa carambola. It’s called a star fruit in English because of the shape you see when you cut it crosswise.

Pusit 🦑

Squid in Tagalog is pusit.

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