Filipino Food

Kakanin

Biko, Nilupak & Kalamay na Mais by Toyang Noresa.

Kakanin is a whole genre of Filipino delicacies whose main ingredient is usually rice, sometimes corn or a root crop like cassava.

Carioca / Karyoka

Balls of glutinous-rice dough that are deep fried and then dipped in brown coconut syrup.

Hamón

From the Spanish jamón, meaning “ham.” Fiesta Ham is the much-coveted centerpiece

How Ice-Cream Became Popular in the Philippines

Credit for introducing ice cream to the Philippines goes to M. A. Clarke.

One of the “vintage” Filipino candies made by Columbia’s Philippines. The flavors in their original 50-piece bag are Grape, Lemon, Orange, and Strawberry. Their “Tropical Fruits” collection consists of Mango, Tamarind, Lychee and Ponkan flavors.

Kaong

Kaong is the fruit of the sugar palm tree whose scientific name is Arenga pinnata. Translucently white in color and chewy in texture, the cute-sized fruits of the kaong are a popular ingredient in haluhalo, together with macapuno and nata de coco.