What’s Your say?
November 24, 2011
If you could be an ambassador for Filipino food in the world what are the top 5 dishes you would like to make people discover? Dishes you think that should be more popular than they currently are? Dishes that even some fellow pinoys don’t know about? Like my dish in the below post for example!
I will compile a list of the results and cook the most recurrent dishes for my next posts!
So let me know and comment below!
(P.S don’t forget to vote, merci! salamat! thank you!)
thefatkidinside 
recipes that made davao city famous….tuna kare-kare, tuna paella, bihod (egg of female tuna), bagaybay (egg of male tuna), tuna panga….for dessert – durian ice cream, durian cake, durian pie and for coffee – durian coffee
Great. Thank you Arriel! I haven’t tried most of those! Can’t wait 🙂
the best is adobo, dinuguan,kardareta, sisig ilokano,batil patung of tuguegarao city, because im from cagayan Valley;)
Batil Patung is the best! That’s what I’m talking about!
After two weeks here in the PI, my husband is saying no more Filipino food =O!, But, of all the food that he has had, he seems to like lumpiang sariwa. It has always been my mom and my favorite, and it seems to not be a huge stretch for the international palate.
I will think about (or ask my Georgia(US)-born, Southern husband) what Pinoy foods that are a must to be discovered. Thanks for generating the topic!
Please do, I’d be much interested to find out. It doesn’t necessarily have to be aimed at an international palette. What’s your favorite? 🙂
Thinking about it, I would have to say (and forgive me for sounding old-fashioned) that my favorite Pinoy dish is Mutya ng Cavite originally tasted from Josephine’s. My parents are from Cavite, and I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, so it reminds me of a white sauce-based Cioppino. Actually, when I used to work at William-Sonoma, we used to lunch at Fog City Diner where I re-discovered an American version of Mutya.
Honorable mentions: Tinolang Manok, Bicol Express, you cannot go wrong with Lechon, and when done right, Pinapaitan Kambing.
That’s right, I see how that would actually work. I’m going to make some soon 🙂
Uhmm let’s see…BALOT….ISAW….DINUGUAN…SISIG and BICOL EXPRESS….
Bicol express is a winner in my book
you should have your own cooking show…AWESOME!!!!!
Hopefully soon!
Uhmm let’s see…BALOT….ISAW….DINUGUAN…SISIG and BICOL EXPRESS….
sweet potato or kamoteng kahoy in gata. filipino restaurants dont normally serve this for merienda
Thanks Adam for your tweets!
Yes kamoteng kahoy is gold!
Kamoteng kahoy is the best! Good call.
1. Prawns/Shrimp/Curacha in Alavar Sauce (secret concoction of aligue and spices from a famous seafood resto in Zamboanga)
2. Igado (Ilocano delicacy that my mom usually cooks during occasions)
3.Slow-cooked Pork-Chicken Adobo with chicken liver and pineapple tidbits (my own recipe)
4. Lechon Baboy (Zubuchon of Cebu offers the best roasted pig in the entire archipelago)
5. Kinilaw (of Mindanao is more tasty than the ones we find in Visayas)
You’re number 1 is my number 1. Awesome list! I can see you enjoy food!
Great topic by the way! Top 5 Pinoy Food would be: Kare-Kare (Seafood or Beef with tripes), Caldereta, Beef Morcon, Fresh Lumpia, Pinatuyuan Chicken-Pork Adobo
Beef morcon is sooooo yummy. So unhealthy though ha ha
Thanks for your reply! I’m currently residing in Sydney but a native of Angono, Rizal. You should try our famous Fried Itik. Sinfully yummy! Better than chicken!
I just found your blogsite via your tweeter and I’m loving it! Keep up the good work and God bless!
I voted for your blog! Let’s claim to the Lord that you win! I will help you pray! 🙂
Fantastic! Will do 🙂
PInakbet from Ilokano and Humba (Braised Prok Recipe).
I have tried Ilokano Pinakbet that was cooked my my friend’s mom when we were in Vigan! The best ever! Local vegetables infused with Bagoong Isda! Wow! mouth-watering!
That’s sounds great and pinakbet is possibly next on my list!
papaitan and kare kare are my fave pinoy dishes 😀
I agree on the kare kare, when done correctly!
Vigan Empanada
Pinakbet pizza
Chicken inasal
Candon, Ilocos sur’s Royal Bibingka
Sisig (whether it’s pork, chicken, or even fish)
Candon is awesome stuff
Try this one (from Bacolod)..
KBL – Kadyos, Baboy, Langka
Tinolang Manok ( using native chicken, we call here “bisaya na manok”)
Pochero Illongo
Inubaran na Manok (native chicken, ubad, tanglad, coconut milk, etc.)
Kansi
Hope you could have a twist on these…o_0
I love love love kansi. I need to try KBL sounds good!
Yeah, one of the specialties of Illonggos… Hope you like it on your first try..o_0 Sounds good and taste good..hehehe
Nice
Let me just say, that i am a fan of your blog. I admire your enthusiasm with gastronomy. I will one day travel as much as you have, to see the sights and of course taste the food- because one way or another, i know i’ll eventually get tired of tasting it with my eyes. :p
Back to the topic..for me, probably the most underrated type of food here in the Philippines are the delicacies (sweets, desserts)..because aside from the fact that there are so many of them (every city has one), its normally being sold locally (just in that area). So unless you haven’t been in that place, you won’t know that something that good even existed. If only people in this country cared about gastronomy a little more, tourists would probably flock our shores just to have a taste of what we have to offer..with food alone, they would want to stay here..i really hope we should do more about that. we need tourism, like we need a loud “Bang!”.
Mention 5 of those delicacies? Ugh its too hard to choose..haha..i want these to be known all over the country, even worldwide..
buko pie- typical in the US are apple, lemon key lime, pecan and pumpkin.
tupig- (made from glutinous or malagkit rice flour, coconuts, molasses, sesame seeds, wrap in banana leaves and baked over live charcoal.)
sapin-sapin (a native dessert consists of coconut milk,ube powder,gelatin,corn kernels.)
binagol (or binangol) – (This is a visayan delicacy. Sweetened shredded gabi tuber with coconut and condensed milk then cooked in coconut shells and wrapped in banana leaves.)
champorado- my favorite 🙂 (sticky rice in cocoa cooked to perfection)
let me just add something out of the dessert section. i’ve always been a sucker for street foods.. the ihaw-ihaw and tusok-tusok kind 🙂 -cleaner environment, where people are sure it’s clean and safe, i think it’ll be a hit as well.
@vernagarbin
I absolutely agree with you on everything you said, I know what you mean, its fustrating to see the same dishes served and sold over and over, ppl start thinking that that’s all we have to offer. Case in point I haven’t tried at least one of those dishes and I’ll go seek it out now. You found the issue, we ourselves have to be curious about our culture before we know/can explain/present it properly/enticingly to all our world neighbours 🙂
Thank you.
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Let me just say, that i am a fan of your blog. I admire your enthusiasm with gastronomy. I will one day travel as much as you have, to see the sights and of course taste the food- because one way or another, i know i’ll eventually get tired of tasting it with my eyes. :p
Back to the topic..for me, probably the most underrated type of food here in the Philippines are the delicacies (sweets, desserts)..because aside from the fact that there are so many of them (every city has one), its normally being sold locally (just in that area). So unless you haven’t been in that place, you won’t know that something that good even existed. If only people in this country cared about gastronomy a little more, tourists would probably flock our shores just to have a taste of what we have to offer..with food alone, they would want to stay here..i really hope we should do more about that. we need tourism, like we need a loud “Bang!”.
Mention 5 of those delicacies? Ugh its too hard to choose..haha..i want these to be known all over the country, even worldwide..
buko pie- typical in the US are apple, lemon key lime, pecan and pumpkin.
tupig- (made from glutinous or malagkit rice flour, coconuts, molasses, sesame seeds, wrap in banana leaves and baked over live charcoal.)
sapin-sapin (a native dessert consists of coconut milk,ube powder,gelatin,corn kernels.)
binagol (or binangol) – (This is a visayan delicacy. Sweetened shredded gabi tuber with coconut and condensed milk then cooked in coconut shells and wrapped in banana leaves.)
champorado- my favorite 🙂 (sticky rice in cocoa cooked to perfection)
let me just add something out of the dessert section. i’ve always been a sucker for street foods.. the ihaw-ihaw and tusok-tusok kind 🙂 -cleaner environment, where people are sure it’s clean and safe, i think it’ll be a hit as well.
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for me just 2 its tinuom na manok or tinolang manok !! masarap 🙂
That’s one of my favs
Since I’m from Dagupan, RELLENONG DAGUPAN BANGUS (Stuffed Milkfish) that is.!
Haha but of course!
And my other four are Lechon Paksiw, Bicol Express, Pinaputok na Tilapia (St. Peter’s Fish) and Binagoongan.!!!
Kare-kare
Guising-guising
Menudo
Afritada
Sisig
Pinikpikan from the north is not widely known or liked in other parts of the country, but it’s something you should try and maybe you can tweak it so that ‘lowlanders’ might appreciate it more. 🙂
Ang dami lang masarap na Pinoy food it’s not so easy to make a list.
Kaldereta
Mechado
Pochero
Dinuguan
Pinakbet
Bicol Express
Pinakbet is close to my heart!
Binignit and Humba.
Humba humba
Tinolang bisayang manok,
Dry adobong bisayang manok,
Halang-halang na bisayang manok,
At ginataang pagi (sting ray)
hehe, masarap yan! 😀
Halang halang ftw
i would suggest Bicol express and Laing because im from bicol! haha wats the best recipe to cook with beef?coz that’s the only choice we have here in saudi and also chicken..we’re having this party and i would like to serev the best food to my fellow nurses:) please do give me the recipes..thanks! much appreciated:)
I seriously think that there is nothing better than some ox kare kare 🙂 if you can’t use pork.
I have to say… SISIG! I’m from Pampanga so sorry for the pride. :)) Sisig, laing, dinuguan, bistig caldereta and tibok-tibok, pang dessert lang. 🙂
I know sisig when well executed is glorious
My top 5 Filipino Food (or should Bicol Cuisine)
1. Pinangat
2. Laing
3. Bicol Express
4. Sinigang na Hipon/Pork/Fish sa Buko (yes buko juice and its meat)
5. Kinunot na Pagi (shredded sting ray in coconut milk) this is best with malunggay leaves
now i miss the food from the province! haha
i meant *or should I say Bicol Cuisine*
Yup caught that Anneskie, haha good on you for the correction!
Kinunot na pagi sounds amazing! Its on my list of must tries now!
haha member of grammar brigade here =p definitely should try it! best if you spiked it up with chili/made a little spicy. not for those with lactose intolerance tho. =)
Yes id add little fire peppers to make me cry
fresh lumpia, fish paksiw, isdang kinilaw, adobo!!, halang-halang (spicy giblets), paklay (fried goat internal organs).. sorry medyo vague ang pagka describe sa halang-halang at paklay.. hindi kasi ako nagluluto eh..
Halang halang! That’s what I’m on!
kare kare is my most favorite!
dinuguan
kaldereta
sisig
bicol express
sinigang
tinola
sinampalukang manok
menudo
adobo
laing
ginisang munggo
I said five hahahaha!
But I agree with kare kare. Too good, when done right!
My Top 5 Filipino dishes 🙂
1. Kare-kare *my dad makes the best kare-kare! 🙂
2. Laing
3. Tinolang Manok *my dad says it’s better when the chicken’s native 😀
4. Ginataang Kuhol / Ginataang Biya
5. Halaan Soup 😀
Yes, my dad cooks well! haha! So there, the five Filipino dishes that made up my list 🙂
Perfect!!
Another great Filipino dish is Adobo! We have dry Adobo (walang sabaw) and we call it Adobong Tagalog! Sarap 🙂 Wanted to add it on my list, but then it would be “My Top 6 Filipino dishes” haha!
PS. Voted for you at the Nuffnang Blog Awards! Hope you win 🙂 Awesome writing + Great vids and music + of course, Delicious food!!! ❤
yup i like a dry adobo! with pork belly! thats what made me fat in the first place! haha
Your dad is correct!
I must say
1. Sisig and Bopis
2. Those kakanin/malagkit foods like Kutsinta, Biko, Puto Bumbong, Bibingka
3. Have you tried or do you know the vegetable called Pako? It tastes good even if you”ll just steam it and dip it in bagoong.
4. Embotido
5. Liliw, Laguna’s version of Pudding. It’s a must try!!
I wanna try lilliw
Liliw!!!
You can visit this site I just found http://www.ourawesomeplanet.com/awesome/2008/05/arabela-liliw.html
This restaturant is the best in Liliw, I think. Haha! Hope you could visit Liliw, my province. 🙂
on my list of places to go!
I wish I’ll be in Liliw when you go there. It will be my pleasure to be your tourist guide there. Haha! I just blogged about Liliw. http://mind-scatter.blogspot.com/ . 🙂
MY TOP 5 DISHES ARE 1. LECHON CEBU 2. BICOL EXPRESS ( I LOVE SPICY FOOD) 3. OYSTER ADOBO 4. BANGUS SISIG 5. KUHOL IN GATA. THANKS FOR LETTING US BE INVOLVED IN YOUR AMAZING BLOG! 🙂
Oyster in adobo!?!?? Perfect! That sounds great and orignal!!!
My Top 5 Filipino Dishes Are:
1. Pinakbet
2. Dinengdeng
3. Bagnet
4. Ginataang Puso ng saging
5. Crispy dinuguan
These are the specialties of Ilocanos. Proud to be one..:)
Bagnet is love.
My top 5:
1.Buridibod
2.Sinigang
3.Laing
4.Dinuguan
5.Papaitan
Binignit, ftw!
@Michael Lim I like Binignit, too.
I also like Utan Bisaya, Halang-halang, Kare-kare and Adobo (the dry/fried variety not the saucy one).
1. dinakdakan
2. bistek
3. kilawin
4. pinapaitan
5. sinigang na bangus sa miso.
:))
kilawin is def one of my favourites!
It would be suman =) every region or every local has their own version of it. In Baler, we have different kinds of suman, there’s patupat, sinukmani/biko, suman sa ibos, suman sa lihiya etc. Second on the list is the hitong inadobo sa gata =) Then there’s bork binagoongan, ensaladang pako (fern) with salted egg and chicharon and sinampalukang manok 😀
i agree! im thinking of making a suman/toasted coconut ice cream. what do you think?
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top pinoy food for me are
spicy beef kaldereta – and even this would suit a foreigner’s palate just make sure to throw in some red pepper for added zing, kare kare, beef morcon, callos, and i need to add dessert here, maja blanca. love those corn bits!
it’s not obvious i love beef haha
no not at all haha
My list will include Biringhe (Pampanga’s version of the Paella Valenciana), Everybody’s Cafe’s Morcon (this one is to die for as they use aligue for their sauce), KBL, Ensaladang Pako and sisig Kapampangan 🙂
yum i need to get my hands on some of the biringhe
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My top 5 would have to be: Fish Larang, Humba, Pancit Bam-i, Balbacua and Binignit.
ummmmmmm fish larang
I vote:
1. Bachoy Tagalog (pork innards, coagulated blood in mee sua soup)
2. Sinigang na Bangus sa Miso
3. Ginataang Alimango with Kalabasa
4. Ginataang Inihaw na Tilapya with Mustasa
5. Palitaw with salted Coco-caramel Sauce
Seriously, anything with coconut milk is a sure bet.
What an infectiously joyous blog. 🙂 Much impressed.
1. kare-kare- beef and tripe with garlicky bagoong- done right, it’s a prayer everytime! Amen.
2. morcon- with everything in it (is there a better way??), wrapped in caul fat (there is no other way); slow braised- If I die after eating this, I’d die a happy girl.
3. adobong tisay- where the adobo is of the dry variant; and the coconut milk and soy sauce accompaniment is reduced; livened up with a splash of sherry just before serving
4. shrimp asado- no brainer; I’m no fan of banana ketchup, but find it impossible to do this dish without it
5. papaitang kambing- there is a way of cooking goat so that the gamey/musky flavor is a pleasurable tease rather than an assault on the senses; maybe it has to do with souring the broth with just enough (this part is always tricky) kamias or balimbing; this reminds me so much of my grandpa.
I don’t know who you are but I absolutely love the way you write about food!
Your posts are very mouth watering as long as with the pictures, i juat want to ask what`s the unit of your camera :DD
thanks! its a GF1
One of the recent (but definitely left its mark) dish I’ve tasted is DINAKDAKAN. I believe its an Ilokano dish (Ilocos, north of Philippines). It is somehow similar to Sisig but has an inexplicable smokey taste that really hits the spot!
Oh how i would love to try your version of this recipe if you decide to try it!
Nice blog, btw! i can feel your passion in your every post! I am currently fighting the urge to run to the market and buy ingredients for one of your dishes that id like to try!
Looking forward to read more of your posts! =)
Btw, do you have the link where i can vote you in the Southeast Asian Food Blog thing? =)
found the link!
too bad voting is over!
That sounds really interesting, I’ll try and look it up or ask some of my friends from the region, they might be able to point me in the right direction, I wouldn’t want to lose the original flavours of the dish.
The voting is closed now 🙂 to be announced on december 16th. Thanks though. The links were in all my previous post.
i will for sure!
Though voting is close i want to share my fave merienda in Quezon Province my hometown:
•Nilupak/Niyubak – mashed cassava/saba banana (what I love is its preparation. It was mashed for hours in a big mortar and pestle we called bayuhan. It is traditionally done, way harder but fun to do with family or friends.
•Binatog – boiled corn kernels, grated coconut, sugar and milk (simple but delicious, my comfort food)
•Pilipit – filipino kakanin. fried sticky rice dipped in caramelized sugar
•Sumang Balinghoy(Cassava) – I like it best with macapuno filing
The voting for me as best blog is closed, but the favourite pinoy food will always be open 🙂 I agree on the binatog! I see you have a sweet tooth.
yay I’m unaware I choose all the sweet ones. Revealed that i’m a dessert person hehehehe.. Ur sugar cane coconut caramel is simple but so good, can’t get over it.. After pancakes I try it with sago/gulaman and used as pandesal filling yummerz.. (Though until now I suck on makin fluffy pancakes hahaha)
Ya it takes a couple of tries but you’ll get the fluffiness down I’m sure. Yes I know its quite addicting! Even just on toast with salted butter. Just like heaven.
You should visit Zamboanga City and try Satti and Pastil. Spicy dishes but yummy in the tummy.
the spicier the better!
Great munggo guisado version of yours. Am gonna try this definitely. One little thing though – say “without further ADO”, instead of “without further a due”. Anyway, hope you’ll have a cooking show on tv someday! Cheers to good food!
let me know how it goes.
My take on this…(in no particular order)… still wanted to include an entry though voting is closed. ☺
1. Ginataang Kuhol
2. Bulanglang
3. Tamilok (from Palawan)
4. Pulitipot (sweet kakanin from Pangasinan
5. Pancit Habhab
– these are not very uncommon but some Pinoy folks are still not aware of these Pinoy yummies..
tamilok, wow, not alot of people like it! i find it ok only, the flavour isnt as intense and complex as i thought it would be.
Pinoy food is great, but if you want the World to recognise it as a cuisine.. its gonna need some (a lot) of food styling, garnishes.. Like Thai food…
1) The Flavors of ADOBO would be great to tweak , but make it look prettier.. not so BROWN.
2) SISIG……is another …… but again. how its presented needs work if were gonna get the international market to appreciate it, not as a delicacy but as an entree.
3) Anything with Taba ng Talanka (baby crab fat)….
4) Our Pork Sinigang sa Sampalok (Tamarind) is really good, but the presentation needs improving if we want the World to appreciate it.. maybe substitute beef ribs instead of the fatty pork..
Just my 2 cents.
good blog by the way.
i like your point of view.
haha yes anything in crab fat is spot on
My top 5 would be:
1. Ensaladang pako/paco – i think its a fern… best place to have it is in Tiaong Quezon (palaisdaan restaurant and UGU Bigyan garden), I tried it when I was on my holidays…. Its the bomb!!!!!!! (I wish I can find it here in Sydney)
2. Ginataang Kuhol – It has more international appeal. My Aussie friends wont eat it but… lol
3. Sarsiadong Lapu- Lapu – I think Filipino should have more seafood dishes… we have the resources anyway plus its healthier…. 🙂
4. Tinolang tahong – as long as its fresh… its the bomb! simple yet satisfying…. just for additional information, there’s a restaurant here in Sydney called Belgian Bier Cafe that serves mussels… and its sooo expensive… I tried it once but I cannot be bothered to go back again because its just like the normal tahong cooked in filipino household… My tita back in Manila cook better… I love their beers though! 🙂
5. Adobo – everyone loves it… even my aussie, italian, greek, arab friends here in Sydney loves it… they always ask me to cook it for them… 🙂
agree!
Lemme share my top 5
KBL (kadyos baboy langka)
Chicken Pastil of the Maguindanaons
Empadana from Ilocos
Gising gising, its like chopsuey but spicy…
Beef Sinisa of the Maranao people, its super spicy!