i am bob Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 The fun part of Filipino food? If you can't see something you don't like in the food, it tastes great! One of my friends likes to have me try all the dishes that his wife and mom make... I told him the same thing and loved it all!!! Well, except for the first 2 times... I should have told him I was allergic to some foods... What I thought was a chicken ball was a shrimp ball and I turned into the Michelin Man... The second time had raw cucumber hiding in the bottom of the dish and my lips looked like Angelina Jolie's lips right after she had them pumped up! :mocking: :hystery: :hystery: :hystery: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatpaulinmy Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 I would have to suggest the following: halo halo - ice cold dessert made of various sweet beans, tapioca, gello, fresh and preserved fruits mixed with a bit of milk, ice cream, sweet purple yam, and flan. anything grilled - from pork BBQ, to fish, squid, and even pig intestines or isaw as they are called (street food). roasted delights - lechon / lechon de leche (pit roasted pork/young pork), lechon manok (roasted/rotisserie chicken), lechon baka (pit roasted cow/calf) seafood galore - get affordable and fresh seafood (fish, shrimp, crab, squid, oysters, mussels, you name it!). sisig - roasted crisp pig ears/face seasoned and served sizzling hot with egg on top. excellent for beer match! and finally, get to try out some local delights which are considered specialties from their region. happy eating!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris49 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 I would have to suggest the following: halo halo - ice cold dessert made of various sweet beans, tapioca, gello, fresh and preserved fruits mixed with a bit of milk, ice cream, sweet purple yam, and flan. anything grilled - from pork BBQ, to fish, squid, and even pig intestines or isaw as they are called (street food). roasted delights - lechon / lechon de leche (pit roasted pork/young pork), lechon manok (roasted/rotisserie chicken), lechon baka (pit roasted cow/calf) seafood galore - get affordable and fresh seafood (fish, shrimp, crab, squid, oysters, mussels, you name it!). sisig - roasted crisp pig ears/face seasoned and served sizzling hot with egg on top. excellent for beer match! and finally, get to try out some local delights which are considered specialties from their region. happy eating!! Sisig na baboy or the alternative sisig na bangus, amazing dish if cooked properly. If done correctly is will be crunchy on the top and as the dish is served sizzling the egg is cooked in. Has chili, onion, garlic, verything you want to enhance the flavor. Lechon would be a delicacy here, the whole one for festive occasions, cooked by specialist. We would see it only once-twice a year here and it would disappear very quickly. Sinagan na baboy, almost a national dish. Well known, rapsa rapsa sobra...naimas in Ilocano. A rare one. The hard too find, usually from a commercial pond, larger variety of Catfish. Cooked over charcoal with calamansi, toyo, garlic, chili, if you can find it. Usually around Pampanga maybe in the Bicol region, they have everything in fish farming down there. Any Bicolano food btw...love there coconut milk options, over fish or pork. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram (Tim) Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 Sisig is pretty good - considering it is pig face.... ewww... ha ha It is one of the kind of nasty sounding foods that is really good Lechon is ok but I find it a bit over rated. Hawaiian Kalua pig is so much better (buried in coals & sand). There is a Cebu resto that serves lechon belly - it is awesome. So glad we have a couple branches here in Iloilo. No skin, almost no fat, just great meat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris49 Posted July 23, 2015 Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Sisig is pretty good - considering it is pig face.... ewww... ha ha It is one of the kind of nasty sounding foods that is really good Lechon is ok but I find it a bit over rated. Hawaiian Kalua pig is so much better (buried in coals & sand). There is a Cebu resto that serves lechon belly - it is awesome. So glad we have a couple branches here in Iloilo. No skin, almost no fat, just great meat. We actually go for the skin looking for the crispy/crunch bits, but sure, it's only chunks of pork, younger more tender, but I would agree it's a bit overrated. I haven't had the Hawaiian pig but the New Zealand one is similar, cooked undersoil with the effect being like roasted so very tender. Lechon belly is another northern delicacy called bagnet. The pork is fried crunchy on the outside, juicy tender on the inside. Gina gets excited over it. I found it over priced as if a tourist attraction, went off it actually. Inihaw stuffed bangus is one we have often. Self explanatory, inihaw is chili, onions, garlic. ginger, cooked over the open fire, so nice with the belly fat and eggs of the female fish. Edited July 23, 2015 by chris49 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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