Queso de Bola
Ball of Edam cheese that’s a staple of the Filipino Christmas table
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.
Media Noche
Featured photo by Angie Pastor.
Media Noche in the Philippines is New Year’s Eve, during which everyone looks forward to the large spread of food to feast on. 🙂
The First Banquet
In the year 1521, Ferdinand Magellan was met by a friendly Filipino chief and a feast laid out in his honor. Two dishes were brought, one of fish in its sauce and the other of rice.
Pinggang Pinoy
A visual tool developed by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute to help Filipinos acquire healthy eating habits.
Nata de Coco
Nata is the Spanish word for cream, but Nata de Coco is more like cubes of coconut-flavored gelatin. The gel is cultured from coconut water.
