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.
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.
Kamoteng Dilaw
The Filipino word for “sweet potato” is kamote. The word dilaw means
How Ice-Cream Became Popular in the Philippines
Credit for introducing ice cream to the Philippines goes to M. A.
Ginisang Kabute
Sauteed Mushrooms
Squid Sisig
Chopped-up squid on sizzling plate
Ginataang Hipon
Shrimp in Coconut Milk