Filipino Food

Yakee! Super Asim Gumball

Photo of Yakee! Gumball by Ahljhon Miranda

“Asim” is the Tagalog word for sourness. This is a very sour gumball candy!

Selecta’s Pinipig So Munchy So Crunchy Chocolate Ice Cream… A stick of ice cream with a chocolate shell studded with pinipig crunchies… What is pinipig? Immature rice grains that are pounded until they are flat and then are toasted. They are often mistaken for rice crispies.

Butcheron

Chicharon made from chicken esophagus, instead of pork skin spelling variations: butseron,

Alimuran (Snake Fruit)

Known for being very sour, the alimuran or rattan fruit is usually eaten with salt or pickled for consumption.

The pangolin-like skin peel is very distinctive.

Tambakol

Tagalog name for skipjack tuna

How Ice-Cream Became Popular in the Philippines

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

Dayap

Dayap is the key lime familiar to Westerners, though few know that it’s actually a native plant of Southeast Asia.

Scientific name: Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle.

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.

Chorizo de Bilbao

Shrimps & Chorizo by Mayette M. Garcia.

Originating from the Iberian peninsula, chorizo refers to several types of pork sausages. In the Philippines, the most common type is called chorizo de bilbao.

Hany Milk Chocolate

Annie’s Hany Milk Chocolate. Photo by Angie Pastor. Ingredients: Philippine peanuts, chocolate, sugar, powdered milk. Comes in thumb-sized bars that smoothly crumble. The other Filipino candy of similar ingredients is CHOCNUT.

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