ABOUT FILIPINO FOOD

Photos by SuperNam25… Binutong is a native treat from Bicol province… Here seen wrapped and arranged on a bilao.

Photo by Toyang Noresa of Barquillos, Butter Scotch, Napoleones, Bañadas, Barquiron and Piaya from Bongbong’s of Bacolod City.

Note to Filipino Americans: Martin Purefoods is NOT the San Miguel Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdog you know from the Philippines.

Tanigue with calamansi by Angie Pastor.

Titay’s Liloan Rosquillos & Delicacies is a maker of biscuits, pastries and breads. They are most famous for their Rosquillos Corazon, Otap, Galletas del Carmen, Galletas de Bato, and Hojaldres.

Sinaing refers to boiled or steamed rice.

Rice is often cooked in an iron pot, traditionally in a clay pot, and these days using a electric rice-cooker.

It’s been estimated that between 50 and 90 percent of the Philippine population are lactose intolerant.

Mangga is the Tagalog word for ‘mango.’

Adidas + Saluyot by Mommy Shelette.

In the Philippines, adidas refers to chicken feet.

The usage derives from the fact that the chicken’s three claws are reminiscent of the trefoil logo of the German shoe company Adidas.

Known in English as taro.