Filipino Food

Balut

Featured Photo by Kaycel Corral.

Balut country — Pateros — and the neighboring Rizal towns have variations of this ubiquitous boiled duck’s egg with the little black chick curled up inside.

Balunbalunan

Spicy Adobong Balunbalunan by Ahljhon Miranda The Tagalog word balunbalunan refers to

Pancit Cabagan

A noodle dish associated with Northern Luzon, particularly the provinces of Isabela

Ginataang Bilubilo

Ginataang Bilubilo by Angie Pastor.

A delicious sweet Filipino snack… Fruits, roots crops, and balls of glutinous flour cooked in coconut milk.

Bilao

A bilao has traditionally been used as a rice winnower, but is

Butong Pakwan

Butong Pakwan (Buto ng Pakwan) are watermelon seeds.

Among many Filipinos’ fondest memories is gathering around a bowl of dried watermelon seeds with a piece of old newspaper on hand ready to be piled with discarded shells.