Filipino Food

Pinggang Pinoy

A visual tool developed by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute to help Filipinos acquire healthy eating habits.

A root crop used mainly in sweet preparations, ube is a favorite flavor of ice cream and for cakes and pastries. It is also added to halo-halo. The plant that bears ube has the scientific name Dioscorea alata. It has heart-shaped leaves.

Purple Ice Cream?

Passionfruit? Grape? Honey Lavender? Nope! Purple Ice Cream has to be none other than the UBE flavor of the Philippines!

UBE (oo-beh) is Purple Yam… a root crop you dig from under the ground.

Candyman Kendi Mint

Kendi Mint candy is one of the classic hard candies from the Philippines, evoking nostalgic memories in Filipinos of all ages.

Melon Juice

Melon Juice by Mayette M. Garcia.

Cantaloupe is called melon in the Philippines — milón in Tagalog.

Baye-Baye

A delicacy from the Visayas region.

Batwan

These batwan fruits are used as souring agents in Ilonggo cuisine.

Turrones de Casoy

Turrones de Kasoy by Angie Pastor. This Filipino candy is associated with the province of Pampanga. The inspiration is the Spanish turrón, a nougat confection made of honey, sugar and egg white, with nuts. In the Philippines, it’s cashew in these turrones!

Lechon Manok 707 Crackers

Photo of Lechon Manok crackers & Ma’am Inasal ulam crackers by Soundtech27. This is a type of chichirya (munchable junk food). Ingredients: Chicken Flavor, Flour Rice, Salt, Coconut Oil, Hot Chili. Lechon Manok crackers are manufactured by Pan Fisher Enterprise of Caloocan City, Philippines.

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