Filipino Food

Get to Know the Cuisine of the Philippines

Sinudlan

Sinudlan is a local pastry of Cebu, Philippines.

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.

Uraro Cookies

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These treats are made from arrowroot flour, which gives them their powdery texture.

Potchi

Potchi is the name of a popular line of gummi candies from the Columbia Candy Company of the Philippines.

The most widely enjoyed variant is Strawberry Cream.

Pagi

This is the Tagalog word for stingray.

In the Philippines, pagi is usually cooked in coconut milk.

Pili

Pili is the name of a nut that’s native to maritime Southeast Asia.

Sugared pili nuts are a pasalubong snack in the Philippines!

Piyaya

Visayan unleavened flatbread also known as piaya

Kamatis

Noong unang panahon, ang mga nagdadalang-tao ay sinasabihang huwag kumain ng singkamas at kamatis sapagka’t “malalamig” daw ang mga iyon.

Saang

Saang are conch shells commonly sold from street stalls in the area of Cebu. These gastropods are known as “spider shells” or “scorpion conch” in English and their scientific name is Lambis scorpius.

Taghilaw

Known as a regional specialty of Batangas province, taghilaw is mainly pig innards soaked in vinegar or the like.