Filipino Food

Difference Between Alimasag and Alimango?

has thin legs and a mottled shell, while alimango has large forelegs and a shell that is of a solid even color.

Turon (Sagimis)

Turón is banana wrapped like a spring roll and deep fried with brown sugar. The banana often used is the fat saba variety. Jackfruit is sometimes included in the filling for a sweeter flavor.

Tapang Usa

Tapang usa is cured deer meat. The native Aetas who live in

Pakumbo

Pakumbo or Pacombo is a sweet treat whose main ingredient is dried coconut.

A local delicacy in Batangas and Aurora provinces, pakumbo is distinctive for being packaged in dried banana bark.

Aratiles

Scientific name: Muntingia calabura Variations on spelling: aratilis, aratiles, aratalis, alatiris A

Takway

“Poor man’s asparagus” is what people of Capiz call the takway vegetable.

The White Rabbit brand of milk candy is not an original Filipino product but of Chinese origin, yet has been widely enjoyed in the Philippines for decades. This “creamy candy” is white, with a soft, chewy 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.

Goldilocks Polvoron

Goldilocks is a Philippine bakeshop chain that makes different flavors of polvoron.

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