Delectable Filipino Food, Pastries and FruitsThe number of dishes found in the Philippines are so many it makes eating so enjoyable. Filipinos eat three, four and sometimes five times a day and most of the meals include rice. Rice is either steamed or fried and eaten along with a favorite dish or two and sometimes more. In a place where warm humid climate drains you out of your energy, rice is used to replenish it.
One popular Filipino Food in the Philippines would have to be Adobo Philippine style. Pork and chicken are the ones commonly used with other ingredients such as soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, and whole black pepper. Some vegetables are also cooked adobo style. Other popular dishes are pancit (stir-fried noodle), Kare-Kare (beef in peanut sauce), sinigang (any meat or fish in sour broth), nilaga (beaf stew), kaldereta (goat or beef in tomato stew), lechon (whole roasted pig), lumpia shanghai (fried pork or beef egg roll), embutido (Filipino-style meatloaf), Bistek (Filipino fried beef steak), and hundreds more. Pastries and Goodies
Among the popular Philippine fruits are Mango (ripe and green), Bananas, Langka (jack fruit), Bayabas (guava), Lanzones, Mangosteen, Rambutan, Atis (sweetsop), Duhat (Philippine purple berry), Sineguellas, Dalandan (Philippine orange), Papaya, Durian, and more.
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Some of the popular pastries and goodies in the Philippines are buko pie (coconut pie), bibingka Filipino flat cake), puto (rice muffins or cake), leche flan (Filipino style custard), suman (sticky rice cake), halo-halo (preserved fruits, beans, jello in crushed ice with milk), and so much more numbering in the hundreds.
