Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
tocino
marinated fried pork
A glossary of
Filipino fruits
is given in
Basics (see box, p.32).
tosilog
marinated fried pork with
garlic rice and fried egg
FISH
ISDA
AND SEAFOOD
goto
rice porridge often
alimango
crab
containing pork
bangus
milkfish
and garlic
hipon
shrimps
isaw
grilled chicken or pig's
hito
catfish
intestines served with
lapu-lapu
grouper
a cup of vinegar
panga ng tuna
tuna jaw
for dipping
pusit
squid
lugaw
plain rice porridge
sugpo
prawns
lumpia
fried spring rolls
tahong
mussels
(from Hokkien)
talaba
oysters
mami
noodle soup
tanguingue
popular and affordable
mais
steamed corn-on-the-cob
sea fish, not unlike tuna
pugo
hard-boiled quail's eggs,
in flavour
sold in packets of fifteen
to twenty
COMMON SEAFOOD DISHES
daing na bangus
pulutan
general term for snacks
or finger food
bangus
marinated in
vinegar and spices,
puto
rice mu
ns
sinangag
garlic fried rice
then fried
gambas
shrimps sautéed in chilli
siopao
Chinese buns filled
with spicy pork
and garlic sauce
pinaksiw na lapu-lapu
lapu-lapu marinated in
sorbetes
ice cream
vinegar and spices,
served cold
DESSERTS
bibingka
rellenong bangus
stuffed bangus
cake made of ground rice,
sugar and coconut
SNACKS
MERIENDA
AND STREET FOOD
adidas
milk, baked in a clay
chicken's feet served on a
stove and served hot
stick with a choice of
with fresh, salted duck's
sauces for dipping
eggs on top
arroz caldo
rice porridge with chicken
bilo-bilo
glutinous rice and small
balut
raw, half-formed duck
pieces of tapioca in
embryo
coconut milk
camote
sweet potato fried with
brazos
meringues, often with
brown sugar, or boiled
cashew-nut filling
and served with a pat
cassava cake
dark, sticky cake with
of butter
a fudge-like
chicharon
fried pork skin, served
consistency
with a vinegar dip
champorado
chocolate rice pudding
dilis
dried anchovies, eaten
guinatan
chocolate pudding
whole and dipped in
served with lashings
vinegar as a bar snack
of coconut cream
or added to vegetable
halo-halo
sweet concoction made
stews
from ice cream,
ensaimada
sweet cheese rolls
shaved ice, jelly, beans
fishballs, squidballs
mashed fish or squid
and tinned milk; the
blended with wheat
name literally means
flour and deep fried;
“mix-mix”
served on a stick with
kutsinta
brown rice cake with
a sweet sauce
coconut shavings
