Food in the Philippines is characterized by fairly moderate food prices. The same applies to visiting inexpensive cafes and mid-range restaurants.
Food in the Philippines
Filipino cuisine has absorbed the culinary traditions of China, Spain, Malaysia. The dishes of this cuisine are not as spicy as, for example, Thai dishes - garlic, onions, and ginger are used here to add spice. The Filipinos' diet consists of fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, seafood, rice.
In the Philippines, try merienda and pulutan (small shellfish snacks); oxtails stewed in a peanut-based sauce (carre-carre); pickled mangoes; roast suckling pig (lechon); pork or chicken stewed in soy sauce with vinegar and garlic (adobo); fish pate (bagoong); fried white fish (Daing na Bangus). In addition, in the Philippines, you can taste various dishes borrowed from Chinese and European cuisines, but interpreted in a local way.
Sweet tooths should enjoy a dessert made from coconut milk and rice pudding (this mixture is baked in the oven, and the finished dish is decorated with duck eggs and jam).
Where to eat in the Philippines? At your service:
- cafes and restaurants where you can taste a variety of local dishes;
- fast food restaurants of international and European chains.
In the Philippines, you can grab a bite to eat at local chain establishments such as Chowking restaurants serving Filipino-Chinese dishes such as fried noodles with rice, and Jollibee serving spaghetti, fried chicken, and rice with sauce.
Drinks in the Philippines
Popular Filipino drinks are tea, coffee, tsokolate (chocolate drink), juices, tropical fruit soft drinks, beer, tequila, rum, gin.
Beer lovers can try San Miguel in the Philippines, as well as Heineken, Corona, Budweiser.
It should be noted that alcoholic beverages are inexpensive in the country.
Food tour to the Philippines
Going on vacation to the Philippines, you can taste a local delicacy - eggs balut (this is a duck egg in which the fruit has not yet fully formed - it lacks feathers and bones). Every evening (5:00 pm), local chefs take to the streets with homemade stalls, tables or counters to start selling this delicacy.
A gastronomic tour of the Philippines should start with a visit to local restaurants with traditional cuisine, and at your leisure, you can go to the Mango Gallery on the island of Cebu to see how mango grows and taste these delicious fruits.
The Philippines is a dream not only for those who prefer a beach holiday (there are many shores washed by water, stunning azure color, as well as covered with white sand of coral origin), exciting excursions, diving and surfing, but also a paradise for lovers of delicious food …
