I am from Honolulu and frequently travel by my favorite Hawaiian Airlines flights to Manila. Whenever I travel to Manila, I always make it a point to buy cheap airfare tickets from the well-known travel company Fare Buzz which offers me great savings with its attractive flight deals every time I visit Manila, the capital city of Philippines, savoring on Filipino cuisine is my first love. I usually visit this beautiful city for leisure and spending my vacations.
I thought it would be just great to share the Filipino cuisine that I gorge on during my stay in Manila. The cuisine in Philippines has typically evolved over several centuries from its Austronesian origins to a mixed cuisine with many Hispanic, Chinese, American and other Asian influences adapted to indigenous ingredients and the local palate.
In Philippines, you’ll find simple dishes from a meal of fried salted fish and rice, to the elaborate paellas and cocidos created for fiestas. Some of the popular dishes include lechón (whole roasted pig), tapa (cured beef), lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls), pancit (noodles), sinigang (meat or seafood in sour broth), hamonado (pork sweetened in pineapple sauce), crispy pata (deep-fried pig's leg), kare-kare (oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce), afritada (chicken and/or pork simmered in a tomato sauce with vegetables), pochero (beef in bananas and tomato sauce), mechado (larded beef in soy and tomato sauce), kaldereta (meat in tomato sauce stew), adobo (chicken and/or pork braised in garlic, vinegar, oil and soy sauce, or cooked until dry), longganisa (Philippine sausage), and torta (omelette).
In Philippines, you’ll find simple dishes from a meal of fried salted fish and rice, to the elaborate paellas and cocidos created for fiestas. Some of the popular dishes include lechón (whole roasted pig), tapa (cured beef), lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls), pancit (noodles), sinigang (meat or seafood in sour broth), hamonado (pork sweetened in pineapple sauce), crispy pata (deep-fried pig's leg), kare-kare (oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce), afritada (chicken and/or pork simmered in a tomato sauce with vegetables), pochero (beef in bananas and tomato sauce), mechado (larded beef in soy and tomato sauce), kaldereta (meat in tomato sauce stew), adobo (chicken and/or pork braised in garlic, vinegar, oil and soy sauce, or cooked until dry), longganisa (Philippine sausage), and torta (omelette).
I had heard that Monggo Soup with Tinapa (a kind of small fish in Philippines) is good for health. So, I thought that I must try this first. It tasted quite salty. The famous pork bits came next. I tried this out and it tasted good. Another Filipino delicacy that one must taste is Bringhe. It is made up of glutinous rice with chicken cooked in coconut milk, flavored and tinted yellow with turmeric. This is a special delicacy usually served during Fiesta celebration and Christmas season.
It would just be amazing if you get to taste Longganisa sausages flavored with indigenous spices, with each region having its own specialty. However, what I liked the most was Tapang Kalabaw, supposedly water buffalo beef. It tasted a little like charsiew except juicier.
These are some of the popular Filipino cuisines that visitors must try to taste during their visit to Manila. I can only say that my sojourn to Manila was quite a fulfilling one.
It would just be amazing if you get to taste Longganisa sausages flavored with indigenous spices, with each region having its own specialty. However, what I liked the most was Tapang Kalabaw, supposedly water buffalo beef. It tasted a little like charsiew except juicier.
These are some of the popular Filipino cuisines that visitors must try to taste during their visit to Manila. I can only say that my sojourn to Manila was quite a fulfilling one.
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