KU LA SA
THIS IS THE HOME CITY OF THE FOLLOWING SPORT TEAMS: KINGS, DODGERS, SPARKS, RAMS, CHARGERS, GALAXY AND OTHER MORE.
LA (LOS ANGELES)
ORIGINATING IN EAST ASIA AND EXPLODING ON TIKTOK, THIS WHIPPED, TWO-TONED CAFFEINATED BEVERAGE BECAME THE SYMBOL OF HOME-BASED LUXURY DURING THE 2020 LOCKDOWNS.
DALGONA COFFEE
THIS FAMOUS SCENE INVOLVES A CHARACTER OF RYZZA CENON POINTING A WATER GUN AT HER RIVAL, SUNSHINE DIZON, DURING A HIGH-STAKES CONFRONTATION, WHICH SPAWNED COUNTLESS PARODIES AND MEMES ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. GUESS THE TITLE OF THE TELESERYE. THE TITLE IS ONE OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.
IKA-6 NA UTOS
A RETIRED PROFESSIONAL WHO WAS REALLY GOOD AT HIS JOB COMES OUT OF RETIREMENT BECAUSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE BREAK INTO HIS HOUSE, BEAT HIM UP, AND STEAL HIS CAR.
JOHN WICK
A STAPLE OF BATANGAS EATERIES, THIS THICK, STARCHY NOODLE SOUP IS BEST SERVED PIPING HOT WITH A SIDE OF CALAMANSI, CHILI, AND SOY SAUCE TO CUT THROUGH ITS HEARTY, EGG-THICKENED BROTH.
LOMI
ONCE RANKED AT THE TOP OF THE FORBES "FICTIONAL 15" LIST WITH A NET WORTH ESTIMATED AS "INFINITE," THIS HOLIDAY ICON WAS EVENTUALLY REMOVED FROM THE RANKINGS AFTER FORBES WAS BOMBARDED BY LETTERS FROM OUTRAGED CHILDREN INSISTING THAT HE IS REAL.
SANTA CLAUS
THIS WAS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE COMMUNITY QUARANTINE CLASSIFICATION IMPLEMENTED ACROSS METRO MANILA AND OTHER HIGH-RISK AREAS DURING THE START OF THE LOCKDOWN IN MARCH 2020.
ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE
THIS 2024 P-POP ANTHEM BY THE "NATION'S GIRL GROUP" BINI BECAME A VIRAL SENSATION, KNOWN FOR ITS CATCHY CHORUS AND UPLIFTING LYRICS.
SALAMIN, SALAMIN
AN ELDERLY MAN KIDNAPS A YOUNG BOY, THAT WAS DOING HIS MISSION, THEN WENT ON A VACATION WITHOUT LEAVING HIS LIVING ROOM.
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THIS VARIATION OF PANCIT IS DISTINCTIVE TO THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON, KNOWN FOR ITS USE OF THICK, FLAT RICE NOODLES COOKED IN A RICH BROTH WITH PORK, LIVER, AND CHAYOTE.
PANCIT HABHAB
THIS POPULAR SICHUAN DISH ORIGINATED IN CHINA AND IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BOLD COMBINATION OF DICED POULTRY, PEANUTS, VEGETABLES, AND A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF DRIED CHILI PEPPERS AND SICHUAN PEPPERCORNS.
KUNG PAO CHICKEN
BORN IN SENEGAL AND BASED IN ITALY, THIS SOCIAL MEDIA STAR BECAME THE MOST-FOLLOWED PERSON ON TIKTOK BY DISMANTLING OVER-COMPLICATED "LIFE HACKS" WITHOUT EVER UTTERING A SINGLE WORD.
KHABY LAME
IN THE 2014 BLOCKBUSTER SHE'S DATING THE GANGSTER, THESE ARE THE FULL NAMES OF THE TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO POSE AS A COUPLE.
KENJI DELOS REYES AND ATHENA DIZON
DAILY DOUBLE!!! DAILY DOUBLE!!! DAILY DOUBLE!!!
A SOCIALLY AWKWARD DIY ENTHUSIAST INVITES TWO STRANGERS TO PLAY A HIGH-STAKES, INTERACTIVE ESCAPE ROOM THAT REALLY TESTS THEIR COMMITMENT TO SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND BASIC ANATOMY. HE GOES TO EXTREME LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE THEY STOP SMOKING AND START APPRECIATING WHAT THEY HAVE.
SAW
THOUGH OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR A DUMPLING DISH RATHER THAN A NOODLE DISH, THIS ILOILO ORIGINATED SPECIALTY CONSISTS OF WONTON WRAPPERS STUFFED WITH GROUND PORK, SHREDDED CHICKEN, AND SHRIMP, ALL SIMMERED IN A RICH, GARLIC-FORWARD BROTH.
PANCIT MOLO
WHILE HIS PEOPLE REFERRED TO HIM AS NAMOR, THIS MUTANT RULER OF TALOKAN WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE MAYAN PEOPLE AS A FEATHERED SERPENT DEITY, SHARING THE SAME NAME AS AN ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN GOD.
KUKULKAN
ORIGINALLY A TRADITIONAL FILIPINO DAWN GREETING FOR BIRTHDAYS, THIS TERM BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH A 2020 POLITICAL SCANDAL INVOLVING AN ALLEGED BREACH OF QUARANTINE PROTOCOLS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
MAÑANITA
HOW MANY ENTENG KABISOTE FILMS PRODUCED INCLUDING CROSSOVERS AND OKAY KA, FAIRY KO.
10
A BLONDE MAN GETS INTO A TOXIC, HIGH-STAKES CUSTODY BATTLE OVER HIS LONG-LOST BOYFRIEND, CAUSING HIS ENTIRE OFFICE TO QUIT, GO ON STRIKE, AND TEAR EACH OTHER APART IN AN AIRPORT PARKING LOT UNTIL A GUY IN A SUIT HAS A TEMPER TANTRUM BECAUSE OF A FAMILY TRAGEDY.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
ORIGINATING FROM THE TOWN IN CAMARINES SUR, THIS DRY-STYLE DISH IS UNIQUE FOR USING SUN-DRIED MIKI NOODLES WHICH ARE SAUTÉED WITH FRESH VEGETABLES AND A BIT OF SMOKY MEAT, GIVING IT A DISTINCTLY CHEWY TEXTURE UNLIKE ANY OTHER PANCIT.
PANCIT BATO
THIS AUSTRALIAN POP DUO DOMINATED THE GLOBAL CHARTS IN THE LATE 90'S, ONE OF THEIR FAMOUS SONG WAS USED AS SAMPLE IN "MHINE" BY FILIPINO HIP-HOP GROUP REPABLIKAN.
SAVAGE GARDEN
OFTEN RECOMMENDED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE PANDEMIC AS A "HOME REMEDY" TO WARD OFF VIRUSES, THIS TRADITIONAL PRACTICE INVOLVES INHALING STEAM INFUSED WITH HERBS LIKE LEMONGRASS AND GUAVA LEAVES.
SUOB
RELEASED IN 2006, THIS DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM BY THE BAND CALLALILY PROPELLED THEM TO STARDOM, FEATURING THE ICONIC AND HEART-WRENCHING BREAKUP ANTHEM "MAGBALIK."
DESTINATION XYZ
A MIDDLE-AGED MAN WHO HAS BEEN LIVING IN DENIAL ABOUT HIS EXISTENTIAL CRISIS SPENDS HIS ENTIRE VACATION STALKING A PIECE OF TRASH THAT GAINED SENTIENCE, ONLY TO DECIDE THAT HIS LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO HIS BOSS WAS ACTUALLY JUST A HOSTAGE SITUATION. HE ULTIMATELY ABANDONS HIS ENTIRE SUPPORT SYSTEM TO RUN AWAY WITH A GIRL THAT SHE KNEW LONG TIME AGO THAT HAS BEEN LIVING AS A FERAL HERMIT IN A CARNIVAL.
TOY STORY 4
A "DOUBLE NOODLE" DELICACY FROM CEBU, THIS DISH IS THE ONLY ONE ON THIS LIST THAT COMBINES TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF NOODLES—BIHON AND CANTON—IN A SINGLE SAUTÉED MIX, TRADITIONALLY SERVED DURING IMPORTANT CELEBRATIONS TO SYMBOLIZE LONGEVITY.
BAM-I / PANCIT BISAYA