HISTORY
LUZON
VISAYAS
MINDANAO
KALYE
100
What is the Filipino term for rice cakes usually served during special occasions?
PUTO
100
What is a popular Filipino dish made of pig's face and ears?
Sisig
100
The Pride of Filipino Festivities.
Crispy, Juicy, Highblood.
Lechon
100
What is the traditional Maranao dish consisting of shredded meat, coconut, and spices wrapped in banana leaves?
Patil / Pastir / Patel
100
Refreshing summer delight. It is a popular dessert that captures the essence of Filipino creativity. Mix-Mix
Halo-Halo
200
The U.S. Army introduced this concept of eating to the Philippines in1940s-1950s, which is a militaristic style of eating where all the food is spread out on a table covered with banana leaves and eaters stand shoulder-to-shoulder to stuff their faces as fast as they can. What is it called?
Boodle Fight
200
Which regional cuisine in the Philippines is known for its use of coconut milk and seafood?
Bicol / Bicolano
200
a dumpling soup dish popular in Iloilo. It contains minced chicken, ground pork, and chopped prawn cooked in a very tasty chicken broth.
a specialty of Molo, Iloilo
Pancit Molo
200
It is a spanner crab or red frog crab dish that is native to the waters of Zamboanga and Sulu. It can be cooked with sauce or steamed.
Curacha
200
Which ingredient is commonly used in Filipino champorado for flavoring?
Cocoa
300
The earliest evidence of rice in the Philippines was found in the Cagayan Valley. Rice was brought to the Philippines during an Indo-Malaysia, Chinese, and Vietnamese wave of migration.
3400 BC
300
What’s the Main base of an Ilokano dish?
bagoong (isda/shrimp)
300
"The Visayan version of adobo"
a dish of tender pork, salted black beans, and an assortment of spices.
It is likely to be a precolonial origin and its precursor variant and ingredient were likely brought by Chinese traders from Hokkien.
HUMBA
300
A dish acquired by Maranoans from Indonesia. It is described as a caramelised curry. It is prepared by crushing the spices before frying and cooking it with beef and coconut milk.
Rendang
300
What is the name of the Filipino dish made from pig's blood, vinegar, and various spices?
DINUGUAN
sinugaok in Batangas, zinagan in Ibanag, twik in Itawis, tid-tad in Kapampangan, dinardaraan in Ilocano, dugo-dugo in Cebuano, rugodugo in Waray, sampayna or champayna in Northern Mindanao and tinumis in Bulacan and Nueva Ecija.
400
In which century did the Spanish introduce Filipinos, who previously ate with their hands and banana leaves to cutlery?
They also brought Christmas feast traditions such as relleno, which is the process of stuffing a turkey or chicken, and rice-meat dishes such as paella and stews to the Philippines.
16th Century
400
a Kapampangan rice pudding made from carabao's milk, sugar, and cornstarch. It is similar to maja blanca but has a smoother texture.
Tibok-Tibok
400
a twisted sticky rice cake originating from Leyte
This dessert is a harmonious blend of chocolate and coconut, wrapped in banana leaves, giving it that distinct earthy flavor.
Moron
400
This is the puto of Mindanao.
A light ube coloured soft textured treat, wrapped in a cone-shaped banana leaf. Prepared with grounded sticky rice mixed with coconut milk and sugar.
Sayongsong
400
What part of a chicken would you get if you ordered a ‘helmet‘ from a street food vendor in the Philippines?
ULO ng manok
500
Rizal refers to this dish in Noli Me Tangere’s third chapter, "The Dinner."
Padre Damaso was served with “a naked chicken neck and a tough wing floated among a plateful of squash and broth.”
Neck is the least favored part of chicken because of its lack of any meat, and being served such is considered an insult.
Tinola
500
a cured and dried carabao meat dish, similar to beef tapa, which is popular in the Tarlac province of Central Luzon.
Pindang Damulag / Tocino Kalabaw
500
This warm, hearty stew is a mix of root crops, sago pearls, bananas, and landang (palm flour jelly) simmered in sweet coconut milk.
Often enjoyed during Holy Week or as an afternoon treat, this dish is a velvety concoction that warms the soul.
Binignit
500
It is sometimes called "coconut red wine"
It is a traditional Filipino palm wine made from fermented coconut or nipa palm sap.
Originated from Visayas and Mindanao
BAHALINA
500
What piece of outdated technology moonlights as the name of congealed chicken or pork blood that has been skewered and grilled?
Hint: it’s a very popular Filipino street food known for its cube-like shape.
BETAMAX
