Classic Dishes
Rice and Breakfast
Culture & Cuisine
Desserts & Sweets
Sauces & Ingredients
100
A savory and often spicy stew cooked in coconut milk, originating from the Bicol region.
Bicol Express
100
What is the term for garlic fried rice often served for breakfast?
Sinangag
100
This is the most invited party guest in the Philippines, and the entire pig is spit-roasted and served with a liver sauce.
lechon
100
What dessert is made of shaved ice, evaporated milk, and colorful toppings like ube and leche flan?
Halo-Halo
100
What salty condiment is made from fermented fish or shrimp?
Bagoong
200
This popular dish is simmered in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, and black peppercorns, and is considered the unofficial national dish.
Adobo
200
What breakfast combo includes tapa, sinangag, and itlog?
Tapsilog
200
This fried spring roll can be filled with a savory mixture of meat and vegetables, or a sweet one of bananas and jackfruit.
lumpia
200
The Filipino "tea time snack" made from fried bananas with a sugar glaze.
Banana Que/ Banana Cue
200
What popular dipping sauce is served with fried foods/street foods?
Spiced Sukang Sawsawan/ Vinegar/ Suka
300
A peanut-flavored stew with pork, eggplant, and green beans.
Kare-Kare
300
What dried fish, commonly eaten with rice, has a strong salty smell?
Daing or Tuyo
300
This exotic and "daring" street food is a boiled duck embryo.
Balut
300
What purple yam dessert is popular in Filipino cuisine?
Ube Halaya
300
What sweet-style condiment is used on Filipino spaghetti?
Banana Ketchup
400
This sour and savory soup is typically made with tamarind and filled with meat, shrimp, or a variety of vegetables.
Sinigang
400
What sweet rice cake is wrapped in banana leaves and steamed?
Suman
400
A noodle dish is a close second to rice in popularity, with over 20 regional variations. It is served during parties which they say "for long life".
Pancit
400
What caramel custard dessert is often served during celebrations?
Leche Flan
400
What ingredient gives dishes like adobo their salty, umami flavor?
Toyo/ soy sauce
500
a popular and savory mung bean stew or soup.
Ginisang Munggo
500
What sticky rice dessert is topped with coconut cream and served during Christmas?
Bibingka
500
What soup is made from beef shank and bone marrow, often served with corn and vegetables?
Bulalo
500
What sweet glutinous rice balls are filled with mung bean and served in coconut milk during Christmas?
Ginataang Bilo-Bilo
500
What sauce made from crushed peanuts is paired with lumpiang sariwa?
Peanut Sauce