1. Chicken adobo: the famous Filipino dish
Chicken adobo is one of the most well known foods to try in the Philippines, and loved by everyone.
Adobo means “marinaded chicken” in Spanish and this is just that: chicken (or pork) marinated in a mixture of soya sauce and vinegar. Other ingredients are added depending on whose recipe you follow.
2. Balut: that duck embryo street food snack
Balut is a developing duck embryo boiled and eaten as a snack in the shell and with a sauce of vinegar. This is definitely one of the most famous foods to try in the Philippines.
3. Kare Kare: oxtail stew
Kare–kare is a Philippine stew complimented with a thick savory peanut sauce. It is made from a base of stewed oxtail. Kare Kare is famous throughout the whole country. The alleged origin of its name is from the word ‘curry’ due to the influence of the Indian community in Metro Manila’s Cainta, Rizal area.
4. Kinilaw: raw fish salad
Kinilaw is similar to the famous Peruvian dish called ceviche. It is a raw fish salad served in an acidic juice, usually kalamansi (Filipino lime) and vinegar, which “cooks” the meat. Kinilaw comes from the word, “kilaw” which means, ‘eaten fresh’.
5. SINIGANG: sour meat stew
Sinigang is a meat based sour stew or soup with lots of vegetables. The most popular souring agent is tamarind (sampalok). Pork (baboy) is the most common meat used but chicken, beef and fish are also popular.
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