Top 5 Most Popular Filipino Dishes You Should Try Now!

Philippine Experience

Have you ever been to the Philippines? What was your most memorable experience of it? Is it the transportation? People? Weather? Adventures? Food? Whatever it is that you want to experience, the Philippines can absolutely give it all to you.

What can you say about Filipino food? Have you ever been to eat-all-you-can restaurants in the country? Have you tried the street food? Were you able to taste some of the most popular Filipino dishes? Surely you did!

I am excited to know a lot about your food experience in the Philippines. If you have not experienced it yet, I am here, very much delighted to introduce some of the most popular Filipino dishes that I’m sure you’ll really love.

Most Popular Filipino Dishes

Are you a food enthusiast willing to try the most delicious and most popular Filipino dishes? Worry no more as I will make your mind taste the top 5 most popular Filipino dishes that you will surely have another helping.

Lechon

Imagine one whole pig roasted in charcoal for many hours. Isn’t it incredible or horrible? Lechon is famous anywhere in the country. Known as roasted pig in English, lechon is present in all Filipino occasions whether it is your birthday, graduation, anniversary, reunion, or even on Christmas and new Year holidays!

Lechon is one of the most popular Filipino dishes. It means you are in the Philippines if you see or eat lechon. It’s never absent in every Filipino party. It has a crunchy skin and a yummy meat. It is cooked for several hours to achieve its crunchiness.

Incredible or horrible? You taste it, then decide afterwards.

Sinigang

Are you a soup lover? Brace yourself as I tell you that Sinigang is one of the must-try popular Filipino dishes. Let me feed your imagination with this sour taste of soup cooked with love and perfection.

Sinigang can be pork, chicken, fish, or shrimp. Whatever meat or flesh you wish to cook as sinigang, it will always be perfect when cooked with tamarind and some vegetables like eggplant, string beans, white raddish, and some kangkong leaves.

Sinigang is a perfect healer for a cold weather and hang over. To add more flavor and aroma, sinigang is yummier when it is spicy.

Imagine this in a cold weather.

Adobo

One of the typical popular Filipino dishes, adobo can make you forget your diet. Get ready to fill your stomach with a sour-sweet taste of adobo. This very famous viand is cooked with soy sauce and vinegar. Whether it is pork or chicken, adobo is mouth-watering and will make you eat a lot of rice.

If you want to add more ingredients, you can have boiled eggs or potatoes. Adobo’s aroma is caused by spices like black pepper and bay leaves. There are many different versions of adobo across the country, but the taste is just similar to one another.

Try it now!

Balut

Strange-looking to many, but very delicious to Filipinos. “Balut” is a fertilized duck egg that is boiled and eaten from its shell. It is one of the most popular Filipino dishes that many Filipinos love despite its appearance.

If you think it’s scary, you’re wrong. At first you’d tell it is really horrible but as you taste it, you’d say it’s incredible. Balut is often sold at night, along the streets and side-walks. It’s tastier when you put some spicy vinegar and a pinch of salt into the shell opening and sip the water from the inside.

If your stomach can’t stand it, you can have “penoy” instead. It’s just like a boiled egg without the fertilized duck in it. It’s cheaper compared to balut itself.

Halo-halo

Craving for an ingredient-filled dessert? We introduce to you our very own “halo-halo”. It’s the most-sought Filipino dessert during the summer season, or even not. It’s called halo-halo because the ingredients are mixed together. “Halo” is a Filipino word for combine or mix.

Halo-halo is known to be a sweet treat for your happy tummy. It is composed of a finely shaved ice topped with flavorful ice cream, leche flan, nata de coco, sweetened red beans and jellies, and crunchy corn flakes. To add to its sweetness, a condensed milk is poured at the last part before it is served.

Mix them all together and you’ll see their all-in-one flavor.

The Filipino cuisine is just one of the most sought-after tastes in Asia. We introduced to you the top 5 most popular Filipino dishes that you will surely love and eat repetitively. Whether they are natural viands for normal occasions or strange-tasting duck eggs, you will absolutely fall in love to Filipino food.

Typical Filipino Food: Only in the Philippines

Filipinos are certified food lovers and experimentalists. Many food businesses in the country are because of the Filipinos’ fond of experimenting and discovering new tastes. Did you know that street food is very popular in the Philippines?

The Pinoy Street Food

Street food is just around the corner wherever you are in the country. From fried chicken to pork barbecue, the Filipino street food is always available for you.

Fried Chicken

Filipinos are fond of eating fried chicken and it is actually famous for children. Fried chicken is sold anywhere at an affordable price.

Barbecue

The typical Filipino barbecue are pork, chicken, liver, intestines, and sausages. In the afternoon along the busy streets of many cities in the Philippines, barbecue vendors dominate them as the smoke in their barbecue stands rise up to the air. The aroma of the grilled meat is so enticing.

Pinoy tempura and fish ball

Once a Filipino afternoon snack, now fish ball and Filipino tempura can be paired with rice. They go together and they can be paired with sliced cucumbers. The sauce is simply flavorful and persuasive.

Instant Pancit Canton

If you’re hungry and craving for sautéed noodles, there is instant pancit canton in the sidewalks of the streets in the country. They can be cooked in just 5 minutes and are ready to be eaten. This is common for call center agents who work as night shift in call centers.

Is your stomach blurting out as you read this article? We only gave you few of the many popular Filipino dishes that are enticing and worth-trying. How about coming to the Philippines and try all these?

Studying English or on Vacation?

Are you on your English study abroad in the Philippines or just having a short vacation in the country?

Whatever you are in right now, I’m sure you got to taste a lot of Filipino cuisines while you are here. In Cebu, there are exciting activities you can do, but you can also experience sumptuous meals and typical popular Filipino dishes like the lechon when you eat at some famous restaurants in the city.

Aside from the adventures and fun, you can taste various seafood menus that you and your friend will surely love!

Tip: When you are from another place or country, eat popular Filipino dishes that you have not eaten before. You can also try eating with your bare hands (except for food with soup). It’s Filipino style.

The Filipino Style

“Kamayan” or eating with bare hands and “pungko-pungko” or sitting on small stools by the sidewalk are just Filipino authentic styles. Rice is always life in the Philippines, so don’t be surprised when you see people eating a lot of rice in every meal. It’s the Filipino style.

What are you waiting for? Experience the authentic Filipino style and be amazed. See you!