Break out the heavy duty rice cooker. It's time to feast.
I'm a Singa-Pino or a Fili-Porean. Like it or not, it's what I am for being in Singapore since 1997. The list from the shared link isn't 100% accurate but , in the name of fun and intercultural communication (sounds deep hor?) allow me to share a bit of my food culture. My faves are:
1)Yam ice cream (we call it Ube or Ubi)
2)Turon or sweetened lumpia (imagine sweet bananas drizzled in brown sugar and at times wrapped with some sweet jack fruit and then wrapped with popiah wrap and then deep fried to perfection, mmm, mmm!)
3) Kare-kare. Nah, we don't use peanut butter. We use all natural ingredients. I used to grind it the old fashion way, pound, grind, pound again. (til you get really sweaty:)
4) Kaldrereta. This can be compared to beef rendang in SG. Only it is more tomato paste/puree', sweet, sour, salty, it's an explosion of flavour. The beef must be really tender. My Aunts would pressure cook this stuff and it's YUMMY!
5) Lechon. Anthony Bourdain placed the Philippines as #1 on this! He was in Cebu when he picked this. There are different versions and marinade for this special piggy delight. Crispy, tender, juicy, yummy! (At least we don't cook it while it's alive and under the sun! Another culture does that:)
When you're in the Philippines, have some adventure. You'll be surprised what may tickle your tastebud.
Til next tumblr-ing!