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Ampalaya con carne: sliced beef with bitter melon cooked with
onions, garlic, soy sauce and sesame oil
Arroz caldo: thick rice chicken soup with onion, garlic, ginger
and black pepper
Asado: a dish of meat roasted with condiments
Atsara: pickled fruit or vegetables
Bagoong: small fish or shrimps preserved in brine
Balut: duck’s egg with developed embryo eaten as a delicacy Eating Out
Bangus: milk fish cooked in various ways
Batchoy: a dish of chopped and sauted entrails of pigs with soup
Bulalo: a type of stew consisting of cow’s shank and some condi-
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Calamares fritos: fried squid
Caldereta: goat stew in cheese sauce
Crispy pata: fried pork knuckle, cooked by boiling with garlic,
salt, pepper, bay leaf and vinegar, dried and then deep fried
Dinuguan: finely chopped offal (pork or chicken) roasted in fresh
blood and seasoned with green peppercorns
Gambas al ajillo: shelled raw shrimps in olive oil, pepper, salt,
paprika and a lot of garlic
Ginataan: any liquid recipe or confection made with coconut milk
(gata)
Gulaman: a vegetable gelatine
Halo-Halo: crushed ice with milk, sugar, and preserved or fresh
fruits
Inihaw: grilled fish or meat
Kare-Kare: stew of oxtail, beef shank, vegetables, onions and garlic
Kilawin: raw meat lightly roasted, marinated in vinegar and spices
Kinilaw: raw fish or cuttlefish marinated with spices
Lapu-Lapu iInihaw: grilled grouper seasoned with salt, pepper,
garlic and soy sauce
Lechon: roasted suckling pig served with a thick liver sauce
Lechon kawali: roasted pork seasoned with green papaya, ginger,
vinegar and sugar
Lumpia: fried or fresh spring rolls filled with vegetables and meat
Lumpia Shanghai: small fried spring rolls filled with meat
Mami: noodle soup served with chicken or beef
Menudo: stew of liver pieces and chopped pork with potatoes,
tomatoes, paprika and onions

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