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Arroz Caldo
Seasoned rice porridge with pieces of chicken or other meat.
Bibingka
Hot, baked, sweetened pudding-cake made with rice flour and coconut milk.
Bicol Express
Sliced pork cooked with green chili and coconut milk. A major fast-food chain is named after it.
Bistek
Beef steak sauteed with onions and the calamansi citrus fruit.
Chicharon
Deep-fried pork belly with its rind.
Crispy Pata
Pork knuckles deep fried to the crispy stage.
Daing na bangus
Fried butterflied milkfish.
Ensaimada
Sweetened, buttery bread roll topped with grated cheese.
Ginataang Gulay
Assorted vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
Leche Flan
Custard with caramelized top. Uses Spanish name, but is sweeter than the Iberian version.
Lechon Manok
A sweet-spicy sausage. Similar to the Spanish chorizo.
Lechon Kawali
Cubed pork boiled then deep fried.
Longanisa
A sweet-spicy sausage. Similar to the Spanish chorizo.
Lumpia Sariwa
Fresh (not fried) spring roll wrapped with a flour pancake then with a lettuce leaf.
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