Filipinos are known to enjoy the average three meals a day plus desserts or “merienda” as most Filipinos call it. One of the qualities that Filipinos possess is their ingenuity to make up almost anything into something new, creative yet cost-sufficient, including food. People of other countries may prefer dining and eating pizzas when hunger pangs strikes. Filipinos on the other hand race to the streets to satisfy their hunger for favorite Pinoy street food for a few pesos.
Everywhere you look, it is common to find people crowding make shift or portable stalls in the streets. These street foods are easy to find outside school gates, churches, parks and even in malls where they offer most exotic delicacies.
Street food is everywhere and balot is one of the absolute highlights not for me but for Filipinos. There are still foods not just balot that almost every Filipino used to sell it every night. From balot to expensive foods there are dishes that you can’t miss. With its flavors, Filipinos like sweet and salty flavors, and garlic is also a component of many of their dishes. Many restaurants in the Philippines will use a mixture of meats, such as adding shrimp to pork dishes.
Alongside there would almost certainly be pansit, noodles once Chinese, now Filipino, still in a sweet-sour sauce. Spanish festive fare like morcon (beef rolls), embutido (pork rolls), fish escabeche and stuffed chicken or turkey might be there too. Some restaurants and carenderia primarily served with beef, Kare-Kare is a stew that combines stewed oxtail, beef and vegetables in a peanut sauce. It may also include offal or tripe, and its different variations include using goat meat or chicken in place of the beef. Some Filipino restaurants serve spicy Kare-Kare with shrimp paste, also called bagoong, chili and lime juice.
There are many pork recipes served in local restaurants, but many offer roasted pig, known as lechon. Lightly seasoned with salt and pepper and served with lechon sauce, this dish is a favorite in the Philippines. If you want to try a pork dish with more flavor, you might prefer Bicol Express. Blending coconut cream with pork, bagoong, onion and garlic, this stew exudes local flavor.
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