Dining Tips in Boracay - Boracay Island Restaurants
The Filipino Dining Experience and Filipino Food
The Philippines is certainly a country where the locals love to eat . Five times a day if possible.
Food - glorious food - Filipino style is a mixture of eastern cuisines with a few strange temptations. The following
selected examples of Filipino favorites are available at most local restaurants on Boracay - give some of them a try.
Seafood: a wide selection of lobsters, crabs, prawns and fish are available throughout the year, try the following
fish - cooked as per your request - grilled , charbroiled , steamed or pan fried.
Lapu: Lapu - Lapu (Grouper) , Blue Marlin or Tanigue.
Kilawin: fresh raw fish , marinated in spicy vinegar.
Lumpia: small mouth popping spring rolls with egg - veg filling , deep fried in a wrap of thin crepe.
Pancit: steaming noodles garnished with selected meat and veg toppings. The noodles maybe - Bihon ( rice noodles) ,
Canton ( flour noodles) or Sotanghon (soyabean noodles).
Lechon: spit roasted pig considered the national dish of the Philippines.
Chicken /Pork Adobo: considered the favorite dish of the Philippines. Meat in rich dark stew marinated in vinegar
and soy sauce .
Bagoong: small shrimp paste fermented in salt .
Chicharon: pork skin prepared into crackling .
Beef Caldereta: thick brown stew
Bangus: smoked Milk Fish ( similar to English Kippers) - great for a good breakfast start to a busy day .
Sinigang: salty sour soup flavored with Tamarind .
Beef tapa: thin slices of near dried beef .
Kangkong: marsh spinach.
Balot: boiled fertilized and incubated , 12 - 16 day old , duck egg . The locals claim it puts the spring back into your
legs after the big event .
Deserts:
Leche flan: egg custard
Langka: jackfruit
Halo-halo: Summer favorite. Refreshing mixture of fruit, jellies and yam served in tall glass with crushed ice and milk.
Remember anytime is a good time for the Filipinos to eat - hence the word : Merienda - small snacks served between
main meals
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