Food & Culture of the Philippines Philippine food and culture have distinct mixes of Eastern and Western influences. With more than 300 years of Spanish rule, there are many Philippine foods coming from Spanish origin, which soon became distinct Filipino dishes with the native ingredients. These include the puchero, caldereta, arroz caldo, relleno, mechado, adobo and leche flan. Trading with other Asian countries, like the Chinese and Indians, introduced lumpia, dumplings, fried rice, pansit, siopao and curry. The American occupation introduced steaks and other Western foods. Philippine Cuisine Unlike its surrounding Asian countries that liberally use hot chilies in their dishes, the Philippine cuisine is often labeled as bland and mild, but is accompanied by complementing sauces and spices placed by the people on their own plates. Common condiments found all over the country include patis (fermented fish sauce), soy sauce, native vinegar and bagoong (cream-style shrimp paste). Filipinos also show distinct preferences for sour and salty flavors like with the popular soup called sinigang (a lightly boiled sour stock made out of tamarind, guava or calamansi, and mixed with fish or meat and vegetables). Filipino Meals A typical Filipino diet consists of at most six meals a day; breakfast, snacks, lunch, merienda (afternoon snacks), dinner, and possibly a midnight snack before going to sleep. The major meals are breakfast, lunch and dinner, and are typically a combination of rice and viands/entrees. Traditionally, whether it is a typical family dinner or a big celebration with hundreds or thousands of guests, meals are often served family-style or in buffets where guests serve themselves. It is customary to use a spoon and a fork at every meal. Occasionally, Filipinos may choose to use banana leaves as plates and use their hands instead, especially when in a tropical beach setting or at a feast.
Soup: Baryo Pilipinas 102. Chicken Mais Corn Soup 5.50 (Chicken with mais and egg) 103. Baryo Pilipinas Soup of The Day 4.50 161. Mami noodles with chicken 5.50 162. Mami noodles with beef 6.50 163. Arroz Caldo 6.50 (Rice soup with chicken) Thrifty Order: (affordable food in a bowl) 150. Rice with fried chicken 5.50 152. Rice with Letchon Kawali 6.50
Baryo Pilipinas Sizzling Sensations: (with rice) 104. Beefsteak 12.50 (Sirloin beef thinly slice and marinated with lemon juice sauce with onion and garlic in the hot oil) 105. Shrimps 13.50 (Shrimps, lemon, garlic and butter sauce) 106. Bangus 13.00 (Marinated milkfish in vinegar with garlic) Bangus Sisig Beafsteak 107. Pork chop 10.50 (Pork & mild or hot sauce) 109. Sisig (terme) 13.00 (Marinated, boiled, grilled pig face (ears, cheek and snout)
Combo meals: 110. Combo A 22.50 BP lechon whole manok or roasted chicken (marinated whole chicken) Bihon (mihoen or mix vegetables) White rice or fried rice 111. Combo B 17.99 Grilled spareribs (pork ribs, oyster & chili sauce) Bihon (mihoen or mix vegetables) White rice or fried rice or patat 112. Combo C 14.99 BP barbecue / inasal (2 pcs marinated pork and chicken leg) Bihon (mihoen or mix vegetables) White rice or garlic rice or patat 113. Combo D 22.50 Grilled sea foods (shrimps, squids, fish) Bihon (mihoen or mix vegetables) White rice or garlic rice 159. Combo E 12.50 3 pcs. Marinated pork BBQ With vegetable salad White rice or garlic ric 160. Combo F 12.50 Three pcs skrewed BBQ chicken With mihoen and vegetable salad White rice or garlic rice Note: Serve with vegetable salad. 114. Extra rice 2.50
Main dish: (with rice) Baryo Pilipinas 101. Sinigang Pork 10.50 (Sour Soup recipe with vegetable (Paksoy, string beans and tomato) are boiled in SOUR broth.) 155. Sinigang Shrimps 12.50 (Sour Soup recipe with vegetable (Paksoy, string beans and tomato)are boiled in SOUR broth.) 115. Sweet and sour fish 12.50 (Red Sniper mixed with carrots, pineapple juice and tomato paste 1Kaldereta Lechon Kawali Kare Kare 116. Kalderata 12.50 (Filipino Beef in tomato stew)tomato sauce, carrots and potato with sweet savory sauce.) 117. Kare kare 15.00 (Oxtail or beef(goulash) Complimented with thick savory peanut sauce with Paksoy, banana blossom, eggplant and string beans.) Side dish with with shrimp paste for more flavored taste 118. Lechon kawali (Roasted Pork 12.50 (Deep-fried in the hot oil till roasted served with sauce)
Main dish: (with rice) 119. Lechon manok 14.50 (whole chicken stuffed with lemon grass with egg marinated with soy sauce and vinegar) 120. Adobo 12.50 (Chicken or pork braised in garlic, vinegar, oil and soy sauce) 121. Chopsuey 12.50 (Chicken or shrimp cooked with different vegetable cauliflower, broccoli, mushroom and beans) 122.Chopsuey tofu(vegetarian) 10.50 (Tofu or artificial shrimp or chicken cooked with different vegetable cauliflower, broccoli, mushroom and beans) 123. Beefsteak with broccoli 12.50 (beef and broccoli sautéed with oyster sauce) Beafsteak Brocolli Chopsue Ginataang Shrimp 164. Sweet and sour Pork 12.50 Sirloin pork with tiny slice of carrots, cube pineapple with vinegar mix with brown sugar 165. Menudo or Afritada 12.50 Pork stew combined with liver cubes, chickpeas, potatoes, tomato sauce and many spices 166. Ginataang Shrimp (shrimp with cocos) 15.00 Shrimp cooked in a coconut milk mix with squash, string beans and hot chili
Main dish: (with rice) 167. Bopis 12.50 Exotic spicy dish made out of pig lungs and heart. Sauted with onion garlic 168. Laing 12.50 Pork loin taro leaves cooked in a coconut pepper with chilli 169. Tokwat Baboy 12.50 Pork ears, belly and deep tofu with soysauce and vinegar 124. Binagoongan 12.50 Fried Pork belly sautee with salted tiny shrimp, bitter lemon (ampalaya) and onion Pakbet Bopis Sinigan Shrimp Soup 125. Pakbet 12.50 Shrimp or pork belly (buikspek) with exotic vegetable (Bitter lemon, squash, string beans, eggplant mix with a bit of salted tiny shrimp 175. Pakbet vegetarian 12.50 Instead of meat tofu or artificial shrimp.
Main dish: (with rice) 139. Mehoen / Sotanghon / Cantoen 6.50 Philippine mihoen, Glass vermicelli, and Philippine thick noodles mix with chicken or Pork with vegetables 170. Vegetarian mehoen/sotanghoen/thick noodles (cantoen) 6.50 171. Mehoen/Sotanghon/cantoen special 12.50 With mix seafood (squid, shrimp and fish ball) 140. Garlic ribs 12.50 Sauteed Pork spare ribs marinated with garlic sauce Mehoen Garlic Ribs Chicken Curry 141. Kinilaw 8.50 Raw Tuna fish simmer in the vinegar with radish, onion, ginger, paprika, tiny slice of mango and lemon 142. Kinilaw with grilled pork 11.50 Raw Tuna fish and grilled pork simmer in the vinegar with radish, onion, ginger, paprika, tiny slice of mango and lemon 156. Chicken with pineapple in a sweet sauce 12.50 Chicken breast with pineapple juice, carrots and potato 157. Chicken Curry 12.50 Chicken breast with mild curry flavor cooked with coconut milk, potato and bell pepper
Special dish: 202. Bilao (regular) for 2 perons 1 45.00 o Crabclaw o Inasal (BBQ kippenpoten) o BBQ stick o Deep fried squid o Fish o Musselen o Lumpia o Adobo chicken o Okre or Tomato o Fruits Kamayan Bilao 200.Kamayan (boddle fight) per person 12 20.00 o Crabclaw o Inasal (BBQ kippenpoten) o BBQ stick o Deep fried squid cooked with flour o Fish o Musselen o Lumpia o Adobo Chicken o Okre or Tomato o Fruits o Rice under 201.Kamayan the luxe per person 12 27.50 Equal as Kamayan with extra s o Crab o Lobster 1) Only by reservation 2) Minimum of 4 persons
Tapsilog: Baryo Pilipinas Meat: 126. Tapsilog 10.50 (Marinated Beef with fried rice and sunny side up egg) 127. Longsilog 7.50 (Sweetened pork Filipino sausage with rice and sunny side up egg) 128. Primasilog 8.50 (Fried chicken with fried rice and sunny side-up egg) 129. Tocilog 7.50 (Marinated pork meat with fried rice and sunny side-up egg) 172. Bangsilog 8.50 (Marinated Boneless Milk fish Fried rice and sunny side up egg) Tapsilog Tocilog Longsilog Snacks: 130. Lumpia Shanghai 3 stuks 2.50 Ground Pork vegetable(carrots) spices with mixture of egg beaten 131. Lumpia Vegetable 3Stuks 3.50 tiny chicken filet mongo sprout(taugi) beans mix with onion and egg beaten 173. Lumpia vegetarian 3 stuks 2.50 138. Palabok 7.50 Noodle with shrimp hard-boiled egg, smoke fish flakes, squid with ground crispy pork skin 174. Camaron Rebosado 5.50 Shrimp coated with flour and egg 4 stuks
Dessert: Baryo Pilipinas 132. Halo Halo with ube halaya and leche flan 5.50 - Hodge Podge - (Popular Filipino dessert with mixture of shaved ice and evaporated milk, sweet beans, jello, and fruits) 133. Leche flan Philippines crème brulee 3.50 Crème caramel and caramel custard made up of egg yellow and milk with a soft caramel on top 134. Three kinds Ice cream 5.50 135. Apple pie 3.00 136. Apple pie with whipped cream 3.50 137. Cheese cake 3.00 158. Buko Pandan 5.50 (Young coconut with screw pine leaves (Pandan), gelatin, cream and milk) Halo Halo Buko Pandan