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What are Your Top Ten Filipino Food?

We Filipinos are known for our positive values, hospitality, being hard-working, and our ability to face whatever challenges that life brings – with a smile in our face. On top of that, we are also known to have a great passion for food – to the point of considering eating as a hobby.

Of course, the last statement does not apply to all; although it covers the majority.

Let’s talk about food, our favorite Filipino Foods.

What are your comfort foods? What are the foods that you find irresistible?

By the way, we are also known for being shy and quiet. I think that I should start the conversation by posting my food list first as an ice breaker, then you’ll follow by sending-in your comments.

How does that sound? Alright, here it goes…

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By: Vanjo Merano 10 Comments Updated: 8/31/18

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Filipino Food rocks! We Filipinos are known for our positive values, hospitality, being hard-working, and our ability to face whatever challenges that life brings – with a smile in our face. On top of that, we are also known to have a great passion for food – to the point of considering eating as a hobby.

Top 10 Favorite Filipino Food
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Of course, the last statement does not apply to all; although it covers the majority. Let’s talk about food, our favorite Filipino Food. What are your comfort foods? What are the food that you find irresistible?

Here are 10 of the Best Filipino Food for me:

1. Pork Menudo

Menudo is a pork stew cooked in tomato based sauce with liver, potato and carrots.

Filipino Food - Menudo

2. Pancit Molo

A Filipino soup dish with wonton. It is best eaten with toasted garlic and chopped scallions.

Filipino Food - Pancit Molo

3. Pork Binagoongan

A pork dish cooked with shrimp paste. This dish is so tasty and delicious. One more cup of rice please.

Filipino Food - Binagoongan

4. Maja Blanca

A Filipino pudding dessert with corn kernels. It is more exciting to eat if topped with roasted shredded coconut.

Filipino Food - Maja Blanca

5. Inihaw na Liempo

Grilled pork belly is fantastic. Eat it with rice along with a spicy vinegar dip.

Filipino Food - Inihaw na Liempo

6. Dinuguan at Puto

The perfect pair, blood stew and steamed rice cake. Simply dip the puto into the stew and enjoy!

Filipino Food - DinuguanFilipino Food - buttered puto

7. Leche Flan

The Filipino version of Creme Caramel. This is simply heavenly.

Filipino Food - Leche Flan

8. Lechon Kawali

A crunchy pork belly dish eaten with pork gravy. It’s like chicharrones with meat.

Filipino Food - Lechon Kawali

9. Beef Kaldereta

Beef stewed in tomato based sauce with olives and, bell pepper, carrots, and potato.

Filipino Food - Beef Kaldereta

10. Lumpiang Sariwa

A fresh take on egg rolls. This is a good and healthy Filipino eggroll dish.

Filipino Food - Lumpiang Sariwa

How about you? Can you list your top 10 Filipino Food favorites?

Vanjo Merano

Vanjo Merano is the creator of PanlasangPinoy.com. His goal is to introduce Filipino Food and Filipino Cuisine to the rest of the world. This blog was the first step that he took.

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  1. Grette says

    Posted on 1/26/11 at 3:58 am

    1.pork sinigang
    2. Inihaw na liempo
    3. Pancit molo
    4. Kare kare
    5. Adobo
    6.pancit bihon
    7. Pancit luglug
    8.Bicol express

    Reply
  2. JunB says

    Posted on 1/25/11 at 7:56 pm

    1. Laing
    2. Lumpiang Sariwa
    3. Ginisang Monggo
    4. Pinakbet
    5. Menudo
    6. Pork BBQ
    7. Pancit Canton
    8. Sinigang na Baboy
    9. Bopis
    10. Ginsang Ampalaya with egg

    Reply
  3. Christine says

    Posted on 1/25/11 at 4:13 pm

    1. Lumpiang sariwa
    2. Lumpiang shianghai
    3. Crispy pata
    4. Pancit malabon or palabok or mix bihon & canton
    5. Chicken or pork or mix adobo
    6. Sinigang
    7. Pinakbet
    8. Crema de fruta
    9. Pork or Chicken BBQ
    10. Beef afritada

    Reply
  4. Diana says

    Posted on 1/24/11 at 7:25 am

    1. pork and chicken adobo
    2. beef in oyster sauce
    3. teriyaki chicken
    4. spring rolls
    5. chop suey

    Reply
  5. Sin says

    Posted on 1/24/11 at 12:35 am

    My Top Fav list of Filipino Food:

    1. Inihaw na liempo
    2. Tinola
    3. Calderetang baka/kambing
    4. Bicol express
    5. Kare-kare
    6. Chopsuey
    7. Lechon
    8. Sisig
    9. Sinigang na baboy sa bayabas
    10.Sinampalukang manok/palaka

    😀

    Reply
  6. hilda says

    Posted on 1/24/11 at 1:25 am

    delicious

    Reply
  7. rowena says

    Posted on 1/23/11 at 8:48 pm

    my top 10 filipino foods:
    1. kare kare
    2. dinuguan
    3. humba
    4. palabok
    5. pangat na tulingan
    6. ube halaya
    7. crispy pata
    8.kilawin tanigue
    9. papaitan
    10. chopsuey

    Reply
  8. wiyna says

    Posted on 1/23/11 at 5:05 am

    My Top 10 Filipino Foods :

    1. Chicken Adobo
    2. Leche Flan
    3. Green mangoes with bagoong
    4. Afritada Chicken
    5. Sinigang na baka
    6. Bicol Express
    7. Sapin-Sapin
    8. Paksiw na isda
    9. Kalderetang Baka
    10.Tinolang Manok

    🙂

    Reply
    • Ruth says

      Posted on 1/23/11 at 7:32 pm

      1. Pinakbet
      2. Pansit Malabon
      3. Sinigang na Bangus
      4. Sinigang na Hipon
      5. Ginataang Alimango
      6. Inihaw na Bangus
      7. Halyang Ube
      8. Crispy Pata
      9. Pork and Chicken Adobo
      10. Adobong Kangkong

      Reply
    • hilda says

      Posted on 1/24/11 at 1:21 am

      delicious dishes for all of us…simple and easy to cook food but original panlasang pinoy

      Reply

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