A street version of roasted chicken. You can find places selling chicken almost everywhere, and they usually open in the evening. It’s best for dinner or pulutan (Filipino term for food when drinking)

Sweet banana spring roll. The banana is rolled on an eggroll wrapper and fried crispy with glazed sugar.

A sweet Filipino dessert which consists of fresh soft tofu doused in arnibal syrup and sprinkled with plump sago pearls

Noodle dish with cooked shrimps and shrimp sauce, pork, crushed chicharon, tofu and fried garlic. It’s served anytime of the day, from breakfast to dinner.

The most popular summer dessert in the Philippines. It consists of shaved ice and evaporated milk, with a mix of sweet fruits and other sweet ingredients such as corn, coconut, sweet beans and more

Philippines’ version of shrimp fritters. It is cooked by mixing very small shrimps (with the heads and shells still on) with flour, cornstarch, egg batter and deep fried

One of the most common breakfast foods in the Philippines. It is rice cooked with cocoa powder, with the option of adding milk and sugar for serving (which almost everyone does!)

Filipino cake that consists of rice flour and water. It was initially prepared in clay pots that were lined with banana leaves.

Filipino name for a steamed rice cake. Top it up with butter, coconut or cheese.

A popular Filipino street food dish consisting of marinated, boiled, and grilled chicken and pork intestines which are usually coiled and skewered on a stick

It is a duck egg that has been hard-boiled, fertilized, and incubated.

Tagalog word for young coconut

A hard-boiled quail egg that’s coated with an orange batter and deep-fried until crispy