Several years ago, I did a poll and came up with the Top 10 Pinoy dishes of readers. I agreed with MANY of those choices and they indeed are national favorites. At that point in time, I also included the other dishes in the Top 30, and they are listed below. So now here is my question and I hope you will help… What OTHER 10 dishes would you include in your Pinoy food favorites list? The other 10 dishes should exclude all of the Top 30 dishes already mentioned below. KINDLY REVIEW LIST BELOW TO AVOID DUPLICATION. If you can’t think of 10 more dishes, just leave a comment anyway with a lesser number of dishes. Essentially, I am trying to compile marketmanila’s “Top 40” Pinoy dish list. Please Leave me a comment with your additional 10 Pinoy dishes, and I hope a LOT of READERS participate so we have a nice sample to work with. Also, I am doing this just now as our internet connection seems to be on the blink, and we have had very limited access for the past two days. Not sure if it is the service provider, telecoms, company, or a global problem. Thank you very much for participating in this survey… This will keep you all amused in case I go into the internet black hole for a day or two or three…
The countdown from 30 to 11…
30. Ginataang Kalabasa – just made it into the Top 30, yum, I love this dish.
29. Tapa – yikes, it’s a bit far down on the list for me…what would breakfast be like without this and some spicy vinegar?
28. Paksiw na Lechon – Oh no, I like this dish better than lechon itself. I would have thought this would be much higher up the rankings!
27. Manggang Hilaw with Bagoong – Love it.
26. Lechon Kawali – Definitely.
25. Pancit Palabok – if lumped together with Pancit luglug would have been in the Top 10.
24. Kinilaw – probably one of our oldest and most representative local dishes.
23. Pritong Galunggong – I posted this one just recently…
22. Longganisa – Definitely, with gaseous burps and all.
21. Bihon Guisado – Merienda food, lots of kalamansi please!
20. Beef Caldereta – Gotta make me some of this, have never cooked it myself before.
19. Chicken Inasal – Yes, I see why this is up there in the rankings.
18. Beef Bulalo/Nilagang Baka – I know these are different dishes but as a grouped theme of boiled beef soups, this was up there in votes…
17. Rellenong Bangus – Hmm, I’m not a big fan, but many others obviously are.
16. Tortang Talong – Definitely gotta have this. And with lots of ketchup please.
15. Bistek Tagalog – A personal favorite…I thought this would be higher up in the rankings.
14. Laing – Yes.
13. Pancit Luglug – Ditto, yes.
12. Sisig – I can see why, but I am not a converted fan yet.
11. Dinuguan – Ugh. I have a childhood phobia and I just have to get over it and cook this dish to perfection myself in the coming months!
And finally, The Putahe Top 10!!!
10. Tinola – another satisfying comfort food that is a complete meal in a bowl with protein, vegetables, fruit, soup and flavor – lots of rice, patis and kalamansi on the side, please.
9. Monggo – Definitely a top 10 though possibly one of those highly adapted/adopted dishes from the Chinese Mainland…Nutritious, delicious and economical.
8. Lumpiang Sariwa – Yes. Ever since those Americans pushed all those coconut plantations we had to figure out how to use palm hearts…and this is a brilliant manifestation. Some family friends send over this stuff at Christmas after a long, slow simmer in pork lard and it is stunningly delicious and stunningly deadly on the cholesterol meter. I like the accompanying sauce, but oddly, keep my chopped peanuts on the side.
7. Inihaw na Isda – Yes. This was a difficult one to lump into one as voters sometimes specified the fish, but suffice it to say that grilled fresh fish is on most folks Top 10 list.
6. Daing or Pritong Bangus – Yes. And Marketman says you MUST have a fish pan to go with that, Mylai Dimaculangan’s aside…heehee.
5. Pinakbet – Yes. Yes. Yes. An Asian ratatouille? No. A native vegetable dish that can range from horrific to sublime depending on how it is cooked. Acquired taste because of the bagoong, I think. This is definitely in my personal top 10.
4. Lechon – No wonder this is the stuff of Fiesta dreams, folks really do place it in a super high regard. I personally would have it lower on the list. Though I LOVE good lechon skin and ribs, I just don’t think it should be that high up in the rankings…
3. Kare-kare – A surprise for me, but nearly 50% of all voters had this on their list and it garnered the third largest number of votes. I was never a big fan and perhaps I always got bum examples of this dish so after seeing these results I read up on kare-kare and spent nearly four hours trying to make the ultimate version (in a post up next!).
2. Adobo – Duhh. Nearly 60% of all respondents had this on their list of Top 10 Pinoy Putahes. No wonder they say it should be the national dish. And yes, I believe it existed before the Spaniards got here and they named it so due to similarities with dishes in Mexico/Spain.
1. Sinigang – Sinigang na Baboy was the third largest individually voted dish. However, 4 Sinigang versions were in the top 13 dishes so if you grouped them as a “Sinigang†option, this was far and away the absolute favorite. Approximately 80% of all respondents had one or more types of Sinigang in their Top 10 list. I totally agree with this choice. Whether pork, beef, prawn, shrimp, bangus, talakitok or other protein with the sour broth of tamarind (or guava, kamias, etc.) and fresh vegetables, this is truly the number 1 Pinoy dish in my book.
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This post made me drool! :P I was surprised to see more people prefer “pancit luglug” vs. pancit palabok. what’s the difference, aside from the thickness of the noodles?
1. lumpiang ubod
2. tocino
3. pork/chicken BBQ
4. adobong pusit
5. bopis
6. tahong/talaba
7. itlog na maalat at kamatis
8. tuyo with or w/o champorado
9. lechong manok
10. bicol express
Here’s my other list:
1.Arroz Caldo
2. Chop suey
3. Embutido
4. Inihaw na Pusit
5. Pochero
6. Pork Binagoongan
7. Menudo
8. Crispy Pata
9. Afritada
10. Lengua
1. Taba ng talangka
2. Champorado and tuyo
3. Inihaw na liempo
4. Pinaputok na plapla/hito with burong mustasa
5. Arroz Caldo
6. Tokwa’t baboy
7. Danggit with garlic rice
8. Bibingka and puto bumbong
9. Ensaymada and chocolate eh
10. Kesong puti
Yum!!!!
Yum. No need to include desserts, they are on a separate list… THANKS! :)
another dish for me that should be include into ur top 40 MM was : ginataang suso (shellfish) and ensaladang mangga and the all time favorite merienda: ginatan or alpahol (yata in other terms) ..
anyway MM, have u been tasted the pancit malabon (pansit luglog) in Malabon/ Navotas? i suggest u have to,. my husband officem8s in libis (last year) and now in makati craving for it since he brought it to his office. the taste was really really far from the resto in the malls and other places.
and to nadia, pancit luglog is very diff. from pancit palabok; in pancit palabok, its too saucy (sometimes watery) unlike pancit luglog, the sauce have been mixed well to the noodles, makes it a little dry and that become more flavorful :D
Foods not on the top 30 list would include
– tuyo! — love this with champorado or fried rice and/or really good scrambled eggs
– menudo (not all menudos are created equal though :-)
– embutido
– adobong pusit
– tokwa’t baboy
– ensaladang mangga, ensaladang pipino
i’m sure there are some others, but these jump out
1. crispy pata
2. embutido -with cheese
3. pork binagoongan with chopped green mangoes and tomatoes
4. ginataang langka
5. ginataang alimango
6. any dried fish/seafood- salinas, new look- naga, danggit, pusit
7. ensaladang talong/mangga
8. pares
9. grilled innards – bulaklak, isaw :)
10. chicharon
1) Danggit with spicy vinegar
2) Seaweed salad (guso & lato)
3) Pancit bam-i
4) Champorado & tuyo
5) Pork barbecue
6) Adobong pusit
7) Crispy pata
8) Paksiw na bangus
9) Inihaw na liempo
10) Ginataang puso ng saging
1. sinigang na bangus or mayamaya sa miso
2. adobong spareribs
3. pinakbet
4. paksiw na bangus with garlic and ampalaya
5. inihaw na bangus with tomato-onion stuffing
6. beef caldereta
7. ginataang langka with talangka
8. crispy pata
9. binagoongan plus green mango salad
10. nilagang baka with corn and potato and saba
1. Pancit Bam-i
2. Pancit Canton
3. Lumpia
4. Binaguongang Baboy
5. Adobo
6. Crispy Pata
7. Talong – prepared anyway
8. Ginataang mongo
9.Mongo soup with spinach or kangkong when in Cebu
10. Lechon kawali if Lechon is unavailable
Now, this list is making me hungry. Will the results be posted in your blog, MM?
Hi everyone, thanks for your comments. However, please try not to repeat items that are already listed in the top 30, they will make tallying results even more labor intensive… for example, sinigang is already there. So putting a variation is like a repeated vote. There is monggo, there is nilagang baka, adobo, etc. in the Top 30 that a lot of folks are just repeating in their comments… THANKS! :)
Mechado
Morcon
Lengua
Ginisang Ampalaya
Pancit Sotanghon
Pochero with Eggplant/Squash ensalada
Pesang Isda with Miso/Tomato/Onion sauce
Sinampalukang Manok
Okoy
Crispy pata
Thinking about this list made me hungry even though I had just eaten lunch. :)
1. bicol express
2. binagoongang baboy
3. pinapaitang baka/kambing
4. pork tocino
5. pancit palabok
6. igado
7. paksiw na isda (bangus or tilapia in particular)
8. beef pares
9. ginataang alimango
10. crispy pata
crispy pata
paksiw na pata
higado
bicol express
embutido
lengua estofada
paksiw na bangus
binagoongan
ginataang langka
pork barbeque
these are some of my home-cooked faves: menudo, pork embutido, chicken curry, fish sarciado, binayabasang alimasag, bangus en tocho, guisadong alamang sa kamias, pancit molo soup, paksiw na ayungin, and pesang dalag with miso guisado on the side.
1. Ginisang Mais with Dahon ng Sili.
2. Ginataang Hipong Suahe/Alimasag.
3. Bulanglang.
4. Fried Lumpiang Togue.
5. Batchoy.
6. Pininyahang Manok (It’s a dish that I think originated in Antipolo)
7. Sarsiadong Isda.
8. Patola with Misua.
Adobong Pusit w/ Ink
Sinigang
Paksiw na Pata w/ banana blossom
Laing
Kare Kare
Pesa w/ ginisang miso on the side
Pinangat (fish)
Pinangat (Gabi leaves)
Pancit Lucban
Sinampalukang Bulalo (from Pampanga)
1. crispy pata – I wonder why this did not make it to the above list
2. humba
3. bam-i
4. chicharon bulaklak
5. crab relleno
6. kinilaw nga guso
7. adobong kangkong – we order this 70% of the time when dining at Filipino
restaurant
8. kinilaw nga puso sa saging
9. papaitan
10. kilinaw nga talong
1. Pork barbecue(or any street side barbecue)
2. Fried Lumpia (both the vegetable and pork variety)
3. Sinugbang liempo
4. Chopsuey
5. Tocino
6. Law-uy w/ coconut milk (bisaya vegetable soup)
7. Arroz caldo
8. Baked tahong(not really sure but we do put gata and bagoong
on the tahong before baking)
9.Lechon manok
10.Talong salad
And I totally agree with you Sir Marketman in regards to lechon paksiw, it is better than lechon..
lugaw, tokwa at baboy
crispy pata
chicharon bulaklak
okoy at sukang maanghang
inihaw na pusit
biringhe (tagalog version of paella)
adobong talaba
bicol express
goto at lumpia togue
papaitan
yummy, yummy, yummy !
1. kilawing isda
2.okoy
3.paella
4.sinuwam na biya
5.pancit molo
6.humba
7.asado
8.escabeche
MM i hope the following make it to the top 40
– Higado
– Mechado
– Lengua
– Pinapaitan
– Paksiw sa Lechon
– Humba
– Hamonadong Manok (from Morong, Rizal)
– Sinaing na Tulingan
– Lauya
– Menudo
– Apritada
– Inihaw na Liempo (The silced variety and not whole roasted)
– Crispy Pata
– Chicaron – Bagnet style!!
I haven’t had my lunch yet and I’m now getting even more hungry coz of this list.
1. ginataang pusit
2. okoy sa bambang, pasig
3. chicaron bulaklak
4. goto
5. champorado
6. ginataang langka
7. pork menudo
8. tuyo
9. crispy pata
10. inihaw na pusit
1. taba ng talangka
2. Paksiw na lechon
3. Patatim
4. Mechado
5. Insaladang Talong with Bagoong
6. Crispy Pata
7. Adobong Itik
8. Dinuguan and Puto
9. Morcon
10. Batchoy
kagutom! but these are in my list:
1. arroz caldo
2. inihaw na baboy
3. litson manok
4. embutido
5. camaron rebosado (we always think of this as a chinese dish. but with a spanish name? dish with an identity crisis?)
6. pinoy chicken curry
7. bicol express
8. paksiw na bangus
9. tokwa’t baboy
10. ginataang langka – never liked it, but my lola’s specialty and my mom’s favourite.
1. Bicol Express
2. Papaitan
3. Crispy Pata
4. Tuyo
5. Ginataang Kuhol
6. Binagoongang Baboy
7. Tokwa’t Baboy
8. Arroz Caldo
9. Paksiw na Bangus
10. Danggit
In no particular order:
1. crispy pata
2. tocino
3. pork bbq on stick
4. ginataang alimasag
5. binagoongan baboy
6. talangka (ginisa?)
7. danggit
8. bibingka
9. kalabasa (ginisa/adobo)
10. pinoy spaghetti
1. Pork Binagoongan
2. Pork Barbecue
3. Batchoy
4. Pinapaitan
5. Ginataang Labong (I know there’s a Ginataang Kalabasa, but the taste profile is different, so not sure if you’d put it in the same category.).
6. Tuyo in Olive Oil (I’m not sure if this is considered Pinoy food, but haven’t tried this in any other country. : ) )
7. Taba ng Talangka
8. Chicharon
9. Talaba (preferably steamed)
10. Arroz caldo
1.sotanghon
2. binignit
3.sardinas/boneless tuyo spanish style
4. tortang very tiny fish
5. pusit-grilled or fried
6.prawn cooked in sprite, star margarine, sugar and luy-a
7.tahong steamed/grilled
8. cassava cake
9. maja blanca
10. street food with rice
1. menudo
2. pritong porkchop
3. Batchoy
4. Miswa w/ meatballs
5. paksiw na isda (bangus, alumahan, etc.)
6. Bicol express
7. Kilawing labanos
8. Crispy pata
9. Afritadang manok
10. Chop suey
fried chicken — max’s, jollibee, mcdo kentucky — they thrive because filipinos can’t seem to have enough of fried chicken
rellenong alimango or alimsag
inihaw na baboy liempo
binagoongan baboy
menudo
laing , pinangat, and the varieties of gabi leaves cooked in coco milk
tinanpang bangus
halabos na hipon
tokwat baboy
tuyo!!!!
here’s my top 6:
1 crispy pata
2. inihaw na liempo
3 ginataang langka na me alimasag
4. bicol express
5 afritada
6 chop suey
Only one thing comes to my mind right now – ginisang bagoong with taba ng baboy. My all-time favorite.
1. Inihaw na liempo
2. Ensaladang kamatis (the one with chilis, onion, and kalamnsi)
3. Lamayo (the half-dried fish from Palawan) with garlic rice
4. Papaitan
5. Dinakdakan
6. Embotido
7. Pansit habhab
8. Calamares
9. Batchoy
10. Lumpiang Togue (fried)
yum yum!!
Here is on my list some might not be a dish but these are on the top of my mind
1. Ginisang Sayote tops with kalabasa and ground meat
2. Sinaing na Isdang Tambakol (yellow-fin tuna)
3. Pigar-Pigar famous food at Dagupan City
4. Kaleskes or Kaleskesan ( stew type with lots of cow/carabao internals also in Dagupan City)
5. Pritong small size espada (deep fried)
6. Ukoy (shrimp patty also deep fried)
7. Clam Stew ( lots of ginger and malunggay leaves)
8. Talaba (kilawin/kinilaw or adobo)
9. Crablets (deep fried actually its appetizer pero pwede na rin dish)
10. Nilasing na hipon ( Jumping salad as we call it in our place)
Still new to Manila but I have my favorites Pinoy dish too :
(1) Crispy Pata
(2) Palabok
Hi MM,
This is hard….I think I can come up with another 50+++ :)
1. Tocino – If longanisa is in your list then tocino should also be there :)
2. Paksiw na bangus – What is monggo without this :) and I want my Bangus with lot’s of belly
3. Crispy Pata – I wonder why it is not in the list?
4. Lechon Manok – Really it should be there
5. Bopis – I learn to like this as I grew up like the dinuguan
6. Pancit canton – Not originally filipino but it’s in every filipino menu
7. Mami – No need to explain this as you just post this one
8. Pork Barbecue -on stick, Belly, Liempo, whatever it is ..and pair with vinegar chilli
9. Arroz Caldo – Sick or not sick available in evey street corner.
10. Chicken Pastel – A must in every fiesta or handaan for the tagalog region
1. Taba ng Talangka
2. Sinigang na Baboy
3. Pritong Galunggong
4. Mangga at Bagoong
5. Tortang Talong
6. Adobo
7. Kare-kare
8. Pochero
9. Crispy Pata
10. Lechon Kawali
1. Gotong Batangas with lots of ginger
2. Arroz Caldo with lots of ginger
3. Chicken Macaroni Soup with lots of celery
4. Pork Barbecue
5. Tocino
6. Mami (San Pablo)
7. Tinapang Isda/Bangus
8. Crispy Pata
9. Chicharon Bulaklak
oh gosh… i keep thinking of more… pwede bang top 20?
11. bicol express
12. ginataang kalabasa & hipon
13. hilabos na hipon
14. kilawing isda
15. arroz caldo at tokwa’t baboy
16. humba
17. bulalo
18. pinais na hipon
19. longganisa – from aluminos, nueva ecija, san felipe, vigan, esperanza
20. tokwa, hipon & kinchay – i dont know what it’s called but my mom says its a dish from pagsangjan
1. Lechon Manok
2. Pancit Molo
3. Pako Salad
4. Pancit Puti
5. Tortang Alimasag
6. Gising gising
7. Tocino
8. Arroz Caldo
9. Crispy Pata
10. Pochero
pork bbq
embutido
tokwat baboy
okoy
camaron rebosado
pork binagoongan
dalag or hito cooked in miso
arroz caldo
chicken curry
mami soup
thanks for asking!
1. tuyo, tinapa, danggit, etc. dried/smoked fish
2. hardinera (recipe from lucban, quezon)
3. paksiw na fish
4. sarciadong fish
5. fish with tausi (is this a chinese dish?)
6. pangat/pinangat na fish (just with the luya and tomatoes)
7. embutido
8. burong isda (usually used as a condiment, but i like it with rice)
9. itlog na maalat (again, i like it with rice)
10. barbecue
i wanted to add adobo flakes, but it might redundant to the number 2 on your list. I just realized i’m so biased for fish. :)
1. Menudo
2. Paksiw na Pata
3. Banana Q
4. Camote Q
5. Afritada
6. Pinangat na Isda
7. Pork Hamonado
8. Pork Asado
9. Embotido
10. Arroz Valenciana o Bringhe
Pangat na ayungin
Burong talangka/alimasag/alimango
Ginataang kuhol/suso with pako
Manok paksiw sa tuba
Halabos na suahe
Lengua (estofado/con setas)
Tinapa (all kinds)
Pork/chicken barbeque
Inihaw na pusit
Steamed talaba
Atchara (all kinds)
pork binagoongan
ensaladang lato
butter-garlic itlog ng isda
hipong lasing
hinalabos na hipon
dinuguan
Bicol Express
bam-i
bistek Tagalog
Correction: i asked back home and it’s pinangat na ayungin, not paksiw pala.
Here’s my list:
Pochero (pork, bangus, dalag)
Menudo
Misua with patola and pork bola-bola
Paksiw na bangus
Bulalo
Chicken Afritada
Ginataang gulay
Batchoy
Pesang dalag with miso
1. adobong pusit
2. paksiw na bangus
3. menudo
4. ginataang alimasag/ alimango
5. Fried Porkchop
6. manok sa gata
7. Pork/chicken afritada
8. Paksiw na Pata
9. tortang giniling
10. binagoongang baboy
urk! going hungry again … :)
my top 10 dishes would be (aside from the top 30) …
1. crispy pata … I do agree, why didn’t this make it to the list?
2. guinataang talangka (I remember this from my childhood as being somewhat of a guinataang kalabasa type of dish with stringbeans and other things but with the addition of the talangka na linalako sa kalye)
3. binagoongang baboy (lots of gata and bagoong alamang)
4. bicol express (which is a different dish from laing)
5. champorado (with or without tuyo, daing or other side dishes)
6. ukoy (or is it okoy?)
7. tokwa’t baboy (with lots of onion rings and either as a side dish for pospas or a standalone viand)
8. pochero (am not sure if this falls under the bulalo/beef soup category. This was a family Sunday lunch thing with bulalo bones, chunks of beef, pechay, kamote and served with a side dish of salsa verde: talong with kamote, mixed with lots of chopped onions, pepper and vinegar)
9. guinataang sigarillas
and last but not least …
10. Purefoods hotdogs – fried until the skin is somewhat brownish or hard (makunat), serve with catsup or vinegar with a side dish of kamatis at sibuyas (a little bit of salt or patis) … quick, convenient and simple … or saute with toyo and vinegar plus lots and lots of sliced onions – perfect pulutan with ice cold beer (San Miguel or whatever) …
My wife’s friend whose family is based in Geneva always asks their friends (if they’re headed for Europe) to try and bring along three to five kilos of Purefoods hotdogs because it has a taste profile that his kids (who are laking-Manila bago napadpad abroad) have a craving for every so often.
1 Nilagang Manok
2 Kadyos Baboy & Langka
3 Inihaw na porkchop
4 Labong
5 Pancit Molo
6 Fried Lumpia Togue
7 Ginitaang Gulay
8 Sinuglaw
9 Ensaladang Manga with Bagoong
10 Ensaladang Talong
1. country style barbecued pork belly
2. Vigan longanisa
3. Oven baked crispy pork belly
4. steamed shrimps
5. dinengdeng burodibud (made thick by adding kamote mashed while cooking)
6. grilled/fried tilapia
7. egg omelette with spiced fish roe, onions and tomatoes
8. smoked tamban
9. dinakdakan
10. katuray, kamatis, kangkong salad
10. Bopis
9. Ginataang kalabasa at sitao
8. Crispy pata
7. Lechong kawali
6. Paksiw na bangus/galunggong
5. Pingat na isda (preferrably sapsap or bilong bilong)
4. Sinaing na tulingan
3. Paksiw na tambacol sa gata
2. Pochero
1. sugpo sa aligi at gata
Hi MM, may I also suggest “Ginataang sinaing na tulinganan (baby tulingan)” slowly cooked in a palayok with a slab of porkfat on top. Perrrrrfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. yummy
Naku naman, MM…I gained 5 lbs just thinking about it….hahaha. I love ginataang inihaw na tilapia with mustasa yummy!!!
Pahabol, how can we forget our famous “halohalo” with sandosenang (or more) sangkap drowning in our very own evaporada (although i heard some add kakang gata). Topped with home made leche flan, ube halaya and 2 scoops of ice cream.
Hi MM, I know my dishes may have foreign influences/origins, but I hope they count!
1. caldereta
2. estofado (humba?)
3. tocino
4. barbecue
5. pork binagoongan
6. molo soup
7. rellenong hipon
8. daing na bangus
9. crispy pata/bagnet
10. misua with meatballs
My other 10, in no particular order:
1. Pinangat / Pangat na isda
2. Bicol Express
3. Bopis
4. Crispy Pata
5. Binagoongang Baboy
6. Rellenong Alimasag or Pusit
7. Crispy Hito
8. Burong Talangka
9. Ukoy
10. Arroz Caldo
this is in no particular order
-menudo
-mechado
-afritada
-ginisang upo
-ginataang puso ng saging
-arroz caldo
-lengua estofado
-bopis
-papaitan
-morcon/embutido
1. Sinigang
2. Tinola (my MIL and SIL tell me its Jose Rizal’s favourite) unique Chilli Leaf flavour to me.
3. Mongo with Alugbatti ( also common Indian dish)
4. Pancit Canton
5. Inihaw Pusit, Lapu-Lapu, Maya-Maya, Manok, Mutton Chops, Pork Chops
6. Pinakbet
7. Kare-Kare (Tripe only with Veggies)
8. Inihaw Cow’s Udders.
9. Adobo Sitaw with Shrimp
10.Arroz Valencia
11. Bicol Express with Stingray/Baby Shark
1. lengua
2. lumpiang shanghai
3. halabos na hipon
4. ginataang alimango
5. spanish sardines
6. tuyo, dilis
7. itlog na pula with kamatis
8. bopis
9. tinapa
10. pork binagoongan/menudo
yum yum :)
Pork Binagoongan (bakit nga wala?)
Fried Lumpiang Toge
Lumpiang Shanghai
Goto/Lugaw/Arroz Caldo
La Paz Batchoy
1. Menudo
2. Dinengdeng
3. Pork Lengua Estofado
4. Molo Soup
5. Misua with meatballs and Patola
6. Pork Barbecue
7. Ukoy
8. Ginataang Baboy
9. Binagoongang Baboy
10. Ilocos Empanada
1. Adobong pusit
2. Crispy Pata
3. Pancit Molo
4. Caldareta
5. Misua with patola and those tiny meatballs
6. Humba
7. Ukoy
8. does chicharon count?
9. kadyos
10. lengua estofada
1. Lengua with whit sauce
2. Binagoonan Pampangga style
3. Crispy pata or tadyang ng baka
4. Ginataang Alimango
5. Pata tim
6. Sugpo luto sa Aligue
7. Gisadong Sitaw
8. Pancit Molo
9. Tokwa’t Baboy
10. Tahong or Halaan soup
Um, must be setting out on a long trip. Anyway, I think every Filipino food fiend should aspire to dining at least once on the ultimate Filipino luxe dish, tortang alimasag.
1. pochero/cocido
2. fish escabeche/ sarciado/ or en taucho
3. vegetable lumpia frito/okoy
4. pork apritada/beef mechado/menudo/chicken asado de carjay
5. adobong pusit
6. paksew na pata/ humba
7. pancit molo
8. Luzon bachoy (not mami, actually, steak and kidney soup)
9. kilawing labanos and librillo
10. tortang alimasag/ gambas rebosadas/camarones rebosados
Lumped together dishes that can be substituted with each other or otherwise pretty similar. Rare is the knowledgeable waiter who can point out that you have just ordered three dishes with identical taste profile. One day in this Toronto turo-turo,
server was pushing her gulay na chayote to me so I told her but I just had that yesterday and she says, yesterday’s was gulay na upo.
Here goes:
Embotido
Morcon
Tocino
Lengua
Inihaw na baboy
Arroz valenciana/paella
Lechon kawali
Arroz caldo
Menudo
Bopis
1. kalderetang kambing
2. papaitan na kambing
3. kilawing dilis
4. sarciadong isda
5. dinengdeng or inabraw
6. jollibee fried chicken
7. filipino style spaghetti
8. paksiw na isda
9. halo-halo
10. cassava cake
1. embutido
2. pork bbq
3. sepo/chopsuey
3. langka salad
4. raddish and pipino salad with lots of tomatoes, ginger & onions
5. pata tim
6. crispy pata
7. beef caldereta/mechado
8. pancit molo
9. bicol express
10. sweet & sour fish
1. Tinapang bangus
2. Bicol express/ binaguongang baboy (not sure if these two are the same)
3. Ginataang tilapia
4. Grilled talong with bagoong
5. Tocino (with the usual “silog†combo)
6. Bangus paksiw
7. Ginataang langka
8. Pansit bam-i
9. Inihaw na liempo (w/ soysauce & kalamansi dip)
10. Lumpiang ‘shanghai’ (as we fondly call it, but is indeed a Filipino food staple in parties/fiestas)
1. Menudo
2. Morcon
3. Embotido
4. Chop Suey
5. Pochero
6. Paella
7. Lengua Estofada
8. Pesang Isda with Miso on the side
9. Mechado
10. Luto sa Llanera (my family’s version of meat loaf)
Gotta go! I’m getting hungry. McDonald’s is waiting for me.
1. Bicol Express
2. Tokwa’t Baboy
3. Chicharon Bulaklak
4. Lengua
5. Paksiw na Isda
6. Menudo
7. Sarsiado
8. Giniling
9. Tinapang Bangus
10. Mechado
here are my favorite pinoy dishes in no particular order (aside of course with what’s already included in the top 30 list):
ginataang puso ng saging w/pork giniling
menudo
balaw balaw (burong hipon w/ginger)
fried/grilled tilapia
ginisang mais w/ampalaya or chili leaves
chicken hamonado
pininyahang manok
chop suey (although i think this is more of a chinese than filipino origin)
dinuguan – yung pinaghalong tamis at asim at konting alat ang gusto ko and nung bata ako sabi ng mother ko i used to call this “doty” or “dirty”
Totally agree on Sinigang being number 1!
Other favorites of mine:
1. Inihaw na Liempo
2. Litson Manok
3. Kinuyot (Ginataang pagi)
4. Ginataang Suso
5. Bagnet
6. Binagoongan
7. Isaw
8. Arroz Caldo
9. Menudo
10. Giniling
– also, while not a “traditional” home-cooked Pinoy favorite, I think we shouldn’t discount Jollibee chickenjoy! –
1. Sinampalukang Manok
2. Arroz Caldo
3. Inihaw na Baboy
4. Lumpiang Shanghai
5. Pancit Canton
6. Chicken Sopas
7. Danggit
8. Embutido
9. Chicken Pastel
10. Chicharon (may laman)
m drooling!!! haha.. here’s mine:
– chicken pastel
– ginataang sigarilyas
– almondigas
– balut (adobo or as it is)
– laksa
– sinaing na tulingan
– tortang talong
– crispy pata
– ginisang manok sa guisantes
– beef and mushroom
I noticed this list doesn’t really touch on desserts/sweets. Will we have a separate list for those?
In the meantime, here’s what I would add:
– rellenong manok
– adobong pusit
– bicol express
– pork barbecue, also known as ‘crack sticks’ to my american friends, when I bbq these. :)
and just to be shocking, papaitan. :) (hey I’m half Ilocana, what can I say?)
1.) paksiw na bangus
2.) papaitang baka/kambing
3.) dinengdeng
4.) suwam ( fried asuhos or any other fish then recooked into a soup with ampalaya leaves and ginger.
5.) igado
6.) patola con misua
7.) ginataang tilapia
8.) bola bolang isda
9.) relleong bangus
10.) sun dried pork ( pork marinated in ginger,vinegar,salt and pepper then sun dried and then fried.
also ampalaya con carne
in no particular order (gahhd this is making me hungry and i just had tikka masala):
1) biringhe/bringhe (saffron rice with meat)
2) tidtad (kapampangan version of dinuguan with no blood)
3) rellenong bangus
4) bicol express
5) laing
6) batchoy
7) embutido
8) bagnet
9) menudo
10) morcon
MM, just a thought–maybe you can write this as a complete article on “Top 40 Dishes that Filipinos can’t live without” — CNNgo actually has several of these, with versions for Singapore, HK, Japan etc.
Here is my list;
1. flaked tinap-anan with tomatoes and hipon(shrimp paste)
2. fried dried pusit or boneless danggit or fried dried anchovies with tomatoes
3. utan bisaya
4. sauteed ampalaya with eggs
5. tinono-ang utan nangka
6 kinilaw nangka or puso(saging) with coconut milk
7. guso or homon-homon salad
8. swake(sea urchin)
9. just plain scrambled eggs
10. inun-unang bakasi
1. Inihaw na Liempo
2. Binagoongang Baboy
3. Chopseuy
4. Pochero
5. Menudo
6. Okoy
7. Beef with Ampalaya
8. Arroz Caldo
9. Crispy Pata
10. Tuyo (Fried Fish) with Garlic Fried Rice
1. yes, arroz caldo.
2. tokwa’t baboy
3. tinapang bangus
4. ginataang langka (hilaw)
5. laing
6. pinangat na isda (talakitok or sapsap cooked with lots of tomatoes and onions, salt and a 7. few drops of calamansi)
8. laing
9. okoy
10.ensaladang puso ng saging
inihaw na liempo
paksiw na isda esp bangus
halabos na hipon
tokwat baboy
bicol express
afritada
laing
pancit molo
arroz caldo
humba
In no particular order…
1. lumpiang sariwa
2. estofado
3. menudo
4. afritada (although I’ve always just thought of this as menudo with the pork cut in bigger chunks, hehe)
5. arroz caldo
6. chicharron – the one with ‘laman”
7. tuyo
8. tinapa (or should this be grouped together with #7?)
9. okoy
10. tocino
Now I’m hungry :) #10 is about to get bumped to #1 since its the only thing I have in the house. hehe
masarap na kakaiba…
~bagong luto na pandesal na may kesong puti na palaman with a few drops of purong patis.
~tinapang boneless bangus with garlic fried rice na may sawsawan na toyo at kalamansi.
~ginataan kuhol na may konting anghang na it makes your lips tingle ;)
~arroz caldo na may side na tokwa’t baboy.
~ginataang unripe langka
~sinaing na tulingan na may side na burong mustasa (laguna version)
1. Dinengdeng
2. Pinapaitan Kambing
3. Igado
4. Arroz Caldo
5. Tuyo with Vinegar & Garlic
6. Itlog na Maalat with Kamatis
7. Litson Manok
8. Paksiw/Inihaw na Hito
9. Embutido
10. Paella/Arroz Valenciana
1. Inihaw na Liempo
2. Adobong Pusit with Ink
3. Bicol Express
4. Humba
5. Crispy Pata
6. Pastel de Lengua
7. Pancit Sotanghon
8. Crispy Tadyang
9. Kinilaw (Tuna or Tangigue)
10. Pork Barbeque
I’ll just agree with the list (no pork though), Sinigang on a hot day, yesss!!! and Tinola at night, happy na ako. Had my fill of ginataan, suso with pako, alimango with kalabasa, etc. but I miss the ginataang langka ang pinais of Lucban.
Pahiyas Festival was crazy this year, though I haven’t been to one in over two decades…
Add ko lang, most inihaw are better in the Visayas region, from Kalibo, to Ilo-ilo even my fiancee said she loves the inihaw from Cebu and Davao.
Kapampangan kare-kare is the best.
in no particular order…
adobong pusit
monggo at tuyo
nilagang baka at tuyo
pinakbet (w/ very little pork ribs)
caldereta
inihaw/pritong isda (all sorts)
tortang corned beef (w/ patis at sili and sinigang na baka)
sinigang na isda (salmon)
tinola (traditional style with dahon ng sili)
menudo
1. Crispy pata
2. Lumpiang Shanghai
3. Pork BBQ
4. Callos
5. Camaron Rebosado(with giniling na pork)
6. Pancit molo
7. Humba
8. Langka sa gata
9. Pastel de lengua
10. Paksiw na dulong
1. crispy pata
2. lumpiang shanghai
3. arroz caldo
4. chicken inasal (iba pa ba ung chicken bbq ng aristocrat?)
5. batchoy
6. pancit molo
7. kinilaw
8. chicken tinola
9. sizzling bulalo/ sizzling pochero (cebu)
10. embutido
11. pancit canton. bow.
12. chicken macaroni salad (brings back childhood memories pag may outing)
13. palabok
14. pork binagoongan
15. fishballs and squidballs
16. java rice
17. isaw (college staple)
sweets at merienda:
1. ginataan
2. halo-halo
3. brazo de mercedes
4. sansrival
5. leche flan
6. black sambo (bacolod)
7. butterscotch bars (bacolod)
8. ensaymada
9. puto at kutsinta
10. buko pie
11. polvoron
12. scramble
13. popcorn na pink
14. kropek
15. tsokolate-eh
16. pandesal
17. dirty ice cream
1. Binagoongan
2. Okra with bagoong
3. Itlog na maalat & tomatoes
4. crispy pata
5. chicken tinola
6. ginisang bihud
7. arroz caldo cooked in bulalo broth
8. taba ng talangka on hot rice
9. paksiw na pata
10. crispy tawilis
1. Tocino
2. Crispy pata
3. BBQ pork on a stick
4. Itlog na maalat with kamatis
5. dried fish na prito: tuyo/tinapa/dilis/danggit
6. Inihaw na liempo
7. Paksiw na isda
8. Bulanglang or inabraw
9. Lumpiang shanghai
10. Filipino style spaghetti- sweet and a little spicy
Yay I miss Pinoy food!
My list includes:
Pako Salad
Tinuno (Ilocos version of barbeque)
Camaron Rebosado
Pakbet
Igado
Hardinera
Halabos na hipon
Inihaw na Pusit (with garlic, onion and tomatoes inside)
Tortang alimango
Bagnet
Laing
Bicol Express
Guinataang Kalabasa
Sinaing na tulingan
lumpiang shanghai
kadyos
miki (Ilocos style) soup
Inihaw na Tuna~
Pinaputok na Tilapia
Beef Nilaga
Pork Barbeque
Spicy Caldereta
1. tocino
2. arroz caldo
3. binagoongang baboy
4. sinuglaw
5. bicol express
6. papaitan
7. chicharong bulaklak
8. inihaw na isaw on stick
9. adobong pusit
10. bopis
Here is my list. Note: All pinoy version (ignoring the origin of the food)
1. Crispy pata
2. Mechado
3. Morcon
4. Menudo
5. Inihaw na liempo
6. Lumpiang Shianghai (pinoy version)
7. Embutido
8. Kilawin na isda
9. Bicol Express
10. Pochero
1. bagnet
2. arroz caldo
3. bicol express
4. tuyo
5. cripsy pata
6. embutido
7. nilagang baka
8. papaitan
9. ginisang monggo
10. inihaw na baboy
1) callos
2) lengua
3) embutido
4) crab relleno
5) lumpia shanghai
6) Bicol express
7) ginataang santol
8) buribud
9) arroz caldo
10) pinangat (taro leaves with coconut meat)
1) pinangat or pangat – the bikol kind
2) guinataang sigarillas
3) kuhol
4) humba
5) afritada – pork or chicken or both
6) chicharon bulaklak
7) guinataang langka
8) guinisang ampalaya
9) arroz caldo
10) ukoy
Yikes! Now I am so hungry and nothing I can get for lunch around here will cut it!
1. poqui poqui
2. dinengdeng/inabrao
3. igado
4. bagnet
5. pochero
6. bitsuelas
7. giniling
8. chicken curry
9. garlic fried rice
10.kaldereta
1. Callos
2. Chicken Imperial (baked chicken with cheese, butter & garlic)
3. Paella Negra
4. Pochero
5. Lengua with mushrooms
6. Embutido (fried)
7. Adobong Pusit
8. Tocino
9. Itlog na maalat with chopped tomatoes
10. Siopao
1. binagoongang baboy
2. tocino
3. batchoy (the one with miswa)
4. ginisang togue
5. chicken sotanghon
6. ginisang puso ng saging with sotanghon
7. itlog na maalat with kamatis
8. daing na boneless bangus or tinapang boneless bangus
9. mechado
10. Igado (without veggies, just pork, pork liver, vinegar and “dilao”)
1. Arroz caldo
2. Binagoongan
3. Chopsuey
4. Guinataang sugpo
5. Humba
6. Tuyo
7. Embutido
8. Mechado
9. Adobong pusit
10. Bicol express
P.S. Didn’t realize that we have very few vegetable dishes as favorites…
1. Pritong lumpiang gulay
2. Binagoongang baboy
3. Paksiw na isda
4. Inihaw na liempo
5. Longganisa
6. Beef tapa
7. Bopis
8. Menudo
9. Embutido
10.Tortang talong
Thanks!
1. itlog na maalat with kamatis
2. tokwa’t baboy
3. tinapang bangus
4. sotanghon with puso ng saging at baboy
5. paksiw na bangus/tanige/galunggong (sarap with ginisang munggo!)
6. suwan na mais with baboy
7. binagoongang baboy
8. patola with meatballs
9. crispy pata
10.hilabos na hipon
Not in any particular order:
1. Lengua
2. tinapa – any kind
3. menudo
4. rellenong manok
5. paksiw na isda
6. BBQ – baboy or manok
7. pesang talimusak or bangus with tahore
8. bicol express
9. inihaw na liempo
10. la paz batchoy
11. pritong tamban
12. utak omelet
13. talbos ng kamote with isdang bagoong
14. Nilagang karne with talong-garlic as part of a condiment
sorry MM dumami sa sampu… will wait for the dessert part too!
1. bicol express
2. dried fish (daing na abo, danggit, espada, tinapa, dilis atbp … w/ suka/garlic/sili sawsawanan or kamatis on the side)
3. pusit (adobo, inihaw or relleno)
4. sugpo/hipon
5. fried or nilagang talong ( w/ spicy bagoong or suka/toyo/sili sawsawan)
6. okoy
7. ANY ginataang gulay-(papaya, chayote, kalabasa, langka atbp done bicol way)
8. ginisang ampalaya sa kamatis w/ lots of hipon and itlog
9. tortang giniling
10. pinangat
MM, thanks for the survey, really is something to ponder and kaka-homesick :'( when is the dessert survey coming ?
1. Humba
2. Guinataang puso ng saging
3. Ukoy
4. Camaron rebosado
5. Lauya (Ilocano for paksiw na pata) without soy sauce
6. Caldereta
7. Kilawing kambing
8. Pinapaitan
9. Bagnet
10. Fresh seaweeds with tomatoes
You are making me hungry.
1.lapaz batchoy
2.kadyos with ubad ng saging & chicken
3.tinuom na manok
4.linagpang na isda or manok
5.pancit molo
6.paklay(young bambooshoots) with pork & shrimp
7.ginataang tambo(young bambooshoots) with corn,crab & saluyot
8.alogbate with ground beef, sitaw & kalabasa
9.laswa with daing
10.pinoy chorizo
Home cooked meals are the ultimate comfort food. ♥
1. Pansit sotanghon, bihon and luglog
2. Sinigang na baboy (falling off the bones with mushy gabi)
3. Asado de carajay
4. Pastel (beef or chicken)
5. Lechon and lechon paksiw
6. Fried or fresh lumpiang ubod
7. Bulalo
8. Everybody’s (Embutido- like) Morcon
9. Bistek tagalog
10. Bonelss tinapang bangus
11. Corned beef with potatoes
12. Adobo with less sauce or natuyo na yung sauce
13. Fried Chicken!
☺
1. Sariwang alamang with sibuyas Tagalog and kamatis
2. Pochero (beef, chicken, or pork)
3. Ensaladang katuray
4. Dinengdeng
5. Ginisang tulya
5. Goto
6. Steamed mushrooms
7. Ginisang pusit
8. Pinangat na Talakitok
9. Pinaksiw na isda (kahit na anong isda)
10. Chicken Maharlika (my lola’s version of chicken a la king)
There was this diner across PWU in Taft called Elinwill’s they served a very good kare-kare. I just mentioned it because it was different from what my Inang Nena and Tia Lita used to make.
– pansit molo
– sotanghon guisado
– lumpiang togue
– camaron rebosado
– humba
– inihaw na pusit
– misua
– crispy pata
– picadillo
1. arroz caldo and/or goto paired with tokwa and baboy
2. binagoongan baboy paired with inihaw na talong
3. crab omelet
4. crispy pata
5. dried danggit with fried rice topped with fried egg
6. lumpiang prito (with the veggie palaman, not the shanghai type) with
vinegar spiced up with garlic, pepper and siling labuyo
7. chitcharon bulaklak
8. kaldereta
9. I am kapampangan so I will include burong talangka or the saute talangka fat and
10. burong isda (fermented rice and fish) or balo-balo (fermented rice and shrimp)
1. Rellenong pusit
2. Embutido
3. Tocino
4. Bicol express
5. Arroz caldo
6. Tokwa’t baboy
7. Menudo
8. Inihaw na pusit
9. Morcon
10. Adobong kangkong
1. Okoy
2. Bicol Express
3. Dinuguang Manok sa Gata
4. Tuyo or tinapa
5. Batchoy
That is hard. I got to say it is probably
Caldereta
Empadudo
Pancit palabok
Crispy Pata
Fried Shanghai
Tucino
Filipino Fried Chicken (ok Maxx’s)
Okoy
Arroz caldo
Fresh lumpia
1. Good Cebu Lechon
2. Crispy Binagoongan (liempo and a saucy bagoong sauce)
3. Good Kare-Kare (tripe with real peanuty sauce)
4. Arroz Caldo (with lots of ginger)
4. Tinola
5. Sisig
6. My grandma’s pinakbet (no kalabasa)
7. Sugpo sa gata
8. Bopis
9. Rellenong Manok
10.
Yum!
1. Crispy pata
2. Inihaw na liempo
3. sariwang swaki (sea urchin roe)
4. ensalada (itlog na maalat, kamatis, sibuyas, manggang hilaw at patis)
Northern-style foods:
Bagnet
Dinengdeng
Pinikpikan with Etag
Sinigtim (boiled chicken/pork with rice wine)
Inutom (camote cooked until it’s sugars are rendered)
Sibuyas, kamatis, talong, asin/bagoong
Mashed avocado with rice
Cornmeal!
Dinakdakan
Papaitan
All things I love to eat and do eat whenever I can get/cook them.
1. Paksiw na isda with talong and ampalaya and long green sili
2. La Paz bachoy — not the packaged variety, but the real thing
3. Chicken sotanghon soup with tengang daga and Baguio veggies
4. Pinapaitan–classic Ilokano favorite
5. Tulya soup with lots of ginger and talbos ng sili
6. Crispy pata
7. Adobong kangkong
8. Pork BBQ
9. Ginataang puso
10. Divisoria lugaw
1) Tocino
2) Ginataang alimasag
3) champorado
4) adobong pusit
5) crispy pata
6) morcon
1. Escabeche
2. Pineapple chicken
3. Igado
4. Bopis
5. Embutidong Bangus
6. Simply steamed tahong with vinegar/bawang sawsawan
7. paksiw na tilapia
8. danggit
9. salted eggs with kamatis
10. lumpiang ubod
Here is my list:
1. ukoy
2. batchoy
3. paella/arroz valenciana/arroz ala cubana
4. igado/papaitan/callos
5. pinikpikan nga pato/itik sa pickles
6. apritadang balot
7. manok sa pinya
8. bibingkang bugok/sarciadong itlog
9. torta (dulong, crab, talong, corned beef)
10. guinisang daing at upo
11. paksiw na isda with ampalaya
I had to read the list over twice…there is no crispy pata??? oh my! Well then I’ll have to cast my vote for it too :) Here is my list:
Crispy pata
Chicharon with taba
Bagnet
Binagoongan baboy (another favorite of mine that I’m surprised did not make it)
Bicol express (triple yes to ths dish!)
Binakol (or would you put this with tinola? I wouldn’t!)
Kadios
Tuyo/Tinapa/Daing (are these together or separate?)
Pancit Molo
Buro/Balo-balo (with mustasa leaves)
Hi MM! Mine would be:
1. Tinapang boneless bangus
2. Pochero
3. Ginataang adobong manok
4. Tortang alimango
5. Mami
6. Inihaw na liempo
7. Crispy Pata
8. Inihaw na talong with bagoong
9. Pork binagoongan
10. Bicol express
Here is my list:
1. Lechon Paksiw
2. Pork Binagoongan
3. Bicol Express
4. Laing
5. Salted Egg with Tomatoes, Onion & Manggang Hilaw
6. Embutido
7. Paksiw na Bangus
8. Inihaw na Liempo
9. Dinuguan (with puto)
10. Ginataang Puso ng Saging
crispy pata
laoya
laing
all my other favorites are already in the list
1. Menudo
2. Tocino
3. Tuyo
4. Tinapa (which is different from daing and inihaw na bangus! =))
5. Inihaw na liempo
6. BBQ
7. Torta (of whatever kind because Filipinos are fond of making torta out of anything really. =)))
8. Embutido
9. Lumpiang Shanghai (can it qualify as a Filipino dish?)
10. Hilabos na Hipon
mine would be:
1. lumpiang togue
2. danggit
3. Pochero
4. sinuglaw
5. menudo
6. chicken afritada
7. chicken sopas
8. misua with sardines
9. meatballs with misua
10. ginataang langka
my list :
1. tuyo w/ sinangag & scrambled egg
2. paksiw na bangus
3. pinangat na isda
4. ginataan or fried tilapia
5. pinakbet
6. sinampalukang manok
7. lechon paksiw
8. tortang alimasag
9. talaba
10. patola w/ misua
all in your list is my favorite except nilagang baka and tinola. i would replace it with burong dalag from Cabanatuan and inihaw na pusit.
Oh yeah, there’s batchoy, but is it the original Lapaz Batchoy???? nothing but!!! scrolling up, Kakusina said it and I heartily agree!!
1. humba/estofado
2. embutido
3. ukoy
4. escabeche
5. adobong pusit
6. liempo/pork inihaw (sinugba)
7. empanada
8. morcon
9. hamonada (pork leg)
10. ginataang hipon
Here’s a few more:
11. paella
12. chicken hinatukan (ginataan) soupy Bisaya version – a personal favorite
13. bulanglang
14. chicken relleno or galantina
15. fish tinapa
16. does achara count, or is that more of a condiment
and, can we claim siopao as a Pinoy dish? I love the stuff.
Hmmmmn ang hirap naman top ten lang sa dami ng mga paborito ko… I have to re-think about my favorites dapat kasama sa list ang lagi kong hinahanap at nakaka-sira ng so called diet heheh
My unordered list
Kare-Kare, Fried Bangus GG and tamban, Grilled Bangus, Ginisang Munggo
Lengua, Adobong Baby Pusit, Fried talong and Tortang talong, Sunny side up egg, chicken tocino, chicken BBQ, Sinigang, Ginataan na tuna, sinampakukang manok
Yum………… :)
-pork binagoongan
-arroz caldo
-danggit with sinamak
-kangkong (adobo)
-kesong puti
-taba ng talangka
-batchoy
-adobong pusit
-chicken binakol
-inihaw na talong
my other 10 are:
caldereta
paksiw na pata
ukoy
menudo
afrirada
bringhe
ginataang green langka
baebeque on stick
chickem pastel
dinuguan
1. talaba
2. inihaw na liempo
3. papaitan – kambing
4. adobong kangkong
5.danggit
6. lengua (in red sauce, dunno what the proper name is)
7. tengaling (boiled porked ears that are grilled until crispy)
8. bagnet in binagoongan style (just like the way it is served at Cafe Juanita’s)
9. tokwa’t baboy
10. tuyo
My top 10 for sure :-) I really miss pinoy food.
1. Adobong Manok sa Gata
2. Laing/Sinantolan (w/ siling labuyo and dinailan)
3. Bicol Express
4. Adobo (both the regular one and adobong puti from Quezon)
5. Pork barbecue/Inasal na Manok w/ sawsawan suka at sili
6. Inihaw na panga ng tuna
7. Pinakbet
8. Sinigang
9. Pansit (canton, bihon you name it but I’m not a big fan of palabok)
10. Sinaing na tambakol sa kamias
An honor to contribute :)
Maybe a little eccentric, but here goes:
lechon baka
kinilaw talong
sinuglaw
pochero
crispy pata
ginataang puso ng saging
baked tahong
bicol express
grilled tuna panga
jumping salad
I pared my list of 20 dishes to these ten:
1. Fish Escabeche
2. Camaron Rebosado
3. Okoy
4. Lengua Estofada
5. Embutido
6. Lato (Seaweed Salad)
7. Pancit Canton
8. Chicken Relleno/Galantina
9. Pochero
10. Takway
Am just trying to run through my mind some of the things that we enjoy eating not in the Top 30….
Fried Tilapia
Crispy Pata
Bicol Express
Pako Salad
Seaweed Salad
Humba
Paella – though strictly speaking I am not sure that this can be claimed to be Pinoy…. :)
Can we include chilled mixed shellfish?
this is my first post :-)
1. kalabasa okoy (fritters)
2. paksiw na bangus
3. sinaing na tulingan
4. ginisang mais with dahon ng amplaya (my mom calls it swam, i dont know why, maybe it’s a kapampangan thing.)
5. lengua
6. ginisang bungga ng malunggay
7. ensaladang ampalaya
8. adobong pusit
9. salted eggs with kamatis
10. biringhe (i like the seafood version than chicken, this is my tita’s specialty)
my list goes on …
kare-kare seafood – this is my dad’s version. he mixes all seafoods like tahong, hipon, halaan, crabs, and some veggies sometimes fish fillet and uses the sauce for kare-kare.
i was going thru the comments and saw someone entered street food, baka next time you can also do a list for this or perhaps favorite food when you were a kid, like tira-tira, mr cinco, texas & bigboy bubble gum, and those cheese curls you get in exchange for old newspapers – i miss my childhood foodies.
these are the 10 best pinoy food.
1. * utan bisaya (with dabong (bamboo shoots), and sangig (basil).
2. * kinilaw na nangka
3. * kinilaw na fish or seashells
4. * kadyos (red mung beans with pig knuckles and langka)
5. * humba (cebu style of cooking)
6. * paklay (bopiz) cebu style of cooking
7. * mandunggo (beef tripes ) cebu style of cooking
8. * balbakuwa
9. * crab relleno
10.* whole native chicken tinola
Lugaw
Tokwa’t baboy
Menudo
Sarciadong isda
Paksiw na isda
Tuyo
Daing
Dilis with kamatis at sibuyas
Escabecheng isda
Embutido
i’ve put in my list in an earlier post but i have to add in my vote for bicol express! love it :-)
I cannot believe tuyo wasn’t even in the top 30 list! That being said, here are my top 10+1 Pinoy dishes in no particular order:
1. Pritong tuyo
2. Ensalada – all types but particularly those with katuray, pako and lato. Maybe all ensalada should be grouped, hehe!
3. Tinapa – Bangus or galunggong
4. Inabraw – or Bulanglang in Tagalog
5. Halabos na hipon
6. Adobong sitaw
7. Nilingta – Fish boiled in vinegar (or sometimes green mango), bagoong na isda, a little water, crushed ginger root, ginger leaves, lots of onions and laced with vegetable oil when nearly done.
8. Dinakdakan
9. Igado
10. Bicol express
11. Halaan soup
1. bagnet –
2. ilocos empanada (can regional dishes be included?)
3. batchoy
4. tamales (can this qualify as Pinoy? I suppuse the Batangas and Pampanga tamales have earned their own identity)
5. itlog na pula
6. tuyo at sukang may sili
7. Tinapa na may kamatis at asin
8. Bicol Express
9. tokwat baboy
10.pritong tilapia
Let’s not overlook breakfast and merienda favorites…
1. La Paz Batchoy
2. Pork barbecue, street food style
3. Arroz caldo or lugaw
4. Tokwa’t baboy
5. Binagoongan
6. Paksiw na Isda with lots of sili
7. Lechon Kawali with Mang Tomas sauce
8. Lumpiang Shanghai
9. Tinapa
10. Pork Tocino
Vege Favorites to counteract all that pork:
1. Ginisang Sitaw
2. Adobong kangkong
3. Red eggs with tomatoes
4. Green langka in gata
5. Kinilaw na Puso ng Saging
6. Chopsuey
7. Lumpiang togue
8. Blanched kamote tops salad
9. Misua soup with Patola
10. Ensaladang Talong
I think all my favorite foods are already mentioned above. Amen. Except hawaya. I think this is just known in my hometown.
1. humba
2. buwad
3. puso sa saging with gata salad
4. inutanan with gabi or ube
5. utan bisaya
6. pork liempo
7. buwad lansang with vinegar and sliced tomato
8. salted eggs
9. siomai
10. nangka with gata salad
i forgot, inun-unan with eggplant n ampaliya
1. Mechado
2. Chopsuey
3. Ginataang Langka
4. Itlog na Maalat and Kamatis
5. Lengua Estofado
6. Binagoongang Baboy
7.Crispy Pata
8. Ginisang Ampalaya
9. Batchoy
10. Tinapa/Tuyo
adobong pusit
pancit habhab
longanisang lucban
longanisang vigan
bagnet
okuy/ukoy
pork bbq
igado
afritadang manok
pinapaitan
1) crispy pata
2) pork / beef steak
3) tuyo / danggit
4) tocino
5) hototay
6) adobong pusit
7) binagoongang baboy
8) sinampalukang manok
9) paksiw na bangus
10) chicharon
Here are my other favorite Pinoy dishes:
1. Apritada/Menudo
2. Bulanglang (Vegetable Stew)
3. Callos (Tripe Casserole)
4. Escabeche (Fish with sweet/sour sacuce)
5. Pancit Canton
6. Sotanghon (Either dry or with broth)
7. Pochero (with fried saba bananas)
8. Paksiw na Pata (Pork) with dried banana blossoms
9. Morcon
10. Lumpiang Shanghai
@ MM:
with all these – i guess 10 most faves – could you post a statistic report? i’m pretty sure there are some recipes which truly are “pinoys best”…
What I look for on rare trips home.
Patola, misua with pork balls and prawns,
galantina,
pesang dalag with miso,
adobong hito,
lengua estofada,
ukoy,
tanguigui steak.
Perennial favourites.
arroz caldo,
chicken, pork afritada,
chicken sotanghon,
paksiw na pata
1. Fresh lumpia, Ilonggo style
2. Panara (not empanada)
3. La Paz batchoy
4. Escabecheng isda
5. Ginataang langka
6. Pancit Molo
7. Laswa
8. Ginisang ampalaya
9. Cocido
10. Chicharon bulaklak (I was hospitalized because of this)
Well, this is VERY difficult to answer, because you’ve covered almost all of my absolute favorites in your Top 30. What the heck, I’ll give it a go…
In no particular order:
-Callos a la Madrileña
-Batchoy
-Crispy pata
-Pechay guisado with soy sauce, pork fat, etc…
-Pochero
-Arroz a la Cubana/Carne a la Cubana
-Pork menudo
-Chicken afritada
-Fried danggit
-Steamed lapu-lapu
1. Igado
2. Sinaing na Tambakol
3. Pochero
4. Lauya
5. Bopis
6. Laing
7. Bicol Express
8. Tokwa’t baboy
9. Papaitan
10. Escabeche
1.Tinumis – like dinuguan,,, pero ground pork, souring agent is sampalok blossoms.
2. paksiw na isda
3. igado
4.menudo
5. blanched katuray, talbos ng kamote, okra, talong, then bagoong isa with vinegar.
6. Porkchop na prito, crispy skin.
7.champorado at tuyo pag tag ulan
8. Cabanatuan longanissa at Buro w/ steamed Gulay
9. pesang Dalag with Miso condiment
10.inihaw na liempo
My faves:
callos
lengua estofada
paksiw na pata
menudo
morcon
embutido
cocido
rellenong manok
pusit adobo
Add ko lang sa list ko ang adobong sitaw, paksiw na bangus at GG
There are dishes that are not Filipino but seem to be available only in the Philippines, such as pato tim, crab fried rice, beef salpicao, torta de sesos- all really nice and part of our culinary heritage.
You said to name more favorite Pinoy foods aside from what you have already mentioned. Here are some of mine which are also a favorite of other people.
1. Pork Binagoongan – these days I like more tomato than the alamang added to the pork.
2. Pinapaitan
3. Pork and Chicken Afritada
4. Lumpiang Shanghai/Pinsec Prito
5. Goto
6. Burong Babi/Pork Tocino from the market in Tarlac
7. Paksiw na bangus with ampalaya
8. Pork BBQ
9. Picadillo
10. Tokwa’t Baboy
I have more but you said 10 only.
1. Crispy Pata
2. Itlog na Maalat with Kamatis
3. Tocino (or Tosilog)
4. Law-uy (with lotsa saluyot!!)
5. Ginisang Sardinas
6. Pancit Molo or Molo Soup
7. Afritada
8. Paksiw na Isda
9. Ginisang Ampalaya with Itlog
10. Chicken Mami
Here is my list
1) Baked Tahong
2) Alimasag sa Gata
3) Librilyo
4) Tinapang Bnagus
5) Pritong hito
6) ALigue ng alinmango
7) Pork BBQ
8) Escabecheng Lapu Lapu
9) Cameron Rebosado
Pork BBQ
Spaghetti *sweet, thick, with hotdogs LOLZ*
Palabok
Mais con yelo
Lengua estofado
Sinangag
Tocino
Adobong kangkong
Kaldereta with Gata
Tinapa
tocino
embutido
guinataang langka
inihaw na talong with bagoong on the side
adobong pusit
paksiw na bangus
chicken or pork afritada
pork barbecue
pancit lucban
crispy pata
Did you guys watched Jessica Soho reports on GMA yesterday? One of the topics is about a poll for the ultimate pinoy dish, and Sinigang is no. 1.
These are the Pinoy food I can not live without:
1. Pork/Chicken Adobo
2. Siopao
3. Lugaw (with or without tripe) with tokwa & baboy.
4. Turon
5. Fried rice with egg and longganiza for breakfast
6. Nilaga with chorizo de bilbao and ham pata. Its a kapampangan thing.
7. Alige ng talangka
8. Buko juice
9. Pork barbecue
10. Pinakbet
Alternates:
1. Okay, I can trade the alige ng talangka for a crispy daing na bangus.
2. The pork barbecue can be replaced with okoy or pritong lumpia.
3. Longganiza can be traded for danggit.
4. Chicken empanada and siopao is a toss up. But siopao by a nose.
5. What the…rice cooked with pandan of course.
* diningding / bulanglang (vegetable stew cooked with fried fish or bagoong alamang)
* pritong isda (any fried fish but eaten with soy sauce-calamansi dipping sauce)
* inihaw na liempo (Filipino style grilled pork belly with vinegar dipping sauce)
* pork bbq on a stick
* fishball tusok-tusok
* lengua estofado
* crispy pata
* paksiw na isda
* pork steak
* arroz caldo
* pork or chicken tocino
* fried chicken (Filipino kids’ perennial favorite)
loya with garlic eggplant sauce (beef nilaga but sweetened with brown sugar and colored with achuete)
ihihaw na baboy
beef short ribs adobo
baluiwag garlic longaniza
pochero
lechon
gulay ampalaya
guisadong monggo
arroz caldo
caldereta
lengua estofado
lumpiang ubod
pancit bihon
paksiw na pata
pork ribs sinigang
Hi. Here’s my list
1. binagoongan baboy
2. ginataang langka or puso ng saging with lots of pork
3. tuyo with super spicy vinegar
4. sarciado with lots of kamatis for the left over galunggong
5. paksiw na isda with ampalaya and talong
6. ginisang ampalaya with eggs
7. caldereta itik
8. papaitan
9. adobong kangkong
10. nilagang okra, talong, talbos ng kamote with bagoong and kalamansi as sawsawan (bagoong isda or alamang)
1. Almondigas – pork bolabola with misua
2. Pochero
3. Morcon
4. Lumpiang shanghai
5. Kilawin papaya – this looks like orange pancit, ginadgad na papaya w/ pork bits & achuete
6. Menudo
7. Chicken sopas
8. Lechon manok
9. Ginisang ampalaya with eggs
10. Picadillo – tinadtad na kalabaw na sinabawan sa sampalok with mustasa and labanos.
These are my faves :
1. Binagoongang Baboy – most specially the crispy kind wherein the pork is fried first
2. Crispy Pata – with suka, toyo, onions and sili as its dipping sauce
3. Tocino – i know it’s not good for you because it has salitre but it’s still yummy
4. Ginataang Hipon – preferably made with thick gata, not the watery commercial kind
5. Adobo Flakes – crispy but not too much otherwise it becomes hard and too crunchy (hope that makes sense)
6. Rellenong Alimango – the ones placed on the crab shell
7. Inihaw na Baboy/Liempo
8. Homemade Sardines in Olive Oil – our helper used to slow cook galunggong in spices, slow cooked until the bones get really soft
9. Chicharong Bulaklak – with vinegar as its dipping sauce
10. Fried Danggit or better yet Lamayo from Palawan – works best eaten with garlic fried rice
11. La Paz Batchoy – my preference, without the liver, etc. but with the chicharon
12. Pork Barbeque
this is great. i can just go through the list everytime
i get hungry for filipino food. this will give me an
idea what to cook. it makes me hungry by just going through
the comments!
My Other Top 10 list:
1. Bopis – carinderia style
2. Crispy Pata
3. Tokwa’t Baboy
4. Pork Binagoongan with konting gata
5. Tuyo (in olive oil or plain fried tuyo)
6. Salted Eggs with kamatis and crumbled chicharon
7. Ampalaya guisado with egg
8. Humba
9. BBQ (pork or chxn)
10. Ginataang Langka
..too many to mention pa :P
1. arroz caldo / goto
2. dinengdeng (ilocano version of boiled vegetables with fish sauce) / laswa (ilonggo version) / lau-uy (visayan version)
3. tinapang isda
4. vegetable lumpia
5. paksiw na bangus
6. ginataang langka
7. crispy pata
8. menudo
9. mechado
10. kinilaw
fried fish – two ways
cook the fish in vinegar as in your cooking paksiw then fry it!
I am surprised not to see some of my favorites up there!
10. Arroz caldo – very indicative of the fusion of Chinese, Spanish and Malay cuisine
9. Empanadas – they might be originally Galician, but the PI have made them their own
8. Binagoongan – preferably made with bagnet and sili
7. Itlog maalat, kamatis at sibuyas – a complete source of protein and vegetable
6. Embutido – even more spectacular wrapped in caul fat instead of foil
5. Giniling – the Pinoy 30-minute meal
4. Sinangag – simplicity and flexibility at its finest
3. Lumpiang shanghai – I don’t know a single Filipino or American who can resist
2. Corned beef – what Filipino pantry doesn’t have at least a can or two
1. Rellenong manok – probably the acme of the Filipino culinary arts
1. pork/chicken afritada
2. chicken asado
3. tokwa’t baboy with lugaw
4. beef mechado
5. sinampalukang manok
6. fried lumpiang gulay or togue
7. pork batchoy
8. beef picadillo (filipino version)
9. crispy pata
10. chicharon bulaklak / bituka
I’m cheating by separating dishes from food (huh?)
Dishes:
Bicol Express
Binagoongan (a dear friend cooks this differently; with vinegar and sugar)
Bistek
Afritada
Tokwa’t Baboy
Crispy Pata
Mechado
Kalding (kilaweng kambing)
Molo
Patatim/Humba
Salpicao (with tons of garlic!)
Food:
tuyo/danggit/daing/tinapa
Longganisa
Kesong Puti
Tocino
Liempo
Chicharon bulaklak
In no particular order: batchoy, higado, ukoy, pancit canton, callos, lengua estofado, adobong pusit/kangkong, pritong lumpia (with togue, ground pork, carrots, lotsa garlic), binagoongang baboy, pinaupuang manok
Here’s my Top 10
1. Pork Sinigang
2. Bicol Express with Percules (a special bean common in Bicol)
3. Lechon (Cebu Style)
3. Bulalo
4. Ginataang Baka
5. Kare – kare
6. Pastel (either in red sauce or white sauce)
7. Caldereta
8. Longganisa (Guinobatan, Albay style and Lucban version)
9. Pork Adobo (with little sauce version)
10. Adobong Milyonaryo (Chicken adobo with plenty of garlic).
I’d like to add the visayan kilawin made of beef, laman loob like liver, ‘librolibro’…I think sauteed garlic, onion & ginger…vinegar…
Have you tried this MM?
Other favourites are:
Igado
Dinengdeng
Pinaupong manok
Dinakdakan
Lomi