10 strange foods in the Philippines
10 strange foods in the Philippines
1. Soup no. 5
If you are brave in tasting new types of food and you’re looking for an aphrodisiac to try. This might be the right one for you!
Soup no. 5 is made from a bull’s sex organs—considered by many as the “fifth leg” of the animal where it’s name came from. The dish originated from the creative Filipino roadside eateries. Cebuanos know it as “lanciao” and is believed to give the physical attributes of a bull to anyone willing to take a sip. Of course these beliefs a purely based from people who have been constantly eating it and is not supported by any scientific study.
2. Kinilaw na tamilok in Palawan and Aklan
If you are into raw foods, then you might consider eating this
This food is a shipworm or woodworm dipped in salt and vinegar and eaten raw. Although it may look like one, the tamilok is not a worm. It is actually a mollusk with a fat, slimy and soft grayish body. It also has a pair of very small shells at one end, which it uses to bore its way through wood submerged in sea water, ultimately destroying the wood.
Although tamilok doesn’t look appetizing with rice, it is actually a good dish for pulutan (food consumed while drinking).
The name "tamilok" come from the words of a foreign visitor in Palawan while they were walking when they saw locals in Palawan eating the raw worms from the woods and they are eating it with just vinegar. The visitor said "Tommy, look!” Since then, the woodworms from mangrove trees have been known as tamilok.
3. Betute tugak
Betute Tugak refers to one of Philippines exotic foods which is basically deep fried stuffed frogs (rice field frogs). It is the specialty of Pampanga, a province in Luzon; and the people who prepare them are proud of this delicacy because it is made from small edible frogs harvested from the rice fields.
Betute is a play of words on butete, which means "tadpole" in the local dialect.
A fried skinned farm frog stuffed with minced frog meat or ground pork and
1. Soup no. 5
If you are brave in tasting new types of food and you’re looking for an aphrodisiac to try. This might be the right one for you!
Soup no. 5 is made from a bull’s sex organs—considered by many as the “fifth leg” of the animal where it’s name came from. The dish originated from the creative Filipino roadside eateries. Cebuanos know it as “lanciao” and is believed to give the physical attributes of a bull to anyone willing to take a sip. Of course these beliefs a purely based from people who have been constantly eating it and is not supported by any scientific study.
2. Kinilaw na tamilok in Palawan and Aklan
If you are into raw foods, then you might consider eating this
This food is a shipworm or woodworm dipped in salt and vinegar and eaten raw. Although it may look like one, the tamilok is not a worm. It is actually a mollusk with a fat, slimy and soft grayish body. It also has a pair of very small shells at one end, which it uses to bore its way through wood submerged in sea water, ultimately destroying the wood.
Although tamilok doesn’t look appetizing with rice, it is actually a good dish for pulutan (food consumed while drinking).
The name "tamilok" come from the words of a foreign visitor in Palawan while they were walking when they saw locals in Palawan eating the raw worms from the woods and they are eating it with just vinegar. The visitor said "Tommy, look!” Since then, the woodworms from mangrove trees have been known as tamilok.
3. Betute tugak
Betute Tugak refers to one of Philippines exotic foods which is basically deep fried stuffed frogs (rice field frogs). It is the specialty of Pampanga, a province in Luzon; and the people who prepare them are proud of this delicacy because it is made from small edible frogs harvested from the rice fields.
Betute is a play of words on butete, which means "tadpole" in the local dialect.
A fried skinned farm frog stuffed with minced frog meat or ground pork and