QUOTE : FOOD<br /><br /><b>Adobo (uh-doh-boh)---</b>Considered the Philippines's national dish, it's any food cooked with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, and black peppercorns (though there are many regional and personal variations)<br /><b>Almondigas (ahl-mohn-dee-gahs)---</b>Filipino soup with meatballs and thin rice noodles <br /><b>Baon (bah-ohn)---</b>Food, snacks and other provisions brought on to work, school, or on a trip; food brought from home; money or allowance brought to school or work; lunch money (definition from Tagalog.com)<br /><b>Embutido (ehm-puh-tee-doh)---</b>Filipino meatloaf<br /><b>Ginataang (gih-nih-tahng)---</b>Any dish cooked with coconut milk, sweet or savory<br /><b>Kakanin (kah-kah-nin)---</b>Sweet sticky cakes made from glutinous rice or root crops like cassava (There's a huge variety, many of them regional)<br /><b>Kesong puti (keh-sohng poo-tih)---</b>A kind of salty cheese<br /><b>Lengua de gato (lehng-gwah deh gah-toh)---</b>Filipino butter cookies<br /><b>Lumpia (loom-pyah)---</b>Filipino spring rolls (many variations)<br /><b>Lumpiang sariwa (loom-pyahng sah-ree-wah)---</b>Fresh Filipino spring rolls (not fried)<br /><b>Mamón (mah-MOHN)---</b>Filipino sponge/chiffon cake <br /><b>Matamis na bao (mah-tah-mees nah bah-oh)---</b>Coconut jam<br /><b>Meryenda (mehr-yehn-dah)---</b>Snack/snack time<br /><b>Pandesal (pahn deh sahl)---</b>Lightly sweetened Filipino rolls topped with breadcrumbs (also written pan de sal)<br /><b>Patis (pah-tees)---</b>Fish sauce<br /><b>Salabat (sah-lah-baht)---</b>Filipino ginger tea<br /><b>Suman (soo-mahn)---</b>Glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk, wrapped in banana leaves, and steamed (though there are regional variations)<br /><b>Ube (oo-beh)---</b>Purple yam