While travelers often take interest in visiting the Philippines to explore some of its stunning idyllic islands and world-renowned beaches, the country's 7000+ islands also offer its visitors an incredibly varied gastronomic experience. 

While the cuisine of the Philippines is one of the world’s most distinct, giving momentum to the numerous culinary and food tours in the country, it had, until lately, been quite mysterious that it’s prone to misunderstanding or misrepresentation. To understand why it’s important to understand its background and its multiple influences.

Serious food travelers know that a lot of the best food finds can be found, not in the fanciest establishments, but on the streets instead. Street food has become an important food category on its own, especially when it comes to Filipino food.

Travelers love visiting the Philippines for its tropical weather, virgin islands, and gorgeous beaches. But there’s another way to appreciate the county’s natural beauty and immerse in a more meaningful travel experience, and this is through agri-tourism.

Lechon - just mentioning its name brings an unparalleled cheer among Filipino guests, and its presence almost always guarantees a festive atmosphere.

If you drop in on big gatherings in the Philippines or among Filipinos, from birthdays to festivals or fiestas, weddings to Christmas get-togethers, it is almost certain that you will find it on display at the center of the table. 

There is probably no other place in the world that celebrates Christmas as festive, bountiful, and early as the Philippines. As soon as the calendar hits the first “ber” month, Filipinos are already up and about decorating their homes, streets are beginning to light up, and favorite Christmas carols are being played on loop inside malls and establishments.

Products: Fresh cheese, aged Cheese, chorizo, sausages

Products: Assorted fresh vegetables

Products: Sustainably-produced vegetables, grass fed meats, urban food gardens

Products: Wild forest honey from Surigao

Products: Dairy products made from carabao's milk and cow's milk

Products: Organic and natural  food and personal care products from Negros Occidental

Products: Weekly farm share from smallholder organic farming communities

Products: Organically-grown grains and heirloom rice

Products: Kiboa Ridge Farms Adlai from the Bukidnon Uplands

Products: Dairy products from cow's milk

Products: Honey products, jams, and pickles

Products: Vegetables, fruits, and food products sourced directly from farmers and small producers

Products: Local artisan cheese from goat's and cow's milk

Products: All-natural dairy products from our own farm in Batangas

Products: Honey and by-products

Products: Certified organic fruits and vegetables

Products: Assorted organic fruits & vegetables, bottled and dried produce, oil, sauces, and vinegar

Products: Laing longganisa, Naturally smoked bacon, Chorizo hubad, Laing longganisa, Bicol express longganisa, Spicy longganisa, Pineapple-cured tocino, Laing cordon bleu, Holiday belly ham, and more. 

Cuatro Cantos, C Arellano Cor. A Bonifacio St. Malabon City

Contact Details: 8-351-0150 | 0933-472-6884 | belen_kitchen@yahoo.com 

FB Page : Mama Belen's Kitchenette

Cosmic Farm is a certified organic farm that produces organic vegetables and edible flowers. All of their byproducts are made of their produce from the farm.

Products: Organic Vegetables, Edible Flowers, Ashitaba Tea, Cosmic Turmeric Tea, Cosmic Ginger Tea, Cosmic Chili Paste, Cosmic Chili Vinegar, Cosmic Vegan Cookie, and Cosmic Polvoron

Products: Kiniing in Tamarind Broth (“Kiniing” local, wood-smoked pork slices, broth of sweet tamarind and tomatoes), and Kiniing Sisig (Kiniing sisig-style with aioli dip)

Products: Ube Cheese Pandesal, Organic sourdough bread (plain, multigrain, ube, chocolate), Raisin Bread (14 inches long bread with special raisin fillings), Focaccia (Molina or Pilod), Organic garlic longganisa (Organic ground pork, local garlic, special spice mix), Red and black rice horchata (Organic Cordilleran rice drink blended with local spices), and Nappe (organic local spreads)

151 Gen Luna St., Ibaba, Malabon City

Contact Details: 8 373-0979 | mindyflores29@gmail.com 

FB Page: Mflores Restaurant

Products: Pinuneg (Cordilleran Blood Sausage), Classic Pinikpikan (Cordilleran Chicken Tinola - The perfect Cordillera dish cooked with etag, sayote tops topped with watercress), and Panagbenga Pizza (Kiniing, Baguio Longaniza, Lettuce in white sauce )

37 Gov Pascual Ave, Baritan, Malabon City

Contact Details:8 281-0449

FB Page: Nanay's Pancit Malabon

151 Gen Luna St., Ibaba, Malabon City

Contact Details: 8 373-0979 | mindyflores29@gmail.com 

FB Page: Mflores Restaurant

107 Gen Luna St., San Agustin, Malabon City
Contact Details: 8 281-2298 | hazelmonfiero@gmail.com 

FB Page: Hazel's Puto

56 Sanciangco St., Tonsuya, Malabon City 

Contact Details: 8 441-8840

facebook: Benjie Puto Pao | @theoriginalbenjieputopao

13 Escanilla St., Concepcion, Malabon City

Contact Details:8 281-2739 | originaldolors@gmail.com 

FB Page: Original Dolor's Kakanin

201 Gen Luna, Malabon City 

Contact Details: 8 281-4193 | mariejudinafrancisco@gmail.com 

FB Page: Jamicos Restaurant

224 Gen Luna, Malabon City 

Contact Details: 8 281-4189 | maryjayrestaurant1966@gmail.com 

FB Page: Mary Jay Restaurant and Allied Food Services, Inc

Products: Igadobas ((igado,
daldalem,) an Ilocano stew made of strips of
liver and bagnet braised
in tangy and savory soy
sauce-vinegar mixture
along with spices and
raisins) and Sinampalukang Buknok (Manok sa
Buko” - a tamarind- based soup using
native chicken,).

Product: Tinupig na Pianggang Bangus with Pinakbet Salsa (Dagupan bangus belly season with alamang powder and pepper topped with burnt coconut sauce and fresh coconut milk wrapped in banana leaves and grill for 15minutes then garnish with local pinakbet vegetables cut into salsa portions.)

Products: Dinoydoy with Bagnet

Product: Imbalictad (An Ilocano dish of beef
stir fry or medium rare
beef.)

Product: Draft beer (The restaurant offers
locally brewed beers in
different flavours and
deliciously slow
cooked smoked meats. Guests can see the
brewery when they are not brewing. A nice
food experience to look forward to) and Smoked meats

Product: Mayon 360 (Pakùlaw na Natông (Laing/taro leaves), Tortang Balaw (crispy krill), and Bicol Express with rice.)

Products: Impling Latik (Suman sa Latik – made of glutinous rice topped with sugar caramel), Impling Pinangat (A combination of coconut meat and Igatan, a freshwater shrimp), and Tilmok (A concoction of freshwater shrimp, cooked in coconut milk and wrapped in hagikhik leaves)

Products: Mushroom Chicharon Garlic Flavor, Chili Garlic Flavor, Salted Egg Flavor, Mulberry Jam, Dragon Fruit Jam, Dragon Fruit Chips, Cassava Chips, and Dried Dragon Fruit Flowers (to be cooked ala-Laing)

Products: Chocolates (in different % of cocoa content) and Cacao seeds are harvested and manufactured into chocolates in Camalig, Albay

Products: Crispy Pilinut Candy w/ Honey, Sugar-Coated Pilinut Candy, Salted Pilinut Candy, Special Pilinut Butter, Coco Jam with Pilinut, and Pilinuts are sourced from Albay and manufactured in Tabaco City.

Product: Lapaz Batchoy (A noodle soup made of pork meat, liver and other offal, crush pork cracklings and round noodles.)

Product: Lapaz Batchoy (A noodle soup made of pork meat, liver and other offal, crush pork cracklings and round noodles.)

Product: Lapaz Batchoy (A noodle soup made of pork meat, liver and other offal, crush pork cracklings and round noodles.)

Product: Pancit Molo (A local wonton soup made of pork or chicken in chicken and/or shrimp broth with shredded chicken meat and shrimps.)

Product: Pancit Molo (A local wonton soup made of pork or chicken in chicken and/or shrimp broth with shredded chicken meat and shrimps.)

Product: Native Lechon Manok (Chicken from the native Darag or Bisaya variety grilled over charcoal.)

Products: Native Lechon Manok (Chicken from the native Darag or Bisaya variety grilled over charcoal), Kadios Baboy Langka “KBL”, Linagpang, Binakol nga Manok, Pangat, Inubaran nga manok, Pancit Effuven and Laswa 

Product: Tsokolate de Batirol (A hot chocolate made from Tablea de Cacao mixed with milk and sugar and slowly stirred with guava batirol or molinillo until viscous.)

Product: Tsokolate de Batirol (A hot chocolate made from Tablea de Cacao mixed with milk and sugar and slowly stirred with guava batirol or molinillo until viscous.)

Products: Kadios Baboy Langka “KBL” (A stewed pork  hocks (Baboy) dish with pigeon peas(Kadios) and jackfruit (Lanka). Batwan, an endemic fruit, is used as a souring ingredient) and Laswa (A vegetable stew made from vegetables in a typical Ilonggo garden)

Product: Roberto’s Queen Siopao (A Chinese bun with Bacon, Chinese Sausage, Chicken-Pork Adobo and Egg)

Product: Binakol nga Manok (Chicken stewed in coconut juice with coconut meat strips, tomato onions, garlic, bell pepper. It’s traditionally cooked in a bamboo tube.)

Products: Pancit Effuven and Ilongo Chicken Inasal

Product: Buko Batchoy (A modern twist to Batchoy where noodles were replaced with coconut strips and the broth has coconut juice)

Products: Pinasugbo (Caramelized banana (Saba variety) slice and served in papercones) and Barquillos (Thin rolled biscuits made of milk, eggs, sugar and flour)

Products: Biscocho (A double baked
bread with
sweetened milk and sugar coating) , Butterscotch (A confectionary primarily made
of brown sugar and butter), and Pinasugbo (Caramelized banana (Saba variety) slice
and served in papercones).

Contact person: Grace Javelosa, Owner

Contact info: (033) 3295606 | 5082779 | rgies.delicacies@gmail.com

Product: Galletas (A thin crispy biscuit made from egg, flour, sugar, lard and milk)

Product: Cream Horn (A rolled puff pastry filled with custard)

Products: Puto Lanson (Steamed cake made from grated cassava, young coconut strips, and brown sugar) and Bayebaye (A confectionary made from pounded pinipig (roasted freshly harvested rice grain) mixed with grated coconuts and coconut milk)

Product: Prewar Pandesal (A pandesal cooked in traditional method using firewood in a brick oven)

Product: Chicken Inasal (Bacolod Chicken Inasal is simply chicken parts that are marinated, skewered, and grilled over charcoal.)

Product: Chicken Inasal (Bacolod Chicken Inasal is simply chicken parts that are marinated, skewered, and grilled over charcoal.)

Product: Chicken Inasal (Bacolod Chicken Inasal is simply chicken parts that are marinated, skewered, and grilled over charcoal.)

Product: Chicken Inasal (Bacolod Chicken Inasal is simply chicken parts that are marinated, skewered, and grilled over charcoal).

Product: Cansi (CANSI is a type of beef soup which uses batuan, an endemic Ilonggo or Negrense souring agent/fruit.)

Product: Cansi (is a type of beef soup which uses batuan, an endemic Ilonggo or Negrense souring agent/fruit.)

Products: Barquillos (Considered as
one of
Bacolod’s famous
delicacies and pasalubong,) and Piaya (Piaya is a
famous delicacy
of Bacolod City. Traditionally, it is an
unleavened
flatbread filled with glucose syrup and
muscovado,
sprinkled with
sesame seeds,
and baked on a
griddle.)

Products: Barquillos (Considered as one of Bacolod’s famous delicacies and pasalubong) and Piaya ( a famous delicacy of Bacolod City. Traditionally, it is an unleavened flatbread filled with glucose syrup and muscovado, sprinkled with sesame seeds, and baked on a griddle.)

Product: Barquillos (Barquillos are thin wafers made from flour, sugar, egg whites and butter that is rolled into the shape of a long hollow tube or cone.)

Product: Napoleones (Napoleones is a 2-layered puff pastry with custard cream filling and white sugar glaze on top.)

Products: Adobong Tahong, Tamalos, Tahong Chips, Corioso, Roscas, Salvaro, Rosquetes,

Queseo, and Latik.

Products: The original ready-to-cook Chicharon tilapia, 500 ml Premium Menom Vinegar, and Bundle Promo (250g the original ready to Chicharon tilapia + 500 ml premium menon vinegar - 448/bundle or 170g the original ready to Chicharon tilapia + 500 ml premium menon vinegar
- 348/bundle).

Local artisan cheese from goat's and cow's milk, cheese tasting sessions

Products: Blush, Blue goat cheese, Turkish feta, Ricotta salata, Ricotta, Rosita, Capriccio, La maria, La regina, Queso rustico, Boracho, Peppato, Goat’s milk feta, and more.

Product: Tilapia Dishes (Different ways of cooking fresh tilapia harvested from the famous  Lake Sebu)

Product: Maguindeli (Muslim delicacies such as dudol, tinagtag, putrid mandi, tipas and others cooked with main ingredients such as   rice flour, egg, brown sugar)

Product: Tuna (Grilled, sinigang, paksiw, kinilaw)

Products: Rice meals, Pizza, Pasta, Cakes, and Pastries (Grilled marinated pork ribs, butter-simmered tender beef, rice topped with béchamel sauce & cheese, assorted flavors of thin  crust pizza and pasta; creamy cakes and pastries)

Products: Steaks and Seafood Platter ( Angus beef, seafood products such as crabs,prawns,squid,tuna etc.)

Products: Far east fusion cuisine sushi, Ramen and Other local dishes (For local dishes, they use locally available ingredients to bring it into international category)

Product: Filipino Food (Native chicken tinola, litson kawali, tilapia, hito)

Product: Filipino Dishes (Viajera’s version of Filipino dishes and other  special dishes such as Patotin,Bbq Beef Back Ribs,porterhouse/t-bone/rib eye steaks and others  with delectable line of desserts)

Product: Lerio Chocolates (Chocolate Bars made from own Cacao plantation of VPO Farms)

Product: Baron’s Restaurant (Butuanon Kinilaw with distinct Butuanon ingredients)

Product: Pan de Surf (Iconic Bread named after the famous activity known in the
world.)

Product: Makahingaw Lakso (Famous Nipa Wine distinct in Butuan)

Products: Baked Salmon, Mango Bravo, Ube Custard Cake, and Linguine in Pesto Sauce

Products: Kiniliaw na tanguige, Chicken inasal, Grilled tilapia, Grilled squid, Grilled shrimps, Grilled talong, Steamed crabs, and more. 

Products: House crispy sisig, Ube sago, Watermelon sinigang, and more. 

Products: Krispy sizzling pusit, seafood festival, butterfly squid, firecracker shrimp, and more.  

Products: Hello Bulalo!, Sinigang ulo sa salmon sa miso, Halang na sinigang, Sizzling bangus, Chicken BBQ, Chicken inasal, Spicy chicken, and more. 

Products: Chicken BBQ meal, Chorizo & pancit meal, Lumpia shanghai & pancit meal, Pork BBQ meal, Calamares, Dinuguan, Baked scallops, Squid sisig, and more. 

Products: Lumpiang shanghai, Pinakbet, Chopsuey, Sinigang na baboy, Sinigang na hipon, Sinigang na boneless bangus, Nilagang bulalo, and more. 

Products: Ngohiong, Sizzling gambas, Baked scallops, Bicol express, Cowrie pinakbet, Tinunuang nangka, Ginataang monggo, and more.

Products: Chopsuey, Crispy pata, Fresh fruits, Halaan, Ice cream shake, Inato, Isol, Kangkong, Kinilaw, Lumpiang shanghai, and more. 

Products: Sinugba, Deep fried, Pica pica, Ensalada, Seafood chopsuey, Seafood pinakbet, Gambas, Sisig bagnet, Sinigang na baka, and more.

Products: Grilled bangus, Sinigang shrimp, Balbacua, Inasal quarter cut, Mini Q kare kare, Native chicken adobo, Bihon guisado, Grilled boneless bangus, and more.

Products: Crispy pata, Grilled tanguige, Beef ampalaya, Sizzling bangus, Sizzling tenderloin, Shrimp curry with rice, Fish fillet mix, Shrimp cutlet mix, and more.

Products: Baked salmon, Mango bravo, Linguine in pesto sauce, Beef caldereta, Gambas, Chicken, Beef strips, Shanghai rolls, Almond choco sans rival, Turtle pie, Black velvet, and more.

Products: House-made tapsilog, Pork tocilog, Saring-sari longsilog, Daing na bangsilog, House crispy sisig silog, Sugar-glazed corned beef belly silog, Beef salpicao and garlic, and more.

Products: General’s chicken, Crack chicken, Chicken teriyaki, Garlic chicken, Adobo flakes, Pork binagoongan, Lechon kawali and kangkong, Bangus belly with mango relish, and more.

Products: Lumpiang shanghai, Pinakbet, Chopsuey, Sinigang na baboy, Sinigang na hipon, Sinigang na boneless bangus, Nilagang bulalo, and more.

Products: Baked salmon, Mango bravo, Linguine in pesto sauce, Beef caldereta, Gambas, Chicken, Beef strips, Shanghai rolls, Almond choco sans rival, Turtle pie, Black velvet, and more.

Products: Kare-kare, Caldereta, Dinuguan, Bopis, Pork binagoongan, Pritchon humba, Pritchon paksiw, Pritchon bicol express, Pritchon kawali, and more.

Products: Empanada and Siopao