Best paired with coffee or hot chocolate, this Filipino favorite is luckily quite easy to find.
What is a typical Filipino lunch?
A typical Filipino lunch is composed of a food variant (or two for some) and rice, sometimes with soup. Whether grilled, stewed or fried, everything eaten with rice. Since the Philippines is a tropical country, we usually pair our meals with iced cold water, juices or even soft drinks.
What is a traditional breakfast?
The “traditional” full English breakfast, treated as a dish rather than a meal, includes bacon (traditionally back bacon), fried, poached or scrambled eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or buttered toast, and sausages. Black pudding, baked beans, and bubble and squeak are also often included.
Why is Filipino food so bad?
When compared to other Southeast Asian cuisines, Filipino food — with its lack of spice, use of unorthodox ingredients such as offal, and focus on sourness and linamnam — may be deemed by these outsiders as not “exotic” enough to be worth their interest, as being both too alien and too “bland.”