Delicacies

A tourist always wants to know what’s cooking. And so here are some of the great sites where one can take a closer look at the popular delicacies of the country and the varied and rich flavors of the Filipinos.

Aside from the popular balut (half-hatched ducked eggs), the Philippines is also home to more than a hundred delicacies. To taste all of them means you also have to travel to those places where these are found.

Depending on where you have chosen to stay, delicacies vary from one region to another, but the most common of these which can be found in many places are rice delicacies such as suman, bibingka, puto bumbong, kalamay, biko, kutsinta, palitaw, and the list goes on and on.

Kutsinta

Palitaw

Regional delicacies depend on the kind of agricultural products a region produces. Mandaue City, in Cebu, has the famous masareal. Carcar City is famous for its chicharon and ampaw while Talisay City is famous for its lechon baboy.

Some towns name their festivals after their delicacies, like the Budbod Kabog Festival of Catmon and Tostado Festival of Santander.

To know more about Filipino delicacies, you may visit the following websites:

Travel Stories – http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelstories/article/manilafood_0208
Camper’s Point – http://www.camperspoint.com
Sasmuan Delicacies – http://www.sasmuandelicacies.com/
Pinoy Delikasi -  http://www.pinoydelikasi.com/main.php
Pinoy Grocery.com -  http://pinoygrocery.com/snacks-delicacies.html