One of the characteristics of Filipinos is being a food lover. We love to eat that’s why a lot of restaurants have been established here in our country. Filipinos during pre-Hispanic era prepared food by boiling, steaming and roasting.
Our cuisine was developed because of Spanish and American colonization. Also,countries like Arabs, India and China also have a big part of Filipino cuisine. Other foreign people do not like Filipino dishes because of its combination of sweet, sour and salty flavors. Some critics insist that Filipino dishes are greasy and always have unusual ingredients. Others might not find it nice simply because they have their own varieties of food.
Different countries have different culture and for me, food is part of it. Filipino dishes are for Filipinos. It is rich in history and it evolved because of different influences. Most famous Filipino dishes are adobo, lechon, sinigang, nilaga and bicol express. These dishes are usually served for lunch and rice is always part of our menu. It is part of our daily routine to have breakfast before we go in our working place. Famous Filipino breakfast are champorado, sopas, pansit, lugaw and etc.
Desserts like pastillas de leche, leche flan, halayang ube and buko salad are always present in special occasions. Philippines have 7,107 islands and because of it we are blessed to have so many kinds of seafood. As of today, we often see Filipino restaurants in different places. In my personal point of view, in order for Filipino dishes to be recognized globally, we Filipinos need to be proud it. To patronage other cuisine is not wrong but as Filipinos we should love first our own delicacies.
