Food

The Filipino cuisine has an influence from many different cultures. These cultures include: Latin America, Spanish, Chinese, American, and other Asian cuisine. In the beginning their cuisine consisted of hot chilies that were blended with coconut milk to help balance the spices. Like the Chinese, their food consumes a wide variety of dipping sauces to go with their dishes. There is a big influence of Spanish good on the Philippines. They introduced cooking with seasonings.
Filipino cuisine consists of vegetables and rice, just like most Asian cultures. Seafood is also a very big source of food for the Filipino people. Meat is normally saved for special occasions. Rice noodles are very common. The noodles symbolize prosperity, long life, and good luck. They believe the longer the noodles are the better. Meals are typically eaten in a buffet style, meaning the foods are all brought out at the same time so you can eat what ever you want first. The dessert is normally served with the main meal because it is a sweet balance to the salty and sour tastes of the main meal. Burping is not rude while at the dinner table in the Philippines, it means that you are full and you enjoyed your meal. A traditional family will eat with their hands instead of utensils.
Almusal is the first meal of the day, and it usually consists of leftovers from the night before. Ginger tea is a typical breakfast drink. Ensaimada, smoked fish, salted duck eggs, fried eggs, Chinese ham, Spanish sausages, and fresh mangos are typical means.
Mongo, Caldereta, and ensaladang balasens are typical lunch meals. A student in school will normally bring a lunchbox with a sugary fruit drink, a large container of white rice, a small container of fried fish or chicken, and a small container of tomato sauce on the side. They may also bring a peanut butter sandwich for an afternoon snack.
Dinner is usually eaten at a turo-turo restaurant. This means “point-point,” which is how the food is selected. Menudo, pansit, pasit mami, and patang bawang are typical dinner meals.  

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