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Famous Filipino fast food chain
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Jollibee
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Purple yam commonly used in desserts
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Ube
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Crispy roasted pork prepared from a whole spit-roasted pig
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Lechon
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Deep fried, orange quail egg street snack; its name resembles the sound made by a duck
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Kwek-kwek
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Dish based on cooking in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, peppercorns and bay leaves; considered the national dish
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Philippine adobo
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The Filipino adaptation of this pasta dish uses a distinctly sweeter tomato sauce
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Spaghetti bolognese
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Variant of ketchup used to sweeten the tomato sauce in the above dish
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Banana ketchup
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Barbecued, skewered pig or chicken intestines
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Isaw
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Dessert comprising silken tofu, brown sugar syrup and sago pearls
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Taho
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Fertilised egg embryo often eaten from the shell
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Balut
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Similar to the above, but instead an embryo does not develop
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Penoy
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Unappealing name for a coconut milk ice cream dessert, which refers to its combination of different colours/flavours
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Dirty ice cream
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Sizzling platter of seasoned pork jowl, ears, belly and chicken liver
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Sisig
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Filipino version of spring rolls
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Lumpia
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Citrus known as the Philippine lime/lemon
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Calamansi
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Stew of beef chunks braised in soy sauce and the juice of the above
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Mechado
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Strong, fermented fish paste
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Bagoóng
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Steamed dessert of long, coconut milk flavoured rice cakes wrapped in leaves
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Suman
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Deep-fried pork knuckles or trotters dish served with a soy and vinegar dip
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Crispy pata
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Colourless, citrus-flavoured fizzy drink sometimes used when cooking meats
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Sprite
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Thick peanut stew made with a variety of different meats (e.g. oxtail and tripe)
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Kare-kare
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Coconut water gel that means 'cream of coconut' in Spanish
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Nata de coco
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Dried or cured meat similar to jerky
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Tapa
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Breakfast bread roll usually served hot; its name translates from Spanish to 'salt bread'
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Pandesal
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Deep-fried bananas coated in caramelised brown sugar, and served on a skewer
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Banana cue
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