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In Manila you can find a mixed cuisine which traces back into the history of the region. You will find here Spanish, Mexican, Malay, Chinese or Japanese cuisines. Filipino cuisine has a combination of sweet, salty, saour and spicy flavours.

Main dishes are sinigang (pork shrimp or fish in tamarind soup), kaldereta (beef/goat in tomato sauce), fried or grilled chicken or fish, kare-kare (oxtail in peanut sauce), mechado (pork in tomato sauce), pochero (pork or beef cooked in tomato sauce with bananas), bulalo (soup with beef and vegetables), . The popular desserts are leche flan, buko pandan (young coconut with cream) . For some dishes, Filipino chefs use vinegar.

You can come across Filipinos who eat the traditional way, using their hands especially dry dishes such as inihaw or prito: take a bite from the main dish then make a rice ball with the hands to accompany it.

In Filipino celebrations, lechón (roasted suckling pig) serves as the centerpiece of the dinner table. It is served with a “sarsa” (sauce) made from mashed pork liver, sugar, spices and starch.

Places in Manila where you can eat as much as you can and pay as little as you can, especially if you are travelling on a tight budget to the Philippines:

Kamay Kainan a meal costs about 4.72 euros/person

Chinatown’s Best – 6.40 euros for full meal

Dragon Prince -where you can have a delicious lunch buffet paying only 2.88 euros per person

Red Kimono (The Fort) 7.98 euros per person
Siamese Grill, eat pasta as much as you can for about 1.40 euros/person

Blue Bay, Quirino Grandstand – 5.60 euros/person

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