“Food is life”, I often hear my friends say.
True! When Filipinos gather, food is a necessity. So, there’s always a colorful spread of dishes on the table. Just the sight of those delectable foods is enough to make you stay longer than you planned in a gathering. And staying means a roller coaster of laughing, crying and playful teasing. As that CNN ad from last year says, “When you’re with Filipinos, you’re with family“.
My recent vacation in the Philippines had me see and devour the most number of Philippine traditional snacks. Most of these snacks are often served as desserts, too. Most of the photos are from my Instagram and contains captions already so I add descriptions only to those which aren’t on IG. Here’s a collection of them:
SUMAN LATIK
Hands down my favorite snack! I even eat this for breakfast. Suman Latik is plain suman topped with sweetened coconut strips or bukayo. Bukayo is another native delicacy for the sweetest tooth. Where to buy this best? In traditional markets. I think this suman topped with bukayo is uniquely from Iloilo.
SUMAN SA TABLEA
And here’s a closer look at the suman with tablea:
TURON
BLACK KUTSINTA
PINASUGBO
MANGO FLOAT
NILAGANG SABA
KAKANING MALAGKIT
MAJA BLANCA
PICHI-PICHI
IBOS
LUMPIANG SARIWA
PALABOK
DINUGUAN
Dinuguan is used as one of the main dishes and puto is served as a snack. Put them together, – black and white, light and heavy – they are a perfect combination. The pair can be served during meal times or they can be served as a pair for an afternoon of heavy snacking.
PALITAW
SUMAN BALLS
View this post on InstagramSuman balls. #Philippinesnack #Philippinefood #suman #sumanballs #muscovadosugar
There’s more, of course! But what’s in this list are the ones I have eaten. I will continue to update as I eat more of our colorful and yummy traditional snacks.
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What a variety of snacks! My favorite are all the banana ones. Fried sweetened banana is especially delicious and has been well cooked at International Markets here in Daejeon. I didn’t know that you could boil a banana. I wonder if you do it with or without the peal and what does it taste like?
Wow… It looks so delicious! (especially the chocolate stuff!!) I have so many questions!! 😊 Are there snacks you can eat on the streets? Or are they more café-style kind of desserts ? And also… As my trip to the Philippines won’t be until next year, do you have any recommendations of places in Korea that are worth visiting in your opinion? I’m especially interested in the mango float, Turin and Suman sa tablea 😍
kutsinta puto sapin sapin halo halo mais saging con yelo pancit malabon// i can go on and on.. ill just end up craving for this. why did i land on this post huhu
Yay . Tlga nman ang sasarap nitong philippine tradional snacks . All time fave ng pinoy ❤️ natakam ako sa palabok kse one of my fave ito 😍
Yayyyy!!this is sooo yummy snacks, my favorite are suman and minatamis na saging
We all do familiar with these pinoy traditional snacks ,can be enjoyed at breakfast too at midnight snacks, Ito ung sinasabi nating mabigat SA tiyan ,most of them may carbohydrates na ,Kaya solved na solved
So delicious talaga itong mga Philippine traditional snacks and talagang walang kupas Ang lasa super nakakatakam and my favorite is turon 🥰😋
Yay sasarp naman lahat niyan namiss ko tuloy ang minatamis na saging😋
Thank you for sharing Ms.Wendy
Lahat masarap especially ung nilagang saba..ibos,puto, at ung mango float ..
Ay grabe ang sasarap neto Ms. Wendy! ❤️ basta pinoy food the best ❤️❤️ sarap nung suman latik!
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