Cuisine

Lechon

 It serve as the national dish of the Philippines, with Cebu where you can find the best and delicious Lechon in the country. In most regions, lechón is prepared throughout the year for any special occasion, during festivals, the holidays, special occasion like birthdays and weddings.

The Process: The pig is placed over the charcoal, and the stick or rod it is attached to is turned in a rotisserie action. The pig is roasted on all
sides for several hours until done. The process of cooking and basting usually results in making the pork skin crisp and is a distinctive feature of the dish.One of the reason also why Lechon is so delicious because of some ingredients being place inside the stomach of the pig.

                        Sinigang

Sinigang na Baboy is a Filipino soup or stew characterized by its sour and savory flavor most often associated with tamarind (sampalok). It is one of the popular viands in Philippine cuisine.

 Sinigang na Bangus is also a soup or stew lbeing cook with Milk Fish, is also one of the Filipinos favorite. Most Filipinos like to cook sinigang with green finger pepper in order to enhance the taste while adding a little spice to the dish.

Sinigang na Hipon (Shrimp)  with shrimp as a main dish is also in Pinoys taste. It is perfect specially when your able to cook a lot of vegetables with it such as  okra, taro corms (gab

i), daikon (labanos), water spinach (kangkong), yardlong beans (sitaw) and eggplant (talong).

Adobo  was employed initially as a method of food preservation, but in time—with the advent of refrigeration methods it is also applied as for being a main dish in Filipino tables. The process of Adobo is so simple, you just have to marinate it with vinegar (suka) and soy sauce (toyo) with the main seasonings such as salt, pepper, and etc. After that you can already cook it! as easy as 1, 2, 3 :)

 Sinugbang Tilapya (grilled fish/tilapia)
is the easiest way of cooking in the Philippines, you just have to prepare the coal and put the fish over, having this kind of dish will require you to use the traditional way of eating in Philippines, with the hands known as kamayan, doing so will completely makes you enjoy eating this kind of dish.

Pritong Tilapia (Fried Tilapia/Fish)

as simple as doing a fried fish in your own home. But what makes it special is that Filipino add some ingredients into it and prepare some sawsawan like soy sauce and vinegar.








Kinilaw is a kind of preparation of food which your going to divide and cut the fish into small pieces. This is the uncooked dish of Pinoy but by the use of Kalamansi (lemon), suka (vinegar) and sili (chilli) it will result to a mild cook dish which we called kinilaw. This kind of dish is perfect when you are having a beach vacation or just simply swimming on the beach.

Pansit will never be absent in any occasions in the Philippines. Even a simple get together pansit will always to there!

Paella is one of the Spanish dishes that being adopted by the Filipinos when Spaniard came into the Philippines.

Kare-Kare is a Philippine stew. It is made 

a base of stewed oxtail (sometimes this is the only meat used), pork hocks, calves feet, pig feet, beef stew meat; and occasionally offal, or tripe, plus the healthy vegetables.Traditionally, any Filipino fiesta (particularly in Pampanga region) is not complete without kare-kare. In some Filipino-American versions of the dish, oxtail is exclusively used as the meat.

 Lumpia is also being eat by using a Kamayan process.
This kind of food is being match with having a lil ketchup.

Transportation

Kalesa

A kalesa or calesa (sometimes called a caritela/karitela) is a horse drawn calash (carriage) used in the Philippines. The word, also spelled calesa, predates the Spanish conquest and descends ultimately from an Old Church Slavonic word meaning "wheels." This was one of the modes of transportation introduced in the Philippines in the 18th century by the Spaniards that only nobles and high-ranked officials could afford.They are rarely used in the streets nowadays except in tourist spots and some rural areas like in Baguio.

          Jeepney

Jeepneys are the most popular means of public transportation in the Philippines. They are known for their crowded seating and flamboyant decorations, which have become a ubiquitous symbol of Philippine culture and art.

Tricycle/Pedicabs

Tricycles called pedicabs are used to transport passengers; tricycles are also used to transport freight and make deliveries. In the Philippines, a tricycle is a public (for-hire) vehicle consisting of a motorcycle and an attached passenger sidecar, and should not be confused with an unmotorized three-wheeled pedicab is known as a trisikad.

Taxi

a Taxiacab or taxi for short is one of a mode of transportation in the country specially when you don't want to ride on a crowded Jeepney's. You can commonly see them on airports and around the city.

Bus

The Bus are also the main transportation in the Philippines specially when you're going to the Provinces of the country.

Train

Trains are specifically used in the NCR (National Capital Region) it is one of the  fastest mode of transportation for the busy people of Manila.

Religion

The Philippines is a secular nation having a constitution separating the state and church. However, more than 90% of the population are Christians: about 80% belong to the Roman Catholic Church while 10% belong to other Christian denominations, such as the Iglesia ni Cristo, the Philippine Independent Church,United Church of Christ in the Philippines (a mainline Protestant united church), andJehovah's Witnesses.As a result of Spanish cultural influence, the Philippines is one of two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Asia, the other being East Timor, a former Portuguese colony.

Between 5% and 10% of the population are Muslim.

The Philippine Map

The Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Repúblika ng Pilipinas), is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it a megadiverse country. The Philippines is the 73rd largest independent nation, covering almost 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi) and an archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, and is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.