Sitsiritsit,

alibangbang
Sitsiritsit, alibangbang
Salaginto at salagubang
Ang babae sa lansangan
Kung gumiriy parang
tandang
Santo Nio sa Pandakan
Putoseko sa tindahan
Kung ayaw mong
magpautang
Uubusin ka ng langgam
Mama, mama,
namamangka
Pasakayin yaring bata.
Pagdating sa Maynila
Ipagpalit ng manika.
Ale, ale, namamayong
Pasukubin yaring sanggol.
Pagdating sa Malabon
Ipagpalit ng bagoong.

Salidumay
Kalikasan
Kayamanan
Kagandahan
Kabuhayan
Ay, ay salidumay
Salidumay diway
Yamang lupa
Yamang tubig
Yamang puno
Yamang hangin
Yamang tao
Yamang diwa
Yamang malay
Yamang kaluluwa
Ay, ay salidumay
Salidumay diway

Kalinangan
Kasaysayan
Sulong, bayan
Kalayaan.

Pamulinawen
Pamulinawen
Pusok imdengam man
Toy umas-asug
Agrayo ita sadiam.
Panunotem man
Dika pagintultulngan
Toy agayat, agruknoy ita
emmam.
Itdem ta diak kalipatan
Ta nasudi unay a nagan,
Uray sadin' ti ayan,
Lugar sadino man,
Aw-awagak a di agsarday
Ta naganmo a kasam-itan
No malagipka, pusok ti
mabang-aran!

Dandansoy
Dandansoy, bayaan ta ikaw
Pauli ako sa Payaw
Ugaling kon ikaw
hidlawon,
Ang Payaw imo lang
lantawon.
Dandansoy, kon imo
apason
Bisan tubig d ka magbalon
Ugaling kon ikaw uhawon
Sa dalan magbubon-bubon.
Konbento, sa diin ang
cura?

Munisipyo, sa diin
hustisya?
Yari si Dansoy makiha,
Makiha sa paghigugma.
Panyo mo kag ini'ng panyo
ko,
Gisi-gisi-a kay tambihon
ko,
Ugaling kon magkasilo,
Bana ta ikaw, asawa mo
ako

Rosas Pandan
Ania si Rosas Pandan
Gikan pa intawon sa
kabukiran
Kaninyo makiguban-uban
Sa gisaulog nga
kalingawan
Balitaw day akong
puhunan
Maoy kabilin sa akong
ginikanan
Awit nga labing kara-an
Nga garbo ning atong
kabungturan
Dika ding dika ding dika
ding
Ayay sa atong balitaw
Manindot pa ug sayaw
Daw yamog ang kabugnaw
Dika dong dika dong dika
dong
Ayay usab si Dodong
Nagtan-aw kang Inday

Nagtabisay ang laway

Ayayay ayayay ayayay
Aya-ay sa akong balitaw
Kanindot ba mosayaw
Daw yamog ang kabugnaw
Tigadong tigadong
tigadong
Ayay usab si Dodong
Nagtan-aw kang Inday
Nagtabisay ang laway
Balitaw day akong
puhunan
Maoy kabilin sa akong
ginikanan
Awit nga labing kara-an
Nga garbo ning atong
kabungturan

WARAY-WARAY

WARAY-WARAY, HINDI
TATAKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
HANDANG
MATODAS
WARAY-WARAY,
BAHALA BUKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
MANIGAS!!!
WARAY-WARAY,
TAWAG SA AKON
SA BAKBAKAN, DILI
MAG-URONG
SA SINUMAN AY
HUMAHAMON
KAHIT IKAW AY

MATON!!!
LIKAS SA AKING
PARALUMAN
GANUN PALAGI,
MAPAGBIGAY
NGUNIT IBA ANG
WARAY-WARAY
WALANG SINDAK
KANINUMAN
KAMING BABAENG
WARAY-WARAY
AY SIGA-SIGA, KAHIT
SAAN
PAGKAT KAMI AY
LUMALABAN
KAPAG HINAMON NG
AWAY!!!
WARAY-WARAY, HINDI
TATAKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
HANDANG
MATODAS
WARAY-WARAY,
BAHALA BUKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
MANIGAS!!!
(INTERLUDE)
(WARAY-WARAY)
WARAY-WARAY
SADYANG DI
TATAKAS
(WARAY-WARAY)
WARAY-WARAY
HANDA NANG
MATODAS
(WARAY-WARAY)
WARAY-WARAY
BAHALA NA BUKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
MANIGAS!!!

(WARAY-WARAY)
WARAY-WARAY
SADYANG DI
TATAKAS
(WARAY-WARAY)
WARAY-WARAY
HANDA NANG
MATODAS
(WARAY-WARAY)
WARAY-WARAY
BAHALA NA BUKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
MANIGAS!!!
LIKAS SA AKING
PARALUMAN
GANUN PALAGI,
MAPAGBIGAY
NGUNIT IBA ANG
WARAY-WARAY
WALANG SINDAK
KANINUMAN
KAMING BABAENG
WARAY-WARAY
AY SIGA-SIGA, KAHIT
SAAN
PAGKAT KAMI AY
LUMALABAN
KAPAG HINAMON NG
AWAY!!!
WARAY-WARAY, HINDI
TATAKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
HANDANG
MATODAS
WARAY-WARAY,
BAHALA BUKAS
WARAY-WARAY,
MANIGAS!!!
(INTERLUDE)
CODA: WARAY-WARAY
MANIGAS!!!

"Manang Biday"
Manang Biday, ilukatmo
man
Ta bintana ikalumbabam
Ta kitaem toy kinayawan
Ay, matayakon no dinak
kaasian
Siasinnoka nga
aglabaslabas
Ditoy hardinko pagayayamak
Ammom ngarud a

balasangak
Sabong ni lirio, di pay
nagukrad
Denggem, ading, ta
bilinenka
Ta inkanto diay sadi daya
Agalakantot bungat
mangga
Ken lansones pay, adu a
kita
No nababa, dimo gaw-aten
No nangato, dika sukdalen
No naregreg, dika piduten
Ngem labaslabasamto met

laeng
Daytoy paniok no
maregregko
Ti makapidut isublinanto
Ta nagmarka iti naganko
Nabordaan pay ti
sinanpuso
Alaem dayta kutsilio
Ta abriem toy barukongko
Tapno maipapasmo ti
guram
Kaniak ken sentimiento

Malinac lay labi

Pobreng Alindahaw

Malinac lay labi oras lay mareen (Peaceful

night, quiet hours)
Mapalpal nay dagem catecep toy linaew
(Gentle is the wind mixed with dew)
Samit day cogip co binangonan con tampol
(Sweet was my dream, and once I awoke)
Lapud say linggas o sican sica'y
amamaywen (My heart insisted that I caress
you)

I
Ako'y pobreng alindahaw, sa huyuhoy
gianod-anod
Nangita ug kapanibaan, Ahay!
Sa tanaman ug sa mga kabulakan.
(Repeat I)

Lalo la bilay no sicala'y manengneng

(Especially of you, sweetheart, I behold)
Napunas lan amin so ermenya acbibiten
(That all the sorrows I heard are gone)
No nanunutan colay samit day ugalim (If I
remember the sweetness of your actions)
Agtaca na lingwanan (I will not forget you)
Anggad cauyos la bilay (Until life ends)

II
Aruy, aruy, aruy, aruy, aruy (repeat 2x)
Ania si bulak sa mga kahidlaw
Aruy, aruy, aruy, aruy, aruy (repeat 2x)
Hay, hay k'ing pobreng alindahaw.
(Repeat II)
Coda:
Hay, hay k'ing pobreng alindahaw.
Pobreng alindahaw!

SUMMARY OF THE FENCE

The setting is reflective of the kind of characters and the situation they would be in.
The nipa huts look desolate and empty, reflective of how their occupants behave and feel for
each other.
They have no neighbors and yet the need for each other seems remote and distant. Hatred
overrules. They are most afraid one of them would give way. The building of the fence seems
necessary to protect themselves from each other.
Hatred comes from a betrayal-- when Aling Biang caught her husband with Aling Sebia, the
childless widow.
Aling Biang could not forgive. Aling Sebia seems not remorseful as she matches the anger and
hatred of Aling Biang. The husband left without a word and never came back. He is part of the
mess, but left it unsettled.
The vegetable rows that used to separate the nipa huts are slowly dying. The owners are afraid
that if they watered the vegetables, they would also at the same time nurture the plants of the
other. This seems reflective of their unwillingness to forgive and live again.
Aling Sebia is going to deliver a child. Aling Biang is the only person who could help her. This
could have been an opportunity for reconciliation, but after Aling Biang helps her there is
complete silence.
The hatred goes on like a curse. The children of the two women grow unhealthy and ugly. Aling
Biang implants hatred in Iking's heart, although Iking feels otherwise.
It is the very first music in his life. Although the notes are not complete, Iking likes to hear it.

When he reaches fifteen, he stops sleeping beside his mother. He wants to sleep by the door
where he could hear the guitar being played. He is beginning to show signs of protest, but he is
physically weak.
This time he knows it is the girl who plays the guitar. He wants to destroy the fence that is
starting to decay. But his mother reinforces the decaying stakes which had been weathered by
time.
The guitar stops playing.
It is Christmas. They pray and yet Iking doubts if his mother could really pray.
Again, Iking wants the girl to play the guitar -- and he tells her this as he whispers
through the bamboo fence.
He is happy when the girl appears to have heard and understood him.
Iking waits, but he is afraid the fence has reached her heart. Nevertheless, he waits because there
is no fence in his heart.
Then he died. The guitar plays a few minutes after Iking died. Now, the musical notes are
completed. Alling Biang, on the other hand, finds the playing of the guitar a mockery.
His death does not soften her heart. The fence remains strengthened.
How can two women hate each other for so long? Why cant they love and be compassionate with
each other? Where is the man? Don't the two women deserve pity instead of accusation?

Dead Stars by Paz Marquez-Benitez

Alfredo Salazar was betrothed to Esperanza, his girlfriend for four years. The start of their
relationship was relatively warm, with Alfredo wooing Esperanza like a man in dire
lovesickness. But as the years went by, the warm loves fire slowly flickered. And it was because
of Julia Salas.
She was charming and gleeful. He shared moments of light but sometimes deep conversations
with her when the lawyer Alfredo visited Julias brother-in-law, who was a judge. He always
went there with his father and since it was his father who needed to talk to the judge, he was
always left to Julias company. He never told her he was engaged. At first he didnt notice that a
change in his heart was taking form. But then he started keeping details of his activities to his
fiance and then the guilty feeling crept in. When he found out that Julia was about to head back
to her distant hometown, he felt blue and frightened.
He met her in church after the Holy Thursday procession, although he knew that Esperanza was
already waiting for him. He approached her and she conversed with him with an expression that

told him she finally knew. She congratulated him and said she will be at his wedding. Then they
parted.
When he visited Esperanza in her house, he overheard her talking to another woman about
infidelity and immorality, to which he reasoned in favor of the condemned. The statement caused
an intense fury to Esperanza and she told him that she knew. She dared Alfredo to abandon her,
along with morality and reason and her dignity as a woman as well as her image before the
society all for the sake of his being fair to himself.
Eventually the wedding took place. And after several years, Alfredo was sent to a distant village
due to a legal assignment. It bothered him so much because it was near Julias hometown. But he
still found himself making his way to her house despite of himself. And he found her there, just
as how and where he expected her to be. She never married. And he wondered how life would be
if he ended up with her. But all was too late and he could never bring things back. He also
noticed that Julia lost something, albeit the fact that he didnt know what that is youth, love,
luster? And when he looked at her he doubted if she ever cared for him, if he has mistaken the
past light in her eyes as manifestations of a possible romance. But now theyre all gone. And so it
was indeed all done.

The Chief test Mourner

The story is all about the death of the narrator's uncle. It is a story with a focal point focused on
love and innocence in the context of death.
At the establishing point of the story, the first story lines already shows a tint of innocence and
simplicity but the gloomy tone of the story is already felt. The situation is just a very typical
scenario in the Philippines but through the writer's prolific used of diction and imagery a
common situation is turned into something new - a work of art. As you look at it, the plot is so
simple. But what will move most of the readers is the author's command of language and smooth
flow of situations.
In economic terms, the reader can easily predict that the characters are somehow wealthy
considering that the narrator, who happens to be the niece of the dead poet is boarding at the big
girls' college in Manila, the presence of a conference room and the regular use of Spanish
language. These are matters that only well-off families can afford and practiced.
The story is so culture bounded and is so reflective of our society. Some reflective traits are the
delicadeza system being practiced, the unfaithfulness of husbands, presence of gossipers,
scandals in public and ridiculous funeral set-up with two different camps in opposite sides.
A minimal Spanish colonialism practices is also being reflective in the story through the
practiced of delicadeza system and the regular used of Spanish language.
Along the way, the reader can feel that the narrator itself is being caught between love and
disloyalty.

Brief Summary of The Small Key

It is about a woman named Soledad who is married to a man named Pedro
Buhay. They live on a farm. One morning Soledad finds herself knowing
that the farm will produce plenty but that she still had some inner
feeling of discontent. She planned to mend some of her husband's shirts,
which were in a locked trunk. Pedro took out from his pocket a string
which held two keys, one large and shiny and one small and rusty. He
gave Soledad the large key to his trunk and put the small key back in
his jacket pocket. Since it was hot that morning, he removed his coat
before leaving to work in the field. When he was gone, Soledad began to
fold the jacket and the small key fell to the floor. It is obvious that
Pedro values the small key while Soledad fears it.
Soledad knows that the small key is a key to a different trunk. She tries to
busy herself so that she will not think about what the smaller trunk
contains, but she cannot stop thinking about it and reveals that the
small trunk contains clothing that belonged to Pedro's first wife. She
wonders why it is that he keeps her old clothing and why he seems to
have a special feeling about them. She obviously fears that Pedro still
loves his first wife even though she has been dead for many years by
now. She reveals that she hates the things in the small trunk and
worries that they will destroy the relationship between her and her
husband. Despite her attempts to not think about the contents of the
small trunk, Soledad opens it. At this point, Pedro returns home to find
Soledad in bed supposedly with a fever. It turns out she does not. The
next morning Pedro discovers a pile of ashes and half burnt clothing in
the backyard. He realizes what Soledad has done and rushes to look in
the trunk to confirm it. Soledad has indeed, burned his first wife's
clothing.
Pedro is angry and bitter that this has happened and he expects that Soleda
will explain things later. He thinks to himself that he will forgive her
because he loves her but that even if she did it out of love for him,
it will always remain a matter of some resentment toward her for doing
it.

The Visitation of the gods

"Visitation" is an examination of the state of Philippine public school education, and by
extension, Philippine society. It shows a system built more on relationships than on competence.
This portrayal occurs on two levels. On the more panoramic scale is the festive unfolding of
events of the visit itself. In more detail, serving to dramatize the tension, is the brewing conflict
between the idealistic Miss Noel and the boorish Mr. Sawit. Like a camera shifting focus from
background to subject, the author manages to alternate seamlessly between the two.

When the focus is on the background, the language of the story pulls back to take on the
characteristic of reportage. The author moves from detail to detail, painting picturesque portraits
of the preparations, the anticipation, the arrival, and the party. On these scenes, the account is
more objective as it focuses less on the characters and more on the events.
On the other hand, that objectivity on these scenes is not complete. The narrative takes on a
sardonic cast with its use of playful exaggerated metaphors, e.g., "longhandled brooms ravishing
homes of peaceful spiders", "classroom walls unperturbably blank", "lorded over by a stuffed
Bontoc eagle." The story is replete with such figures. In many ways these metaphors point back
to the theme -- of lecherous inspectors ravishing teachers, of blank students suddenly called to
rehearsed performances, of spiritually empty figures in authority. These details, so effectively
hidden in the background, reveal the author's sentiments in the story.
Another impish touch are the liberal and seemingly trivial parenthetical asides, always meant to
add a dash of humor or color. As the story introduces the teachers, the names are always
followed by their assigned subjects, a detail which would be immediately recognizable by
anyone familiar with the system. This lighthearted approach belies the seriousness of the subject,
and in so doing condemns the situation with its sarcasm.
The narrative takes on a more personal hue when its camera is focused on Miss Noel. The author
sometimes slips into the workings of Ms. Noel's mind and does so sympathetically, heightening
the reader's identification with the protagonist. ("Miss Noel...thought utterly unbecoming and
disgusting the manner in which the principal's wife...", "Is this what she had been wasting her
years on?")
Most of the characterization of Miss Noel, though, is effected through the description of her
actions and her dialogue. As she vainly searches for Mr. Ampil, we see her to be a woman of
compassion. As she fences verbally with Mr. Sawit, we see her to be a woman of integrity and
competence.
The scenes with Miss Noel are portrayed more conventionally, again another stark contrast with
the manic hullabaloo of the visitation. This is intentional, I think: in a stage full of buffoons, Ms.
Noel is the only serious character, the only one the reader can really identify with. And so when
the heroic Miss Noel finally dances close to despair, we, too, have some idea of its depths.

THE WORLD IS AN APPLE

It is a story about a man, named Mario, who suffered in extreme poverty, so, he walked through
the sinful road. He steals with his friends to experience pleasures. He gained a lot of money from
it. However, he changed when he met Gloria who is a pious woman and he became his husband.
Gloria, despite of Marios past, she accepted him because she believed that Mario will change.
Indeed, Mario had changed. He chose a legal job. For four years, his family suffered in poverty
but, Mario never went back to the life he had before, because he knew that his wife will get
angry, until such time God tested his faith. His daughter, Tita, fell ill because she has not eaten
anything nutritious. And because of this, he was forced to steal an apple for when he took his

daughter for a walk, they passed a grocery store that sold delicious apple as theyre on their way
home. His daughter wanted him to buy one but he couldnt because he has no enough money that
time. What he did is he buys her one of small green apples they sell on the sidewalk, but she just
threw it away, saying it was not a real apple. And for an apple, he lost his job. He did not inform
his wife about it because he wanted her not to worry. He looked for another job but he never
found one, so, he approached his friend, Pablo, and told him that he will join their group again.
He was tired to do good things. He wanted his family to have a beautiful life, so, he chooses to
return to the life he had before, the stealing. One day, he arrived home. His wife slips her finger
to take some money to buy Tita a biscuit, but Mario was annoyed and moved away from his
wife. Then, they began to quarrel. Gloria was asking some of the money from his pay but Mario
insisted that he has none. Mario told her that he spent it all for a woman and a drinks but Gloria
didnt believe in it. So, Mario told her everything. Gloria got angry after hearing it. But, Mario
told her that he had found a good job and his going to meet someone. Gloria then became glad
after hearing it, not until Pablo showed up. She hated Pablo because Pablo was one of Marios
friends who do illegal things. Pablo offered some money to Gloria but, Gloria did not accept it.
Pablo came to their house to fetch Mario because he thought that Mario would change his mind.
He even told Gloria about Mario willing to work with him. Gloria was shocked and she insisted
that Mario wouldnt do such things like that because she knew that Mario knew anything that
makes her angry. But, Mario confirmed it to her that what she heard is true and that he only
wanted what is good to his family. Gloria convinced him not to go and reminded him of God.
But, Mario never listens to her. He told her to take good care of herself and that he will be home
safely. Gloria was then left crying with her daughter.

NEW YORKER IN TONDO

By: Marcelino Agana, Jr.
New Yorker in Tondo is a story of a girl named Kikay who went to New York to study Hair
Culture and Beauty Science. Upon going home after a year, she acquires all the New Yorkish
things like style, language, looks and manner. She even influenced her mother with her way of
living.
One day, Tony visited her for he heard that Kikay has already arrived. Tony was Kikays
sweetheart and they got secretly engaged before Kikay left. While waiting for Kikay to wake up,
Totoy and Nena also came. Totoy and Nena were also Kikays and Tonys childhood friend.
Upon waking up, Kikay immediately entertained her friends. They are all shock of what
theyve seen. Kikay was transformed into a different girl. She doesnt want to be called as Kikay
instead she wants everybody to call her Francesca. She tells them everything she experienced in
New York and she even keep on comparing New York from Tondo.
When Kikay and Tony had the chance to be alone, Tony was trying to open the issue of
them being engaged before she left. But Kikay didnt want to listen; instead she keeps on
ignoring Tony and even told him that being engaged to him is just a childish act. She even
degraded Tony by telling him, Imagine a New Yorker marrying a Tondo boy! Tony gets
irritated of what Kikay acted, so he confronts her, reprimands her and tell her that New York
didnt bring her any good.

Kikay realizes everything that Tony said. She asks for forgiveness and promises him that
she will go back to her original self. She even said that Francesca is dead and whos standing in
front of him is Kikay. Tony forgave her and they went back to each others arms.

Southern Philippine cuisine

In Mindanao, the southern part of Palawan island, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, dishes are richly flavored
with the spices common to Southeast Asia: turmeric, coriander, lemon grass, cumin, and chillies
ingredients not commonly used in the rest of Filipino cooking. Being free from
Hispanicization, the cuisine of the indigenous Moro and Lumad peoples of Mindanao and the
Sulu archipelago has much in common with the rich and spicy Malay cuisine of Malaysia and
Brunei, as well as Indonesian and Thai cuisine.
Well-known dishes from the region include Satti (satay) and ginataang manok (chicken cooked
in spiced coconut milk). Certain parts of Mindanao are predominantly Muslim, where pork is
rarely consumed.
Rendang, is an often spicy beef curry whose origins derive from the Minangkabau people of
Sumatra; biryani and kiyoning (pilaf) are dishes originally from the Middle East, that were given
a Mindanaoan touch and served on special occasions.
Pyanggang is a Tausug dish made from barbecued chicken marinaded in spices, and served with
coconut milk infused with toasted coconut meat.
Popular crops such as cassava root, sweet potatoes, and yams are grown.
Sambal, a spicy sauce made with belacan, tamarind, aromatic spices and chillies, is a popular
base of many dishes in the region.
Another popular dish from this region is tiyula itum, a dark broth of beef or chicken lightly
flavored with ginger, chili, turmeric, and toasted coconut flesh (which gives it its dark color).
Lamaw (Buko salad), is a mixture of young coconut, its juice, milk and/or orange juice, with ice.

Central Philippine cuisine

Bicol is noted for its gastronomic appetite for the fiery or chili-hot dishes.[15] Perhaps the most
well-known Bicolano dish is the very spicy Bicol Express. The region is also the well-known
home of natong also known as laing or pinangat (a pork or fish stew in taro leaves).
Bacolod City is the capital of Negros Occidental. Much of its cuisine is shared with Iloilo City, a
neighboring city on the island of Panay. There are a plethora of restaurants in Bacolod that serve
delicious local dishes which visitors shouldnt miss when they travel in the city.[16] It is known
for "inasal" which means cooked over fire. This is a local version of chicken barbecue. It is
cooked with red achuete or annatto seeds giving it a reddish color and brushed on oil and cooked
over the fire. The city is also famous for various delicacies such as piaya, napoleones and
pinasugbo (local banana fritters).
Aklan is synonymous with Inubarang Manok, chicken simmered in coconut milk, as well as
Binakoe na Manok, chicken cooked in bamboo with lemongrass. Of particular interest is Tamilok
(wood worms), which is either eaten raw or dipped in an acidic sauce such as vinegar or
calamansi.[17][18] There is a special prevalence of chicken and coconut milk (gata) in Akeanon
cooking.[19]

Iloilo is home of the Batchoy, derived from Ba-chui meaning pieces of meat in Chinese. The
authentic Batchoy contains fresh egg noodles called miki, buto-buto broth slow-cooked for
hours, and beef, pork and bulalo mixed with the local guinamos (shrimp paste). Toppings include
generous amounts of fried garlic, crushed chicharon,scallions, slices of pork intestines and liver.
[20]
Another type of pancit which is found in the said province is Pancit molo, an adaptation of
wonton soup and is a specialty of the town of Molo, a well-known district in Iloilo. Unlike other
pancit, Pancit molo is not dry but soupy and it does not make use of long, thin noodles but
instead wonton wrappers made from rice flour.[21] Iloilo, is also famous for its two kadios or
pigeon pea-based soups. The first is KBL or "Kadios Baboy Langka". As the name implies, the
three main ingredients of this dish are kadyos, baboy (pork), and langka (unripe jackfruit is used
here).[22] Another one is KMU or "Kadios Manok Ubad". This dish is composed mainly of
kadyos, manok (preferably free range chicken called Bisaya nga Manok in Iloilo), and
ubad(thinly cut white core of the banana stalk/trunk).[23] Both of these dishes utilize another
Ilonggo ingredient as a souring agent. This ingredient is batwan or Garcinia binucao, a fruit
closely related to mangosteen, which is very popular in Western Visayas but is generally
unknown to other parts of the Philippines.[24]
Roxas City is another food destination in Western Visayas aside from Iloilo and Bacolod Cities.
This seaside city that's about two to three hours by bus from Iloilo City is the hailed as the
Seafood Capital of the Philippines due to its bountiful rivers, estuaries and seas. Numerous
seafood dishes are served in the city's Baybay area from mussels, oysters, scallops, prawns,
seaweeds, clams, fish and many more.
Cebu is known for its lechn variant. Lechon prepared "Cebu style" is characterized by a crisp
outer skin and a moist juicy meat with a unique taste given by a blend of spices. Cebu is also
known for sweets like dried mangoes and caramel tarts.

Northern Philippine cuisine

Ilocanos, from the rugged Ilocos region, boast of a diet heavy in boiled or steamed vegetables
and freshwater fish, but they are particularly fond of dishes flavored with bagoong, fermented
fish that is often used instead of salt. Ilocanos often season boiled vegetables with bagoong
monamon (fermented anchovy paste) to produce pinakbet. Local specialties include the soft
white larvae of ants and "jumping salad" of tiny live shrimp.
The Igorots prefer roasted meats, particularly carabao meat, goat meat, and venison.
Due to its mild, sub-tropical climate, Baguio, along with the outlying mountainous regions, is
renowned for its produce. Temperate-zone fruits and vegetables (strawberries being a notable
example) which would otherwise wilt in lower regions are grown there. It is also known for a
snack called sundot-kulangot which literally means "poke the booger." It's actually a sticky kind
of sweet made from milled glutinous rice flour mixed with molasses, and served inside pitogo
shells, and with a stick to "poke" its sticky substance with.
The town of Calasiao in Pangasinan is known for its puto, a type of steamed rice cake.

Kapampangan cuisine makes use of all the produce in the region available to the native cook.
Among the treats produced in Pampanga are longganisa (original sweet and spicy sausages),
calderetang kambing (savory goat stew), and tocino (sweetened cured pork). Combining pork
cheeks and offal, Kapampangans make sisig.
Bulacan is popular for chicharon (pork rinds) and steamed rice and tuber cakes like puto. It is a
center for panghimagas or desserts, like brown rice cake or kutsinta, sapin-sapin, suman, cassava
cake, halaya ube and the king of sweets, in San Miguel, Bulacan, the famous carabao milk candy
pastillas de leche, with its pabalat wrapper.[14]
Isabela is known for Pancit Cabagan of Cabagan, Inatata & Binallay of Ilagan City are rice cakes
prepared year-round in the city and both famous delicacies specially during the lenten season.
Cagayan for its famous Carabao Milk Candy in the town Alcala and Tuguegarao City for Pancit
Batil Patung and Buko Roll.
Cainta, in Rizal province east of Manila, is known for its Filipino rice cakes and puddings. These
are usually topped with latik, a mixture of coconut milk and brown sugar, reduced to a dry
crumbly texture. A more modern, and time saving alternative to latik are coconut flakes toasted
in a frying pan.
Antipolo City, straddled mid-level in the mountainous regions of the Philippine Sierra Madre, is
a town known for its suman and cashew products.
Laguna is known for buko pie (coconut pie) and panutsa (peanut brittle).
Batangas is home to Taal Lake, a body of water that surrounds Taal Volcano. The lake is home to
75 species of freshwater fish. Among these, the maliputo and tawilis are two not commonly
found elsewhere. These fish are delicious native delicacies. Batangas is also known for its special
coffee, kapeng barako.