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🔥  Lechón in Spanish means roasted suckling pig. The meat of lechon is tender, juicy, and most importantly, very flavorful. It’s considered one of the top delicacies of the cuisine of the Philippines. What sets the ultimate Filipino lechon burger apart from a lean cuisine is the tender, succulent pork belly that’s been simmered in a marinade of garlic and vinegar.

Inspired by Mate burger in Sydney, Australia, our Lechon burger is stacked with two slabs of crispy liempo (pork belly), a palm-sized juicy burger patty, melted cheese, and pickles.

👉  Full Recipe 

🧑‍🍳  An upscale Filipino restaurant that just opened in San Francisco, California was named one of the city’s “four hottest new restaurants” by San Francisco magazine. What's on the menu? Grilled skewers like chicken pyanggang with burnt coconut and aromatic turmeric, vegetarian dishes like squash okoy fritter with asparagus, pork lumpia, Longganisa Pork Sausage, and a lot more. The photos of the food look amazing.

Abaca Restaurant

• What Filipino dish is a hit at kids' parties?
• What's the name of the multi-layered shaved ice treat?
  

Celebrated graphic novelist Lorina Mapa has those answers and more in her new illustrated guide to Filipino food.

How chef Woldy Reyes of boutique catering company went from questioning caldereta to championing the communal way of eating with bare hands.

Do you know how many Filipino restaurants there are in New York City?

🥬  A traditional fermented cabbage side dish with Filipino flavors. Give your digestive system a healthy reboot with our kimchi recipe!

✅  ❌   Sadly, Filipino food is near the bottom of the rankings in popularity worldwide. However, it turns out that Filipinos are the most likely to appreciate international cuisine. Why is this? Is it that most of the world likes, dare I say it, bland food? Pizza and pasta. Of course, Italian food is more than that but these are "safe" foods. Most people are not adventurous. 

If this survey was conducted on foodies, food writers, and chefs, you might think the results would be much different. And you'd be right, as proven by this Chef's Pencil survey. 

So what’s the next fad food? Andrew Zimmern, host of “Bizarre Foods” on the Travel Channel, has a theory: “I predict, two years from now, Filipino food will be what we will have been talking about for six months … I think that’s going to be the next big thing,” he told TODAY.com.

If you're interested in food (which I guess you are if you're reading this) and travel, you must get this book. 

Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide

🇵🇭.  "With the Philippines' coastline running 36,289 km - one of the longest in the world-it follows that salt and seafood are major flavors of Philippine cuisines. With the abundance of vinegar in our country, naturally, sourness became a major flavor in our cuisines as seen in popular dishes like adobo."

🎧  Louise Emmanuelle Mabulo is a 22-year-old chef, farmer, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder of The Cacao Project in the Philippines. Listen to this interview on Spotify!

🍫   Hugely popular (especially with kids) in the Philippines, Polvoron is a sweet powdery candy-like snack food. Perfect for sweet snacks over the Christmas period. 

📺.  Have you seen Netflix new series "school of chocolate"? American Filipino Daniel Joseph Corpuz who runs a New York business called Daniel Corpuz Chocolatie is one of the contestants.

🌎.  How can Filipino food shine globally? A UP prof offers these suggestions.