Last year my dad had informed me he will be getting married in Tacloban the place his wife grew up in the Philippines . My dad said he would like all of his family members to attend since they couldn't go to the one in the United States. Carmina booked her flight during Philippine Airlines ’ year-end sale at the start of 2026. I told my dad about my travel plans for a short trip from Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19. My cousins also asked for my flight details so they could book the same flight. My dad said he will book my room for me sharing with two family members at Summit Hotel in Tacloban . Sending me the confirmation booking information for my reference. As the months went by, before I knew it, the big day had finally arrived—a rare event that doesn’t happen too often. Everything had been carefully planned by my dad and his wife, Tita Cielo. When we arrived, the check-in time was 2 PM, but there was a mix-up with the rooms. Some were ready for check-in, but the one...
In the Philippines we have variety of different type of vegetables that are cooked in our Filipino dishes.
Sayote
- Chicken tinola
- Sauté vegetables cooked with shrimp or pork
Upo
- Saute vegetable with shrimp or pork
- Made into a soup
Mungo Beans
- Cooked with spinach and shrimp or pork
Malunggay
- Cooked with mungo beans
- Soup
- Made into pandesal (bread)
Ampalaya (bitter melon)
- Cooked in gata (coconut milk)
- Saute with shrimp
- Salad with vinegar, onion, tomato, salt and black pepper
- Eaten with buro (fermented rice)
Kamote (sweet potato) comes in color purple
or yellow
- Fried
- Boiled
- Baked
- Added in Dessert such as ginatan
- Added in Fresh lumpia
Pechay or Chinese cabbage
- Cooked in Nilagang
- Steam
- Stir-fried
Kangkong
- Cooked with sinigang (sour soup)
- Fried by adding batter
- Steam eaten with bagong (shrimp paste)
Puso ng saging or Banana Blossom
- Cooked has salad
- Soup
Gabi (taro)
- Cooked in singigang (sour soup)
Mustasa
- Cooked in salad
- Soup
- Be boiled and eaten with buro (fermented rice)
Singkamas or Jicama
- Eaten raw by adding it with vinegar, soy sauce
- Salt
Alugbati
- Cooked as soup
- Salad
- Stew cooked with fish
Sigarilyas
- Cooked with coconut milk (gata)
Sitaw or String Beans
- Cooked in singigang (sour soup)
- Sauté with soy sauce, onion, pork and garlic
Kamoteng
kahoy Cassava root
- Cassava cake
- Boiled yucca
Tanglad (Lemon grass)
- Added in rice when cooking in rice cooker
- Dessert
- Juice
Taro Leaves
- Cooked to make Laing and coconut milk
Sweet Potato Leaves
- Stir fry
- Boiled made into salad
Patola
- Cooked soup
- Sautéd vegetable with shrimp
Ubod – (coconut
palm heart)
- Fresh lumpia
Atsuete
- Food coloring
Bawang
- Native garlic – use for longanisa
Green Papaya
- Cooked with chicken tinola
Japanese Eggplant
- Fried dip with vinegar
- Steam made into a salad with vinegar, tomato, onion, salt and black pepper
- Cooked with pinakbet or Kare kare
- Torta (omelette)
Squash
- Pinakbet
- Ukoy
Okra
- Pinakbet
- Sinigang (sour soup)
- Steam
Calamasi (Philippine Lime)
- Citrus juice
- Dipping sauce by adding soy sauce and hot pepper
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