This is part of the series – History of Filipino Food, Japanese Influence
If you clicked from this article, I would like to clarify that there is an item on Filipino Food News that appeared here in myfilipinokitchen a year ago about Filipinos voting for Sinigang as National Dish. So I stand corrected – Sinigang is the unofficial National Dish and not Adobo. Sinigang for the win indeed.
Now, let’s discuss the ingredients.

What lurks beneath the greens?
 
MEAT OR SHOULD I SAY FISH
When you talk about Sinigang it is a clear soup …

 
 
If you don’t know what Sinigang is, it is the most consumed soup in the 7,107 faces of the Philippines. It’s a soup with a clear broth though some variations are divinely white depending on the fish and how much onions you put in, but it always has a sourness to it and this also depends on what kind of acid you utilize save for vinegar. We don’t use vinegar to make our sinigang sour. If you have more questions about Sinigang, jump to the comments below and feel free …

 
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Konichiwa!
I have written this and this because as far as my research goes; we don’t have a Filipino dish where the Japanese stamp of influence is marked all over it.
I cannot find any information about dishes or recipes that were handed down to us by the Japanese during their occupation in the Philippines. Aside from being the shortest colonizer, they were distant when they were here. Maybe that’s why the exchange of culture was limited to us sharing our way of …

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Prior to this entry, I posted an article that talks about traces of Mexican food in Filipino Food
Before we get serious and start speaking poems in Spanish, let’s play a game. I want you to copy the dishes below, paste it in the comments, give them a description… in your own words and that means no googling, no wikipedia, no cheating and submit it. Do it. Give yourself a little bit of fun. You deserve it. You can describe …

How Adobo finds way to Obama dinner table
From Global Nation
I suggest you read the article first before reading my love letter to White House Executive Chef Cristeta Pasia Comerford below.
Dear White House Executive Chef Cristeta Pasia Comerford,
I adore you. But when is Filipino food going to become as huge as the universe? When will the denizens of this planet include Filipino food in their choice of Italian, French, Japanese or Chinese (or Filipino, yes let’s do it) for dinner?  Or at least a to-go choice? Why is Filipino food not …