TOP 3 MOST POPULAR FOOD AMONG FILIPINO

A RESEARCH STUDY
PRESENTED TO THE
INTERNATIONAL BUDDY PROGRAM
UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERA

By:
Park Ji hye
Laccay Karen Faye L.

October 2016

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Background information

Food is a very important part of a Filipinos life. No gathering would be complete

without the lechon and so many other Filipino delicacies that we so enjoy. Since
Filipinos are naturally known as hospitable and gregarious, food is the basis of their
social life. It can really be said that Filipinos seems to live simply for pleasure of
eating. You can't visit a home without being offered a drink and food from the
people there called by Filipinos as kain tayo. It seems that food and the Filipino
have been deeply rooted together. It may be that through food that brings the
Filipino family close together.

There are over more than a hundred various ethnic groups in the Philippines with a
very unique cuisine that anyone can truly enjoy. When Chinese came to the
Philippine, they introduced noodles and taught Filipino Chinese food such as Pansit
or noodles, lumpia, vegetables rolled in edible wrappers. When Spanish colonizers
came to the Philippines, they introduced a diverse flavor and ingredients. Among
those foods are Paella which is a combination of different spices and ingredients
such as pork, chicken, sausages, sea foods and a lot more. And as curiosity among
Filipinos on Korean restaurants, the general shock brought by spicy fermented
vegetables or kimchi created the imagined concept that- Korean food is altogether
spicy. Filipinos enjoys eating pastries which were introduced by our American
colonizers. In addition other global influences like Italian, French, Middle Eastern,
And Japanese and Thai became part of Filipino foods.

According to the article Philippines: Philippine Food from

http//:www.tripadvisor.com, the traditional and real Filipino food came from the
adaptation of Chinese food and introduction of Spanish/Mexican. Spanish cooking is
the main influence in Philippine dishes. The Spanish made a lasting impact on the
way of life in the Philippines. They introduced many of their foods and special
festive dishes so that now the cuisine of the Philippines is as much influenced by
Spanish tastes as it is try the Malay and Chinese way of cooking said by (Fernando).

Despite the absence of an established Filipino cuisine, the Philippines is still known
for specific delicacies such as for sisig, ensalada, atchara, kilawin, for main
dishsinigang, kare-kare, adobo, lechon, and pinakbet and for dessert suman,
kutsinta, bibingka, puto, sapin-sapin. Whenever tourists visit Philippines, it has
become a tradition to offer them these foods. (Robert-Bermosa.blogpost.com).

As we further study the different dishes that are offered by Philippines, variety of
food each meal stood up for every individual that are devoured because of exotic
seasoning that are found in our Country combined with foreign spices. This study
will entail the judgement of our respondents, to uncover the secrets and finally to
experience together with our buddy those top 3 were selected.
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ISSUES TO BE RESOLVED
METHODOLOGY

We, the researchers used a questionnaires and interviewing in gathering data from
the respondents.
The required information was obtained through library work; finding articles and
related research/literature involving the topic. The research obtained information

through surveying the population using questionnaire which was distributed and
interviews by asking the population orally and writing information needed.
The data gathered from the questionnaire and interviews were analyzed and
therefore we came up with a conclusion.
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FINDINGS
RELATED RESEARCH
Conclusion