Filipino Diet

Filipino Diet

Blog Post #4 

19 April 2015 

Isabelle Reyes

The Filipino diet has been mainly made from the country's geography and natural resources. The country has been very fortunate to have many land to farm and raise animals, and have many fishing grounds because of the water surrounding the country. Fish is eaten a lot in the Philippines as a result of the many fishing grounds. There are always fish markets in local cities and in Manila. It was later that many of the traditional dishes cooked today are influenced by the Spanish and mainly Chinese. One thing that the Philippines hold as a staple food is rice. The Chinese taught the Filipino natives how to farm rice which is then steamed to eat. As a Spanish influence, the Filipinos were able to learn how to make Paella, mixing their staple food, rice, and their fortunate abundance of seafood. Because the Philippines has many islands, and a huge population of many diverse cultures, the Philippines' dishes are very diverse. In the rural and coastal areas are known to eat mainly steamed rice and dried fish. In the urban area they are known to eat more traditional dishes. Today, Filipino dishes are known to be high in sodium and high in fat. In a lot of Filipino dishes it contains a lot of frying, a preference for many meat, especially pork, and heavy seasoning. In the Philippines, American fast food restaurants have opened up. Hamburgers, french fries, and hot dogs are a huge part of the Filipino diet also.