1) Do you know that Filipinos regard enjoying food to be a "National Obsession"?
Yes! Its true! To the Filipinos, food is important as it is an integral part of local art and culture as well as communal existence. Believe it or not but Filipinos eat up to ELEVEN times a day! That means a total of five meals a day and snacks in between.
2) Do you know that the Philippine cuisine is a unique mixture from the East and the West?
There is probably nowhere else in the world where you can sample delectable and tempting delicacies if not in the exotic country of Philippines. Yes, due to nearly 400 years of external influences, the Filipino cuisine has evolved to become a fascinating blend of Malay,Spanish and Chinese cultures.
3) Do you know that Philippine cuisine is often labeled as bland and mild?
Unlike its surrounding Asian counterparts like Malaysia and Indonesia that uses hot chilies liberally in their dishes, the Philippine cuisine is more suitable for those with sedate and sensitive taste buds.
4) Do you know what is their must-have for meals?
As with other Asian countries, rice is their staple food and will be served with most meals. For over 2,000 years, rice has been grown in the Philippines and is eaten almost daily. As of the 21st century, over twenty varieties of rice are cultivated, which are made into thousands of different cakes, noodles, and pancakes. Rice noodles are now increasingly common in fast-food restaurants and stands, because noodles symbolize prosperity, long life, and good luck. Filipinos believe the longer the noodles, the better, so noodles are generally not broken or cut when a dish is being prepared.
5) Do you know Filipinos love to use coconuts in creating their exotic Filipino dishes?
It is indeed no secret that coconuts are used liberally to create Filipino dishes. Cooking meat and vegetables using coconut milk create dishes called guinatan. These dishes originated from the Malay side of the Filipino cuisine. Apart from that, coconuts are also great for creating mouth-watering desserts like bibingka and macapuno
It is the Philippines' national fish and one of the many staple diets by Filipinos. No matter how you cook it, this fish is delicious! When cooked, the flesh is white as milk, hence the name derived from it is milkfish. However, do be careful because there are a lot of needle-like fish bones on its flesh and swallowing one could make you end up coughing in your meal. Countries such as Indonesia and Taiwan are seen to increasingly include the bangus into their diet as well.
Although I do not enjoy the Puto Bumbong as much, I find the way it is made fascinating. The steam glutinous rice (Puto) is cooked in standing bamboo or metal tubes (Bumbong) and ta da, a purple-coloured dish like the above is served. 
I would like to introduce to you one of the most interesting desserts in the Filipino culture .... the Halo-halo! Why? Simply because it typifies the "east-meets-west" Filipino culture. Firstly, the ingredients used come from a wide variety of sources, and when you put the entire dish together, it represents the homogenizing and cosmopolitan background, history and culture of the Philippines. 
The ice cream, a Western ingredient is usually placed at the top of the concoction but that is merely on the surface of the dessert. When the ice cream melts, it blends with the Asian tropical fruits and beans underneath, which forms the bulk and substance of the mixture. Drinking the melted ice cream and milk later is the final act and passion of consuming the halo-halo, the creme de la creme in its liquid form. To say that Filipino culture is primarily Western is like taking the ice cream as the main ingredient of the halo-halo, thereby missing the colorful Asian substance of the whole mixture. Likewise, to say that Filipino culture is essentially Eastern is the same as taking only the Asian tropical fruits in the halo-halo and failing to drink the melted ice cream in the mixture.
