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 1.ADOBO  A classic dish influenced by the Spanish! Adobo refers to a common cooking process indigenous to the Philippines. Its main ingredients are those native to Southeast Asia - vinegar, soy sauce or patis (fish sauce), black peppercorns and cinnamomum tamala leaves. The dish is normally cooked with pork or chicken, and sometimes with only vegetables like kangkong (water spinach) or sitaw (green beans). 2.LECHON This cherished dish, usually served at celebrations, comes in a number of forms, though its essentials are the same. It's a whole pig, roasted over a charcoal spit. One lechon is from Luzon, home island of the Philippines' capital, Manila, where the pig is roasted with simple salt-and-pepper seasoning, and the meat then dipped in a rich sauce of mashed pigs' liver, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic and onion. 3.KARE KARE Another Filipino favourite that because of its long and involved cooking process is usually reserved for special occasions. It has a long history th...