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SEA FOODS :

Tambakol

Espada

Tangigue

Yellow fin tuna

Oysters

Squid

Crabs

Lobster

Chicken :

Chicken is very popular and the native chicken has a wonderful flavor. Local pork is of high quality and lean cuts are becoming more popular as the health lobby against cholestoral gains popularity. Local beef is also very good. Carabao meat is often available and tastes similar to beef but is a little more gamey. Goat (kambing) is a popular pulutan (food to accompany beer), however, it is not found commonly.

Vegetarian food -
Vegetarian food is a rarity in Philippines, and not easily understood (The vegetables seciton in the menu usually means meat with vegetables, and not vegetables alone). Additionally, Filipino cooking is usually sparse, and vegetables tend to be boiled / cooked for just a little time.

Fruits -

Fruits are plentiful, though not as much as found in the streets of Thailand . Some are seasonal. Philippine mangoes are usually sweet and found around the year (Filipinos like to think they are the best in the world). Bananas have many varieties lakatan, latandan, senoritas and saba and are always available. Pineapple, santol, lanzones, rambutan, dalandan (Philippine orange) chico, star apple, balambing, atis, guyabano, langka, durian, mangosteen, marang, watermelon, pomelo, papaya and, of course, coconut. Grapes and apples are usually imported.

Bread:

is a surprise for most foreigners because sugar is added to the basic recipe of flour, yeast and salt which gives it an almost cake like taste. Sugar free bread is beginning to come on the market but there is a premium price to pay. Pan de sal is a traditional Spanish salt bread and is a cheap and tasty. Obtaining sugar-less bread is difficult in Philippines and obtainable in certain European run bakeries in tourist spots.

Cakes

tend to be of just 5 types: Sponge which is very fine texture, Brownie type cake often spread with icing, Donuts either filled with cream or covered in icing, Tarts which have a fruit based filling and finally, Bread type cakes that sometimes resemble Danish pastries.

Alcoholic Drinks

Alcohol is cheap in Philippines even by Filipino standards - a bottle of rum is cheaper than a kilo of potatoes! San Miguel (often called SMB) is by far the larges producer of drinks. Pale pilsen, Light and Red Horse dominate the market and are excellent lager type beers. Asia breweries are miniscule by comparison. Localy produced Brandy, Rum, Whisky, Gin and Vodka are all very good and remarkably cheap. You will pay up to 20 times as much for an imported drink and they often are not as good as the local variety. There are traditional drinks like Lumbanog (Coconut sap wine) and Tuba (made from Coconut Milk).
Beer and rum is found more commonly in neighbourhood stores (called sari sari stores) as compared to fruits!

Non Alcoholic Drinks
Buko (young coconut milk) is sold at many places (though not as commonly available as in Thailand and India). Other juices and shakes found at kiosks include Gulaman, Pineapple, Melon, Buko Pandan but make sure they advertise that they use purified water. When these are sold at road side kiosks, they usually contian 50% synthetic sweet water, and 50% juice.

Water and Ice
You will see blocks of ice being dragged through the streets at they may end up in drinks! Bottled water is widely available as well as bottled and tinned fruit drinks from Del Monte, Dole and Magnolia. There is not a dairy industry so milk is UHT or dried. There are some very good powdered juices including ice tea of various colors, strawberry, orange, dalandan, pomelo, pineapple, mange, guyabano and many others.

Coffee
Coffee, Chocolate and Mocha drinks are very popular both hot and iced but try other local companies and not just the intenational chains. 3-in-1 coffee is commonly found (making fresh coffee and tea is a rarity in Philippines, as it is not a common habit in most Filipino households to have coffee / tea in the morning at home)
Not only are the drinks cheaper but you will be assisting the farmers who produce the beans. Iced tea is widely available in fast food chains such as Chow King and hot tea (without milk) is usually served with Kalamansi (Philippine Lime).
Adobo is the national food of Philippines and Cassava Cake is the most appetizing dessert which is found in this gorgeous destination. Dried mango,pineapple,banana, coconut and papaya are the main tropical fruits.
If you really want burgers (which is available commonly) and fries,pizza, pasta etc then there is plenty of choice also.

The Philippine Food description..