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Commonly served vegan
Dishes that are traditionally served vegan
Sticky rice cake made with coconut milk and sugar, eaten for breakfast or mid-day snack
Sinukmani or Biko
Tapioca pearls, camote (sweet potato), gabi (root vegetable) and banana, cooked with coconut milk and sugar
Bilo Bilo or Ginataang
Deep fried twisted doughnut made from glutinous rice and sugar
Pilipet or Shakoy
Deep fried sweet balls on a stick, made from coconut, glutinous rice and sugar
Karyoka or Carioca
Steamed rice/ cassava cake made with brown sugar and topped with fresh coconut flakes
Kuchinta
Sticky rice cakes made with coconut milk and sugar
Sinukmani
Stir fried water spinach with onion, garlic and soy sauce. Make sure: no fish sauce is used
Kangkong
Jackfruit cooked with coconut milk and spices
Langka
Steamed glutinous rice cooked in coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaf
Suman Sa Ibos
Soy bean curd, served hot or chilled, with sugar syrup and tapioca pearls
Taho
Dishes that can be Vegenized
Dishes that are not vegan by default, but can be made so, by asking to remove or change part of the ingredients.
Fern salad made with tomatoes, calamansi, onion and hard-boiled egg. To veganize: ask for no egg
Pako Salad
Steamed vegetable dumplings To veganize: ask for no pork and no shrimp paste
Vegetarian Siomai
Veg version of a pork dish, made of banana hearts/ mushroom and tofu. To veganize: ask for no mayo, eggs or cheese
Vegetarian Sisig
Usual salads have lettuce, tomato, cucumber, carrots and meat. To veganize: ask for no meat/ cheese/ eggs/“gulaman” (gelatin cubes)
Fresh Salads
Cooked white corn with grated coconut, sugar and butter/ margarine on top. To veganize: ask for no butter or milk
Binatog
Sweet red beans, fruit, coconut, milk and crushed ice. To veganize: ask for no "gulaman" (gelatin cubes), ice cream or milk
Halo Halo
Dishes that are not vegan, but appear to be
Dishes that might look vegan, but contain animal products.
Steamed vegetables, usually cooked with shrimp paste and pork fat
Pinakbet
Noodle soup, broth is usually meat-based
Vegetarian Ramen
Glutinous rice based sweet dish made with eggs and condensed milk
Bibingkang Galapong
Dessert of 3 layers in different colors, made with fresh coconut, coconut milk, glutinous rice and sugar. Contains milk/ butter
Sapin-sapin
Usually cooked with oyster sauce or meat sauce
