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Discover the homemade food of the Philippines

Here are some of the best home-cooked dishes that you don't typically find in restaurants. View our hosts below with whom you can share these authentic Filipino foods.

Fish tausi

Fish tausi

Whole fish steamed in a garlic, ginger and fermented black bean sauce

Ginataang hipon sa taba ng talangka

Ginataang hipon sa taba ng talangka

Succulent shrimp or crab cooked in a crab fat and coconut milk sauce

Chicken binakol

Chicken binakol

A delicately flavored chicken soup cooked with coconut water and meat served in a coconut shell

Mechado

Mechado

Beef marinated in soy and cooked in onions, tomatoes and bell peppers

Traveling Spoon Experiences in Philippines

Taste fish tausi, ginataang hipon sa taba ng talangka, chicken binakol, and mechado, plus other authentic Filipino dishes, with our Traveling Spoon hosts across Philippines.

Isi Host

Traditional Filipino family recipes with a local foodie

Harvest calamansi limes from your host Isi's garden before joining her in her kitchen to learn to cook a Filipino feast redolent of tropical flavors such as coconut milk, chilies, fish sauce and calamansi limes. Learn more.