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A Look At The Unfamiliar Ingredients That Make Filipino Food So Extraordinary

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Chef King Phojanakong at his restaurant, Kuma Inn

Phojanakong preparing the pig's blood for his dinuguan, a pork blood stew

Browning sliced pork belly for the dinuguan

Sauteing the ingredients for Pancit Canton, a stir-fried noodle dish

Phojanakong tamping down a flare up

The dinuguan has finished simmering, and takes on a rich, brown color

Pancit Canton, a Cantonese-style stir fry

Chef Miguel Trinidad at Jeepney, boiling Sun noodles for Pancit Isabela

Pork shoulder coming out of the oven at Jeepney

Trinidad plating the noodles for Pancit Isabela

Pouring broth onto the Pancit Isabela, a Filipino-style ramen dish

Adobo Dilaw, made with turmeric, star anise, clove, and cinnamon, at Jeepney

Balut, a fertilized duck egg, at Jeepney

Johnny Air, a Filipino shipping company, and trusted market for Filipino food products