Filipino Meal :O

For us Filipinos, we ussually have four (4) main meals a day.

ALMUSAL (Breakfast)

Almusal is eaten between 7am to 10am. It generally consists of fried rice, dried fish (tuyo) or smoked fish (tinapa) or tapa (meat), fried eggs, and either coffee, tea, or ginger (salabat). Ordinary people usually have for their breakfast hot pandesal (salt bread) with coffee or tsokolate (hot chocolate). For those from the higher-earning and eggs, toast, orange juice, and coffee or tea.

TANGHALIAN (LUNCH)

Tanghalian (lunch) is traditionally eaten at home or in the case of workers at small restaurants called "karinderya" between 12 noon and 2pm, and includes one or two hot dishes and boiled or fried rice. Lunch is considered the most important meal of the day. Many workers and students bring their own lunch provisions when they leave their homes or buy take away food during lunch break Lunch usually consists of two or three courses, including a main course of a variety of meat or fish dishes with vegetables. During the afternoon break at 3pm, cakes and local delicacies are usually eaten and on Sundays or festive ocasions special home-cooked dishes are prepared and served.

MERYENDA (Mid Snack)

Meryenda (Mid snack) is usually eat on around 3pm to 5pm. Usually meryendas are eaten at any place wherever you saw some "turo-turo" anywhere. Sometimes we eat banan que, turon, fishballs, kikiams, lumpia or any meryenda food specially street foods.

HAPUNAN (Dinner)

Hapunan (Dinner) is eaten between 7pm and 9pm and is a light meal, often including soup and dessert, and is ussually taken and enjoy in taking dinner with the entire family.

By:           Jashiel Elcis Mendoza