Philippine traditionally eat 3 principal meals a day – agahan (breakfast), tanghal?an (lunch), and hapunan (dinner) plus an afternoon snack called meri?nda (another variant is minand?l or minind?l). Dishes range from a simple meal of fried fish and rice to rich paellas and cocidos. Favourite dishes include lech?n (whole roasted pig), longganisa (Philippine sausage), tapa (cured beef), torta (omelette), adobo (chicken and/or pork braised in garlic, soy sauce, and vinegar or cooked until dry), kaldereta (goat in tomato stew), mechado (beef or pork cooked in tomato sauce), pochero (beef in bananas and tomato sauce), afritada (pork or beef simmered in a tomato sauce with vegetables), kare-kare (oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce), crispy pata (deep-fried pig’s leg), hamonado (pork sweetened in pineapple sauce), sinigang (pork, fish, or shrimp in tamarind stew), pancit (stir-fried noodles), and lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls).

The American chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain has hailed Filipino pork cuisine and named the Philippines at the top of his “Hierarchy of Pork

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Yesterday I was hopeful to be one of the travel writers and other travel industry professionals received by Tourism Malaysia to enjoy a dinner presentation in Vancouver that showcased Malaysian cuisine. It was a lead-in to the Malaysia Truly Asian Kitchen 2008 participation at “EAT! Vancouver,” the largest food show in Canada, to be held at BC Place Stadium from tomorrow through Sunday (May 23 to 25, 2008).

In addition to feeding on nasi lemak, chicken satay, roti canai, char koay teow, mamak mi goreng and several other delicacies (the names of which I didn’t put down because I was too focused on devouring them), we were fascinated by the performances of two top chefs who had jetted in from Kuala Lumpur.

First, Chef Mior Sazali gave a spectacular demonstration of teh tarik — tea pulling — pouring spicy Malaysian tea with amazing skill and agility. He never spilled a drop, even when pouring behind his back, standing on one foot. Chef Mior has been winning teh tarik competitions since 1994.

Muhamad B. Arshad, better known as Chef Matt, the Flying Chef, then ostentated his talents in tossing roti canai bread dough. Evidently they have dough tossing competitions in Kuala Lumpur, and Chef Matt frequently wins them, twirling roti dough as high as seven feet into the air, and catching it gracefully. We later enjoyed tasting roti canai, but I don’t think it was made from dough that Chef Matt had cast aside. The traditional Malaysian flatbread is made from ghee, fat, egg, flour and water that is mixed, kneaded, flattened, oiled, and folded repeatedly before baking.

Malaysians are passionate about food, and their cross-cultural cuisine features flavors from China, India, Thailand and Portugal.