Filipino food is the kind of thing everyone should try at least once, but it's such a varied cuisine that it bears coming back often. Often bold, bright, and playful, Filipino food is full of life.

Silog borrows syllables from sinangag, a common Filipino side dish of garlic fried rice, and itlog, a fried egg. Per Maricel Gentile, "Filipinos love to shorten and combine words, especially when it ...