the milkfish is an unofficial national symbol of the Philippines,
where it is called bangus. Because milkfish is notorious for being much bonier than other food fish in the country, deboned milkfish, or "boneless bangus. In this picture you have deep-fried bangus belly...

some garlic rice

~Natong (Filipino: laing) is a Filipino dish native to Bicol.

It is a spicy and creamy dish of taro leaves (which give the dish a rough feeling), pork, and chili peppers cooked in coconut milk. It is served on a Net leaf. The net leaf is found on the Taro tree which is native to Bicol.

~my family and i had dinner last night at a restaurant serving filipino cuisine...

since we're so hungry almost all the food in there seems to be appetizing, but bec. we're on a strict diet, we just choose what we really wanted to eat...