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My Favorite Filipino Pantry Staples

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I’m super excited to be sharing this post as Filipino culture is very prominent in my household!

For those who don’t know, I am Canadian born and raised but full Filipino! My parents immigrated here 20+ years ago and had me in Canada. My husband was born and raised in the Philippines and immigrated here when he was young with his family.

Growing up, my parents would always go to Asian grocery stores and there would be lots of treats that I could pick and choose from! As I grew up, I learned to make lots of Filipino dishes and now cook Filipino meals for my husband and I. The only thing that was a little sad was that I never learned any languages as my parents were too busy learning English so I can barely speak/understand Tagalog!

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Now, most of the items I’m writing about is snacks and instant meals but I hope to share more Filipino dishes in the future.

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My husband and I are big snack people. There are weeks where we don’t have any snacks in the house and some weeks that we only have snacks in the house haha.

Let me know if you’re familiar with any of Filipino Pantry Staples! I’d love to know what you’ve seen or tried in the comments below!

HERE ARE MY FAVORITE FILIPINO PANTRY STAPLES:

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Piattos

Our household favorite! These thin and cheesy chips are so addictive! It’s super hard to stop!

Roller Coaster

Honestly these chips are similar to Piattos above! They are thicker and are shaped as like small hallow circles!

Chippy

These to me are like Fritos! I love these corn chips! They also have a bit of a kick.

Ding Dong

Oh man, Ding Dong’s are my weakness! I will literally eat the whole bag in one sitting. I love these crunchy mix of snacks so much!

Boy Bawang

This is actually a favorite of a lot of people! I’ve often given some away or have had some out during parties and get asked what it is and where to purchase it!

Sweet Filipino Spaghetti Sauce

Filipino spaghetti is a fav throughout! If you’ve ever had Jollibee and tasted their spaghetti, its similar! I actually did a YouTube tutorial on this, click here to watch!

Banana Ketchup

Contrary to the name of this sauce, it does not taste like Bananas! It’s essentially a sweet ketchup. Perfect for fried foods!

Gina Mango/Pineapple Juice

Yum! I always like a good pineapple and mango juice. These ones definitely taste artificial Lol but reminds me of my childhood! The downside to this is that it always felt like there wasn’t enough to quench your thirst!!

Spam

Definitely most popular as a Hawaiian pantry staples but we love spam too! We don’t have it often but when we do, it satisfies all cravings!

Sardines

I have to admit, it took me a long time to actually like this. I didn’t use to like tomato sauce AND fish all that much but a friend of mine recommended that I cook this into scrambled eggs and I liked it! My parents would just have it alone or on toast/white rice.

Corned Beef

I could say many many things about this one. This is probably my husband’s fav food. He can eat corned beef everyday if he could. We try to not overdo the processed meats but he loves it and swears that if he needed to save money, he’d have this everyday! It’s about $5 per can and it lasts about 4-5 meals!

Stickos

As I’m writing this, I’m staring at an empty container. I LOVE STIK-O!! They have many different flavors but Ube (purple yam) is my fav! It’s highly addictive and honestly bad for you Lol

Century Tuna

I didn’t know about this brand till recently but it’s so good! Century Tuna also has many different flavors as well! I’ll never go back to just regular tuna.

Lucky Me Instant Noodles Bowls

This Chicken Sotanghon is actually the only flavor I like. I used to keep some in my desk when I worked in an office and would have it if I didn’t bring lunch.

Pancit Canton

You might’ve seen this!! It was trending on Tiktok for a little bit. The green Calamansi flavour is so good!!! It’s basically instant noodles but its dry and doesn’t have soup!

Sky Flakes

Sky Flakes is in my opinion is a more denser version of saltine crackers! I like the different flavors they have though! Chocolate is my fav.

Mama Sita’s BBQ Marinade

LAST BUT NOT LEAST! If you follow me on socials, you’d know how much I love this!! I use this marinade literally on everything and it’s so delicious! I made my pork roast with this sauce for Easter! Highly highly recommend you try it, especially if you like sweet BBQ.

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I tried to only add my real favs but honestly there are so many products missing! I go nuts whenever I head into Asian markets because I don’t go often.

Hope you enjoyed this post and you get a chance to try some Filipino staples!

Have you seen or tried any of these Filipino Pantry Staples?! I’d love to know your thoughts below!

Xo,

Lynn

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47 Comments

  1. Love this post! I am always curious to see some pantry staples! I think I tried something similar to Roller coaster and the Stik-o. SInce I have seen your recipe I really have to try the mama sita’s BBQ marinade, because what you did for Easter looked delicious! Thanks for sharing x

  2. I am always interested in seeing what other countries have and some of these look really interesting. I am not usually adventurous with food but I am wanting to try more things. Thank you for sharing your favs!

    Lauren

  3. I love the sound of all of the snacks! I always think it’s fun to see what people have in other countries/ cultures and see if we have anything similar. I really want to try some Chippys! x

  4. I love seeing what are popular in other countries. I have a real thing for american candy which a lot of UK shops are now selling. Which is great news for my sweet tooth!

  5. Mango juice/nectar is my weakness! The banana ketchup looks so familliar but I don’t know if I ever ended up trying it. I love having access to different markets in the Lower Mainland where I can try all these different things 🙂

  7. My best friend is Filipino and I had some other Filipino friends growing up, but I don’t remember seeing any of these snacks at school. So many sound delicious!

  8. Thanks for sharing what your staples are a bit about your lineage. I always love learning about new food options and cuisines so this was incredibly interesting – I feel like I once tried Stickos at a friends house growing up. Lovely post!

  13. Sky Flakes are literally the best!! My cleaner used to get me lots of snacks when she would go over to the Phillipenes and I literally could not get enough of them ? I’ve been resisting ordering them off Amazon for months but it’s so hard ?

  14. All the savoury snacks, that’s me. Love how your pantry items look similar to a West Indian’s!

  15. I haven’t heard of most of these, but they sound so yummy! I love corn chips and may have to head over to the Asian market to get a bag of Chippy. As an added bonus it is so much fun to say “Chippy!” Thanks so much for sharing these! I’m looking forward to trying some of them.

  16. This is amazing and I’m going to have to see if my local Asian market stocks any of these. I love snacks from all over the world. I grew up in Texas, and Mexican snacks were my jam when I was a kid. Philipino snacks look so good! Especially the Roller Coasters.

  18. Oh my goodness I am going to have to try some of these out!

    Danielle

  20. Thanks for sharing these. They are similar to Chinese snacks and staples that I occasionally buy from Asian grocery stores. I’ve pretty much tried Korean, Japanese and Malaysian products but not Filipino products yet!

    Thanks for sharing this and your blog is absolutely gorgeous. Loving the entire branding and fonts!

    Amy Jane x

  21. So many yummy looking and sounding snacks on your list! I will have to see if we can get some of them to try here in the UK, I love trying snacks from other places. Also I love that Spam gets appreciation in this post too…not the best for you, but tasty!
    Thanks for sharing 🙂
    Aimsy xoxo
    Aimsy’s Antics

  22. Wow thank you so much for sharing! It’s so cool leaning about different cultures and lineages ?

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