By Gabriela Baron
Filipino food inasal na manok (grilled chicken) and sisig (pig’s belly) are among Taste Atlas’ Top 100 Best Traditional Food in the World in 2022.
Garnering a rating of 4.63, inasal na manok is ranked 35th in the food encyclopedia’s best traditional food.
Taste Atlas described inasal na manok as a “unique Filipino grilled chicken dish which originated in Bacolod and became the signature dish of the entire Visayas region.”
Meanwhile, sisig was ranked 62nd with a rating of 4.54.
Japan’s kare (stew) topped the list, followed by Brazil’s picanha (meat cut), and Portugal’s ameijoas a bulhao pato (clam dish).
In a separate list, Taste Atlas ranked Filipino cuisine as the 23rd in World’s Best Cuisine with a rating of 4.25.