Restaurant Sign in Tagalog

The photo was taken in General Santos Mindanao near a small place I was staying for a while.

When you are trying to learn the languages this is a good type of place to learn new words. I took the photo partly to do a blog and to get the words.

Calderita is Kaldereta in Tagalog.

Kaldereta is a popular dish in the Philippines, especially on Luzon island. The common ingredients is goat shoulders with tomato paste and liver spread.

Kaldereta is originally a goat stew made with tomato sauce, potatoes, spices, liver spread, olives, bell peppers and hot peppers. Originally adapted from the Spanish during their 300 year occupation of the Philippines.

Kaldereta is a favorite Filipino meal served during parties, festivities and other special occasions in the Philippines. It is a Spanish-influenced dish that became to be Filipinos' favorite and made their own versions. Originally, the main ingredients of this dish includes goat meat, tomato sauce, liver, pepper and cheese.

Variations of this dish is with beef, chicken and or pork. Beef Kaldereta is a common dish in the Philippines made with stewing cuts of beef simmered until tender. Another is with chicken or pork because of the price and availability.

Kilawin

kinilaw / kilawin — Filipino vinegared raw fish similar to ceviche

Papait

This is a green plant that is used in salads.

The papait (mollugo oppositifolia) is popular among bitter-loving ilokanos who has the distinct and rather unique taste preference for something bitter, the more bitter, the better.

Sinampalukang

This is a chicken dish with Tamarind Soup normally written Sinampalukang Manok

Adobo

This is a picked meal or Marinated meal usually meat