How to pronounce Bicol express

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ˈbikol ɪkˈsprɛs/. In plain English letters that is BEE-kol ex-PRESS, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Bicol express?

Bicol express is a main dish of the Philippines. Where it comes from: Bicol. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are pork. It tastes spicy and rich.

Where Bicol express comes from

Bicol express is one of 34 signature dishes of the Philippines on this map.

• Laing · Main dish · Bicol

  Laing is a Filipino dish of dried taro leaves, shredded or whole, cooked in thick coconut milk with meat or seafood and spiced with labuyo chilli, lemongrass, garlic, shallots, ginger and shrimp paste.

• Adobo · Main dish · Luzon

  Adobo is the Philippine way of braising meat in vinegar, garlic, bay leaf and black pepper, usually with soy sauce, until the sauce is reduced and glossy.

• Sinigang · Soup & stew · Tagalog region

  Sinigang is a sour soup, and sourness is its point.

• Lechon litson · Main dish · Cebu

  Lechon is a whole pig roasted for hours on a bamboo spit over charcoal, turned by hand until the skin becomes thin, crisp and lacquered.

• Pinakbet · Main dish · Ilocos

  Pinakbet, or pakbet, is a vegetable dish from the Ilocos region of northern Luzon and a staple of the Ilocano people.

• Bagnet · Main dish · Ilocos

  Bagnet, also called chicharon in Ilocano, is an Ilocano dish of pork belly boiled and then deep-fried until crisp.

Food of the Philippines

Dishes like Bicol express in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Bicol express:

• Twice-cooked pork 回锅肉 · Main dish · Sichuan, China

  Twice-cooked pork, huiguorou, meat returned to the wok, is a traditional pork dish of Sichuan cuisine; in western Sichuan it is also called aoguorou.

• Saksang · Main dish · North Sumatra (Batak lands), Indonesia

  Saksang, written sangsang in Indonesian, is a savoury, spicy Batak dish of minced meat, most often pork, though dog meat and, more rarely, water buffalo are also used.

• Bún bò Huế · Noodles & pasta · Huế, Vietnam

  Bún bò Huế is the spicy beef noodle soup of Huế, the old imperial capital.

• Khao poon ເຂົ້າປຸ້ນ · Noodles & pasta · Laos

  Khao poon, sometimes called Lao laksa or Lao royal vermicelli curry soup, is a popular rice-vermicelli soup across Laos.