How to pronounce Halo-halo

Halo-halo is written haluhalo where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /haloˈhalo/. In plain English letters that is HAH-loh HAH-loh, 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 Halo-halo?

Halo-halo is a dessert of the Philippines. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are dairy & cheese and beans & tofu. It tastes sweet.

Where Halo-halo comes from

Halo-halo is one of 34 signature dishes of the Philippines on this map.

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• Pinakbet · Main dish · Ilocos

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• Poqui poqui pokí pokí · Main dish · Ilocos

  Poqui poqui, also spelled puké puké or pukí pukí, is a scrambled egg dish from the Ilocos region in northwestern Luzon.

Food of the Philippines

Dishes like Halo-halo in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Halo-halo:

• Mysore pak ಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕ್ · Dessert · Karnataka, India

  Mysore pak, "the confection of Mysore", is a rich sweet made mainly from gram flour, sugar and ghee, often flavoured with cardamom.

• Habichuelas con dulce · Dessert · All the country (Lent), Dominican Republic

  Habichuelas con dulce is a sweet, creamy dessert of red beans cooked and blended with coconut milk, evaporated milk, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and sweet potato, often with raisins, served cold with small milk cookies on top.

• Mango shaved ice 芒果冰 · Dessert · Taiwan

  Mango shaved ice is a mountain of shaved or finely crushed ice covered with chunks of fresh mango, condensed milk and often a scoop of mango ice cream.

• Double skin milk 双皮奶 · Dessert · Guangdong, China

  Double skin milk is a Chinese dessert from Shunde in Guangdong.