How to pronounce Ngohiong

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ŋoˈhjoŋ/. In plain English letters that is ngoh-HYONG, 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 Ngohiong?

Ngohiong is a street food of the Philippines. Where it comes from: Cebu. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are vegetables, pork, seafood and egg. It tastes savory.

Where Ngohiong comes from

Ngohiong is one of 34 signature dishes of the Philippines on this map. See all dishes from Central Visayas (Region VII).

• 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.

• Humba · Main dish · Visayas

  Humba is a braised pork dish from the Visayas.

• Calamay kalamay · Dessert · Bohol

  Kalamay, also spelled calamay, literally "sugar", is a sticky sweet known in many regions of the Philippines, made from coconut milk, brown sugar and ground glutinous rice.

• 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.

• 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.

Food of the Philippines

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