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Lechon – Roasted Pig in La Loma


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Just like any other street in Manila…. La Loma shares it own specialty… Lechon.

The most popular food in each festivity or most commonly known as fiesta, lechon is the Philippines’ national food. A whole pig is cleaned out of its entrails, stuffed with pandan leaves or lemon grass and roasted slowly over red hot burning charcoals while the skin is brushed with oil colored with atsuwete (annatto) to achieve that deep reddish brown color, and traditionally served with a sweet-sour liver-based sauce.

In the Philippines, you can buy them whole or by the kilo. La Loma in Manila is well-known for rows and rows of lechon outlets.

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4 Comments

  1. Juvelle says:

    Yes lechon is one of the most popular food not only for fiestas but also for birth days, weddings, graduations, Christmas and even family get-together. Without lechon the celebration will not be complete.

    Laloma lechon taste good. . . . I discovered also the tasty and crunchy lechon. It base in Cebu. It is known for lechon cebu. There lechon taste good. The meat was tender and juicy which absorbs the aromatic fragrant of herbs and spices ( onion, garlic, lemon grass and etc) which they put in pig stomach. Lechon cebu use native pig. The crunchy skin was good. It is tasteful, flavorful, delicious. Anything you can say about there lechon because it is very very deliiiiiicious.

    try http://www.lechoncebu.com

  2. summy says:

    Yes its true. Lechon cebu is the best lechon ever!…

  3. MANONG’S TASTY LECHON CEBU is now open for business in Manila. Now, Manilenos who crave for the taste of authentic Cebu lechon no longer have to order it from Cebu, it’s already here!

    Cooked by Cebuanos for all Filipinos to enjoy, our lechon is roasted to perfection using an authentic Cebuano recipe which has been handed down for generations.

    Infused with only the finest herbs and spices, Manong’s Tasty Lechon Cebu boasts of the tasty and aromatic flavor that Cebu lechon is known and loved for.

    No special sauce is needed for this gastronomic delight that you and your family can now enjoy here in Manila.

    For orders, please call us at 7032133 or 0908-323-7727 and look for Roland Pañares.

  4. Riz says:

    Hello guyz. Ang lechon cebu ay magbubukas na ng branch sa Pasay, this coming june 24 @ JAC Liner Bus Terminal, LRT-Buendia Station. Good news ito sa ating taga Manileños dahil sa wakas magkaroon na rin sila ng outlet dito sa manila.
    Abot kamay na natin ang real authentic lechon cebu.

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