1. tsokolate
hot chocolate, the drink most enjoyed by Filipinos during Christmas
2. salabat
warm ginger tea, a traditional drink after early morning mass
3. puto bumbong
purple-colored rice treat cooked in upright bamboo tubes
4. bibingka
flat cake served on banana leaves and topped with a pat of butter and grated coconut
5. ensaymada
a soft, fluffy pastry topped with finely grated cheese and white sugar
6. leche flan (from the Spanish word for milk: leche)
velvety custard made with egg yolks, has a rich caramelized topping
7. imported keso de bola (from the Spanish queso de bola)
ball of Edam cheese usually with a red covering, a traditional Christmas food
8. macaroni salad, prepared with Lady's Choice mayonnaise
Filipinos consider it stylish and classy to serve Western foods
9. fruit salad, almost always with a mix of sweet condensed milk and cream
10. roasted kastanyas
piping-hot chestnuts (from the Spanish castañas)
11. hamon, especially jamón dulce
sweet-cured Christmas ham (from the Spanish jamon)
12. lechon or litson
whole suckling pig, roasted
