Pansit or
pancit is a generic term for mi or fried noodle dishes in the Philippines.
Dishes, bihon, miswa and sotanghun originally come from Chinese cuisine, but
have been adapted as Filipino dishes with additional local ingredients. Pansit
palabok (pansit luglug) and malabon pansit have been considered native Filipino
cuisine.
Malabon pansit with a
variety of seafood is a typical food port city of Malabon. Mi is cooked with
shrimp, oysters, squid, and pork. Spices used are patis, pepper, garlic, and
musk.
Just as in Chinese culture,
noodles are believed to be Filipinos as a symbol of longevity. Therefore,
noodles are almost always eaten to celebrate birthdays.
A restaurant that provides
pansit is called panciterias, and generally means a Chinese restaurant. Mi
berkuah called pansit mami or pansit lomi. The cuisine known in Indonesia as a
soup dumpling is called pansit molo, and is a typical food from Molo, Iloilo
City.
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