Adobo is a popular Filipino dish in which meat or fish is braised in vinegar, black pepper, garlic, and green onions. The ancient Filipinos developed this signature cooking technique which is still widely used today. In Quirino Province, there is an immensely delicious restaurant called Palm Restaurant, known for its famous adobo de pato (duck adobo). Many dishes boast duck meat as their entree, but unlike most eateries that tend to serve very tough meat, the duck adobo from Palm Restaurant is moist and tender.

One of the Quirino locals’ well-known livelihoods is the sale of Tilanggit, a packed dried fish mix of tilapia and danggit. Its preserved nature makes it perfect as a take-home souvenir. This is because it can survive the long trip back home. Moreover, aside from its distinct taste, a Tilanggit purchase promotes Quirino’s food culture! Delicious, supports local businesses, and preserves a cultural identity

A mouth-watering dish that locals swear by is the Royal Tubikoy. Made out of tupig, bibingka, and tikoy, this sweet delicacy is definitely irresistible even to those who are not used to eating regionally native dishes such as these. This famous favorite can be found in one of the province’s six municipalities – Diffun, where it costs 65 PHP. It would cost you a small amount to buy a platter of an all-native delicacy with such familiar ingredients as tupig, bibingka, and tikoy. Altogether, the dish represents a familiar yet unusual taste at first bite.

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One of Quirino’s most well-known native dishes is the Adobong Tateg. In Tagalog, it means “tadpole or larvae soup” and consists of many different ingredients (some might say over 20!). But then, one thing that really makes this dish stand out is that one of the traditional ingredients used to make this popular Filipino delicacy is a beetle found in wood logs! That’s right; you heard us – a beetle found in decaying wood! Talk about an exciting dish now, huh? True to its adventurous nature, Quirino Province is home to daring destinations and bold food culture.