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History of Food Service in the Philippines
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TIMELINE
FOOD SERVICE
IN THE PHILIPPINES
3400 BC
Rice was brought to the Philippines during an Indo-Malaysia, Chinese, and Vietnamese wave of migration.
3400 BC
2nd Century AD
- The Chinese were the first to trade with the Philippines.
- Food service existed as early as the time of the barangay system.
2nd Century AD
China introduced the Philippines to soy sauce, fish sauce, and the method of stir frying.
This led to the birth of many Filipino-Chinese dishes such as pansit, lumpia, siopao, and siu mai.
982 AD
- Traders with valuable merchandise came to Luzon from Fookien, Southern China.
- Chinese peddlers, the Filipinos came to know of varieties in dining pleasures.
- The birth of 'Panciteria'
982 AD
The Philippines began trading with India, Thailand, and Japan.
1100 AD
1100 AD
This led to the creation of many new Filipino dishes with spices and flavors from around the world.
15th Century
Spanish explorer Roy López de Villalobos renamed the islands Las Islas Filipinas (Philippines) after King Philip II, who was prince at the time.
1542
March 16, 1521
15th Century
16th Century
The Spanish brought Christmas feast traditions such as relleno, which is the process of stuffing a turkey or chicken, rice-meat dishes such as paella and stews to the Philippines.
16th Century
19th Century
Many restaurants were established in the Philippines serving Chinese food with Spanish names, a result of both the Chinese and Spanish governorships throughout history.
19th Century
20th Century
- The birth of turo-turo and carinderia.
- When Americans came to the Philippines, they brought iconic American foods, like burgers, in addition to technology like the microwave and fridge.