Ilocano Food

The Ilocanos diet consists mostly of fish, vegetables, and rice for a couple of reasons.  One reason is due to the fact that their land is very hard to grow anything due to the rain and dry seasons.  Another reason is fish and rice are a big part of their diet due to the fact their extremely good rice farmers and fish is a big part of the Ilocano diet.

The most popular food or seasoning that they use is called Bagoong. Bagoong is described as a fish or shrimp paste that is mainly on every food they eat.  One of these dishes that bagoong is on is a dish called Pinakbet.  I was required to make Pinakbet in my class and it was actually really tasty.  Pinakbet consists of Bagoong, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, melon, and eggplant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilocano_people#Food

Another favorite dish would be Kilawen.  Kilawen is very different than Pinakbet.  Kilawen consists of the meat and intestines of either water buffalo, cow, sheep, or goat.  You can either eat it raw or cook it.

http://www.blisstree.com/2009/08/19/food/goat-with-lemon-ginger-cilantro/