TasteAtlas, a global culinary website, named Filipino delicacy Sinigang the best rated vegetable soup in the world.
TasteAtlas, an international culinary website, has compiled a list of 161 vegetable soups from around the world. With a rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars, sinigang from the Philippines came out on top. The winning dish also made it to the eighth spot in the Most Popular category.
“Sinigang is a sour Filipino soup consisting of sampalok (fruits of the tamarind tree), water spinach, green pepper, cabbage, broccoli, eggplant, diced tomatoes, sliced onions, ginger, green beans, water, oil, and salt. The basic broth usually consists of rice washing, with the addition of a souring agent,”
TasteAtlas wrote.
With its sour lightness perfectly matching the harsh tropical heat of the country, sinigang is a unique soup that is a true representative of Filipino cuisine,’
it added.
“Ingredients such as pork, fish, milkfish, shrimp, chicken or beef may also be added to the soup. Sinigang is traditionally served hot and steaming as a main dish, with rice as its accompaniment. It is an often seen dish at special occasions such as birthdays or weddings, and over time, as the dish became more popular, there were new variations that used guava or raw mango instead of sampalok and each region developed their own version of the popular soup,”
TasteAtlas continued.
“With its sour lightness perfectly matching the harsh tropical heat of the country, sinigang is a unique soup that is a true representative of Filipino cuisine.”
A list of recommended restaurants in the country that serve “good” sinigang was also included in the Travel Atlas. The three restaurants were Locavore in Pasig City, Sentro 1771 in Makati City, and Felly J’s Kitchen in Makati City.
Latvia’s skbeu zupa soup (4.8/5 stars) and Nigeria’s ogbono soup (4.8/5 stars) are the second and third runner-ups in the Best Rated category, respectively. India’s pachi palusu soup, on the other hand, came in last on the list, receiving no stars from the site.