Rice noodles covered with orange sauce, shrimp, egg slices, and crisp toppings.

Pancit palabok

Philippines · Southeast Asia

Short description
This noodle dish is bright, saucy, seafood-rich, and finished with crunchy and citrusy toppings.
Ingredients
Rice noodles, shrimp sauce, shrimp, smoked fish flakes, pork cracklings, boiled eggs, fried garlic, scallions, annatto, and calamansi.
Cultural note
It is associated with party trays and noodle shops where the sauce and toppings make it visually distinct from stir-fried noodles.
Common misconception
The orange color usually comes from annatto and seafood sauce, not tomato sauce.

image credit

Pancit Palabok with ingredients.jpg

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Lokalpedia
license:
CC BY-SA 4.0
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audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.