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Christmas is less than a week away, which means that a week from now my tummy will be bloated from the never-ending kainan with my family. Not that I mind too much since aside from birthdays and the occasional gathering, this is the only time of the year I can indulge in food that we don’t normally have at home. So next week I shall stop weight-watching and calorie-counting whilst I feast on my favorite noche buena dishes (arranged in no particular order):

Lechon Paella

It’s easy to see why lechon paella would rank above one of my favorite foods in the entire world - it’s pretty much two different dishes in one. You have a juicy lechon roasted to perfection. Hack its crispy skin with a knife and inside you’ll find steaming hot seafood paella. Eat the lechon meat together with the paella and lechon sauce, or eat them separately. Yum.

Chinese Ham

You can’t have noche buena without Chinese ham on the table. Chinese Ham to Filipinos on Christmas is like turkey to Americans during Thanksgiving. I like eating mine in a sandwich while picking on the pineapple or the apple slices, depending on which recipe my mom decides to make.

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