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Pancit Palabok is another popular and favorite pancit or noodle dish among Filipinos. It is made of rice noodles with thick yellow-orange sauce, and various toppings like shrimps, flakes of smoked fish, pork chicharon, hard-boiled eggs, spring onions, squid rings, fried garlic, among other things.
Did you know that PANCIT PALABOK is another Filipino noodle dish with a Chinese origin. It's called palabok because of the bright colored orange shrimp- flavoured thick sauce covered the thin rice noodles.
The bottom line. Pancit palabok uses bihon, has shrimp broth in the sauce, and is served with the sauce on top. On the other hand, pancit Malabon features thicker rice noodles, and its sauce contains crab fat. The sauce is mixed with the noodles before it is brought to the table. Follow Ira on Instagram.
“Pancit” is a generic term for noodles in Filipino cuisine. Palabok refers to the specific dish with its signature toppings and sauce.
Loosely translated, palabok means “sauce,” and the original dish was made from ground shrimp heads and shells blended with annatto seeds, water, and cornstarch.