Boasting of one of the best cuisines in the country, the Bicol region is best known for its Bicol Express, laing, sinantol (ground santol meat with gata), kinunot (manta ray cooked in gata), and pinangat or tinuktok (ground shrimp or crab wrapped in gabi leaves and cooked in gata), all of which have gata (coconut milk) and sili (chili) as ingredients.
"Part of secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
---Mark Twain