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Banana que is a Filipino dessert or snack that refers to saging na saba (a variety of cooking banana) that is fried whole together with brown sugar and when cooked place on a bamboo skewer

Binatog refers to a Filipino snack made of boiled corn removed from its husks, drizzled with freshly ground coconut flesh and bit of salt.

Bistek is a Filipino version of beef steak or stir fried steak

Bopis is one of the dishes from the Philippines which is made from pig and cow's heart, spleen, liver and lung cut into tiny pieces sauteed in garlic, onions and simmered in tomatoes or vinegar and always with the thinly slices of spicy Bird's eye chili peppers (Siling Labuyo) to give it a spicy taste that makes it more appetizing. Salt or better Fish sauce (Patis) is added to taste.

Binagoongang Baboy is a dish in the Philippines made of meaty pork pieces stewed in Bagoong, the permented fish or fish paste called Bagoong in the Philippines), usually Bagoong Alamang, shrimp paste.

Butterfly refers to a method of cutting food partially through and spread open to increase the surface area.