Kinilaw

Kilawin is a seafood dish from the Philippines.

Kilawin is a dish throughout the Philippines that is made with raw seafood or meat. In the Ilocos region of the Philippines, Kilawin is made with raw fresh meat of goat, beef, water buffalo, and deer. Seafoods such as shrimp, tuna, and anchovies are also used in the dish. The main ingredient of the dish are vinegar or kalamansi, or the combination of both. Shallots, ginger and chili peppers are also added. The meat and seafood used in this dish has to be fresh, often immediately after the animal has been butchered or when the fishermen just docked their boats, because of bacterial hazard and other contaminants involved with consuming raw meat and seafood. Kilawin is also eaten with "papait", bitter juice extracted from the bladder or by squishing the grass in the animals' stomach.