Ahhh!! the fish with the head! Only thing worse than the smell and seeing seeing the blown out eye sockets is seeing my mom and dad pick at it with thier hands. We use to have a local fish market by our house that used to save the heads for my mom to make sinigang.
My favorite Filipino dishes are Adobo, Afritada, Crispy Pata, Beef Tapa with a fried egg and rice, bisteak, Lumpia, Arroz con Pollo, Pancit, Barbeque on a stick...My mom has already taught my wife to make most all of these, so I'm eating good.
and don't forget the desserts!
Lecheflan, Halo-Halo, Puto, Polboron. My mom also makes this thing called "food for the gods" ...its really good but has tons of butter in it.
Something funny....My wife told me at the McDonalds in the Philippines they have a McLongonesa Value Meal served with eggs and rice!