Alternative names | Ngoyong, Ngo yong, Ngo hiong, lumpiang ngohiong |
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Course | Appetizer |
Place of origin | Philippines |
Region or state | Cebu City |
Serving temperature | hot, warm |
Main ingredients | lumpia wrapper, ground meat/shrimp, jicama/heart of palm, five-spice powder |
Ngohiong, also known and pronounced as ngoyong, is a Filipino appetizer consisting of julienned or cubed vegetables with ground meat or shrimp seasoned with five-spice powder in a thin egg crêpe that is deep-fried. It is a type of lumpia and is a Filipino adaptation of the Hokkien dish ngo hiang (known as kikiam in the Philippines). It originates from Cebu City.[1]