Meat and seafood was eaten all over the islands while certain Muslim groups did not consume the likes of pork and shellfish.
Various accounts of the foodstuffs Pre-colonial Filipinos had which can be assumed some of the dishes they now have are from/since ancient times.
“Under that shell there is a white marrowy substance one finger in thickness, which they eat fresh with meat and fish as we do bread; and it has a taste resembling the almond.
There is a clear, sweet water in the middle of that marrowy substance which is very refreshing.
When the natives wish to make oil, they take that cocoanut, and allow the marrowy substance and the water to putrefy.