Alternative names | Lansiao |
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Type | Soup |
Place of origin | Philippines |
Main ingredients | Bull's testes |
Soup Number Five, variously spelled Soup No. 5 or Soup #5, is a soup made from bull's testes[1][2] or penis.[3] The dish originates from Filipino cuisine. It is believed to have aphrodisiac properties.[3]
Cebu's variant of Soup Number Five is called lansiao or lantsiao[4] and is a popular street dish. Its name 'lansiao' was adapted from Chinese descendants who speak Hokkien dialects, of which 𡳞鳥 ('lanciao' in Hokkien) means male's genitals.
Soup Number Five also known as Remember Me (usually shortened to RM) in Cagayan de Oro City. The name originates from the name of a restaurant specializing in Soup Number Five. The name has become the most common name for Soup Number Five in Mindanao, supplanting its other names in the northern regions of the Philippines.[5][6][7]