Undeterred, Filipinos keep hogging

MANILA: American TV chef Anthony Bourdain called it "the holy grail of pork" and Time magazine the "Best Pig" in Asia.

While it might seem the deadly flu outbreak is capable of reaching every corner of the world, it has singularly failed to put the Philippines off its favorite dish of "lechon", slowly roasted pig.

"We are not affected by it because we know that the sickness is not related at all with eating our product," said Lydia De Roca, 62, owner of "Lydia's Lechon," a popular chain of roast pig restaurants dotted around the country.