Pampanga is famous for its sophisticated culinary industry.  Kapampangans are well known for their culinary creations. Well known food products range from the ordinary to the exotic.  The name "Pampanga" comes from the word pangpang meaning riverbank, a fitting name for a flat country crisscrossed by a hundred small branches of the Pampanga River. The province lies in the southern portion of the central plains of Luzon.  Farming and fishing are the two main industries of the province.