Streetfood
Silog
Short for sinangag garlic fried rice and itlog fried egg, silog is one of the most common and popular breakfast dishes in manila. typical silogs are identified by their accompanying viand, ie tapsilog filipino tapa, which is fried cured beef strips, longsilog longganisa, bangsilog bangus, or milkfish, tocilog tocino, which is sweet cured pork, hotsilog hotdog, and cornsilog (corned beef.
Isaw
Helmet, adidas and betamax - grilled chicken or porkintestines, head, feet, and blood respectively
Chicharon
Deep fried pork rinds, usually eaten while having a beer.
Balut Eggspress
Serves balut, kwek kwek and one day old chicks, which are quite literally day old chicks marinated and fried in hot oil then eaten whole including the bones. they have a stall in the mrt ayala station.
Nanay Q
Serving special pork and chicken bbq, liempo, grilled fish and shrimps. they also serve special pinoy dishes such as beef caldereta, menudo, pinapaitan, gambas and sinigang. sisig is also their specialty. they have branches at robinsons pioneer and edsa central. you may visit (http://www.nanayq.com) for more info.
Barbecue
The term barbecue in the philippines usually means bite size pieces of pork marinated,skewered and charcoal grilled. chicken barbecue bbq for short is also common.
Kwek Kwek
And tokneneng - boiled eggs duck, chicken or quail covered in an orangey batter and deep fried in hot oil. usually dipped in vinegar with onions, chili peppers and garlic.
Balut
Boiled duck embryo, generally safe to eat as the whole duck egg is intact and well cooked. the sight of the fully formed duckling complete with wings, ribbed feet and beak may not be too easily swallowed by the squeamish however.
Sizzling sisig
A dish made from parts of pig’s head and liver, usually seasoned with kalamansi and chili peppers.
For a taste of street food without the accompanying risk, try out the following establishments:
Street food peddled by ambulant vendors is quite common and can usually be found in places with high amount of pedestrian traffic. Note however that street food in Manila and elsewhere in the Philippines may not be as clean as what you would find in Bangkok or hawker centers in Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. There is very little if any regulation and hygienic practices of these establishments vary from place to place. The variety of street food available is tremendous however and may reward the truly adventurous traveler. Some notable examples are the following:
Banana Cue
Bananas fried in hot oil coated with caramelized brown sugar and served on a barbecue stick. there is also kamote cue which is sweet potato served the same way.
Most sit-down and casual dining restaurants in Manila would fall under the mid-range category. You could generally eat well for under US$10 per person. At some establishments, this price will even allow you to partake of a buffet and eat to your heart's content.
Terry's Selection
Lower ground level, podium mall, 18 adb avenue, mandaluyong, tel: +63 2 6385725 to 26. specialties: tapas.