Selecting my 5 favourite anything is hard enough, but when it comes to Street Eats in the Philippines it gets really tough.
For this blog, I am going to concentrate on the best street eats from Manila and beyond, I will do a separate blog on Filipino main dishes, although there might be a bit of a crossover.
Get ready to dive into the Philippines Street Food Scene!
7) Longanisa
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Come early evening and you will start to smell the charcoal starts to burn and you will know it is time for Filipino BBQ. A classic part of this is the Filipino sausage known as longanisa, which is also a great part of a Filipino breakfast. Sweeter than what we would have in the west, but still damned good.
6) Pritong Manok
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This literally means fried chicken, and where you find street food, you will find Filipino fried chicken. Not exactly the colonel ( see our blog on KFC in China), but the fried chicken is greasy, hearty, and comes with gravy! What more could one want?
5) Buko
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Buko is one of the best things about the Philippines and can be purchased almost everywhere for less than a dollar. Coconut milk is used for cooking, when you are sick, or as a mixer for the world’s best rum Tanduay.
4) Sisig
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Sisig is not just street food, it is a main dish in the Philippines and can be found in bars, clubs and restaurants alike (I will include in another blog I am sure). Offal from a pig usually cooked on a hot plate and mixed with an egg. Add spice, or Calamansi as you please.
3) Lechon Manok
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Now we are talking!!!! And something I live in when I am in the Philippines. Basically open roasted chicken, again always served with sweet gravy, peppers and of course calamansi. A whole cut-up chicken costs less than 5 bucks.
2) Balut
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Simply not possible to talk about street food in the Philippines without mentioning this dish. Loved by some, loathed by others, it’s a fertilized duck egg. You crack it open, add vinegar and salt, suck the juice and chomp on the fresh embryo. Kind of a mix between a chicken and an egg, just don’t ask me what came first.
1) Isaw
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Isaw reigns supreme when it comes to street dining in Manila and beyond. In fact, you will rarely find a BBQ restaurant in the Philippines that does not serve this. It is pig intestines wrapped around a stick, from where you add salt, vinegar, and any spices you might desire. This is real Filipino Street food!
I’m sure there are a few other Filipino dishes I could have included here, but for the newbie, this list will keep you fed when you visit the Philippines.
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