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"ISAW, dalawa, tatlo..."

“Isaw” is one of the best pinoy street food. It is a marinated chicken skewered and grilled over hot charcoal and can also be fried or stewed of cooked.

“Fish balls, Squid balls, & Chicken balls” it is the favourite of pinoys as they are usually the most affordable. Made of finely pulverized fish meats. It is usually flat in shape. Squid balls and chicken balls are some of its recent variation. Typically, the balls are eaten by dunking it into your preferred sauce: spicy vinegar, sweet and sour sauce, or sweet gravy. While there is also a “Kikiam” made with pork and vegetable and also dipped into your choice of sauce.

chicken balls

squid balls

kikiam

fish balls

"money money MANI!"

"MANI" is peanuts. You can get them skinless (hubad na mani) or mixed with other nuts and spices (adobong mani) . there are also nilagang mani, castanas & kasoy.

adobong mani,hubad na mani & spicy mani

nilagang mani

"wanna BANANA"

“BANANA-Q” is often served as a merienda. This is a local banana called “saba” deep fried in a caramelized sugar coating and then poked with a stick to look like your average back yard BBQ. While “TURON” is also Turon is sliced bananas and a slice of the local fruit known as the Langka or Jackfruit. It is then rolled in a spring roll wrapper, glazed with a sugar coating and then deep fried.

Banana Q

Turon

"boto sa GOTO!"

The cheap and famous “GOTO” is a rice porridge similar to Chinese congee with ginger and some herbs. Goto has beef tripe while Arroz caldo has chicken and egg. It is best partnered with “tokwa’t baboy” a fried tofu and pork dipped with a sauce made out from vinegar, soy sauce, onion, garlic,and a little of sugar.

"TAHOOOooo!"

The streetside sound that you will always hear in the morning. “TAHO” is from a fresh soy milk that you can add some sweet syrup or what they call “arnibal” and a tapioca pearls which is “sago”. It is a very affordable yummy drink.

"quack quack, KWEK-KWEK"

A very common street food in manila is “kwek-kwek”. A hard boiled quail egg deep friend in an orange batter that is sometimes called “itlog ng pugo”. The big ones are of the same with kwek-kwek but it is called “Tokneneng” with a hard boiled chicken egg instead, still deep friend in the orange batter.