Blog (Street Foods)
STREET FOODS
STREET FOODS in the Philippines is one of the Filipino favorite food. They love street food because it is easy to ease hunger at a very low price. Filipino are tight when it comes to budgeting their expenses and in this case, what they do is eat food with their budget.
ISAW is a popular street food from the Philippines, made from barbecued pig or chicken intestines. It is a type of inihaw. The intestines are cleaned, turned inside out, and cleaned again, repeating the process several times; they are then either boiled, then grilled, or immediately grilled on sticks.
BANANA CUE is a popular snack food or street food in the Philippines. It is a portmanteau of banana and barbecue, which in Philippine English refers to meat cooked in a style similar to satay.
KAMOTE CUE is a popular snack food in the Philippines made from camote (sweet potato). ... The term is a portmanteau of "camote" and "barbecue", the latter in Philippine English refers to meat cooked in a style similar to kebabs. Though served skewered on bamboo sticks, it is not cooked on the stick.
KIKIAM is another popular street food in the Philippines usually sold by street vendors pushing wooden carts equipped with deep frying woks. Usually sold together with fish balls it is also served with three kinds of dipping sauce which are: spicy vinegar, sweet brown gravy and sweet and spicy brown gravy.
KWEK-KWEK is a tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled duck eggs. A popular variation of tukneneng is kwek kwek. The main difference between the two lies in the egg that is used.
FISH BALL are rounded meat balls made from fish paste which are then boiled or deep fried. Similar in composition to fishcake, fish balls are often made from fish mince or surimi, salt, and a culinary binder such as tapioca flour, corn, or potato starch.
SQUID BALLS are not the testicles of a squid, but rather cooked balls of puréed squid, often served as part of a Dim Sum selection. The raw squid is puréed, mixed with some flour and spices, formed into a ball and then steamed or fried.
MOST FAMOUS STREET FOODS IN THE PHILIPPINES
ISAW
BANANA CUE
KAMOTE CUE
CHEESE STICKS
CHEESE STICKS a short, cylindrical, usually individually-wrapped serving of string cheese (or, less commonly, other non-string cheeses). quotations ▼ An elongated piece of battered or breaded cheese, such as a mozzarella stick.
KIKIAM
KWEK-KWEK
FISH BALL
SQUID BALLS