Trifter

Filipinos are known to be fond of experimenting when it comes to food.  In fact very adventurous, most of their favorite are exotic ones.  Others might find it weird or worst, foreigners might say disgusting.  These are called street food.  From the word itself, it’s already self explanatory.  These are quickly-prepared food that are sold in a push cart along the streets.  Mostly outside the schools or offices.  People it them during snacks or some of them after school or work.  They are also cheap.  It’s a sort of convenient food for Filipinos.  Though some of are unhealthy, if you tend to over eat, but a lot of Filipinos still eat them.

So here are some of the Filipino street food and their descriptions.  Most of them have Filipinos names, so I just translated it to english so others can have an idea of it.  Enjoy reading them.  For Filipino readers, you might miss them and start to salivate…

• Pancake Duck Egg- called as “abnoy”
• Grilled Chicken Feet- called as “adidas” 
• Congee- called as “arroz caldo o lugaw” it has chicken meat in it
• Grilled Chicken liver- called as “atay” 
• Grilled lungs- called “baga” it can be pig or cow’s lungs
• Fried Chicken skin- best dipped in vinegar
• Grilled chicken gizzard- also called “balun-balunan”
• Boiled duck egg- called as “balut,” it has fetus in it
• Deep fried banana- “banana cue” it has caramel sauce on it
• Grilled pork or chicken- called as “barbecue”
• Batchoy – noodle soup with pork internal organs (liver, kidney and heart), crushed chicharon (pork skin cracklings), chicken breast, vegetables and raw egg on top
• Grilled chicken or pork blood- called as “Betamax,” the blood is curdled and cubed before it is grilled 
• Rice flour pancakes- called as “Bibingka” a different kind of rice used as the main ingredient, it’s a glutinous rice “malagkit rice”
• Minced pig’s heart- called as “bopis” it has pig’s lungs, garlic and onion then sauteed with bay leaves , oregano bell pepper and vinegar
• Fried chicken esophagus- called as “botsi,” it can also be grilled
• Fried squid- called as “calamares” covered with flour and deep in egg
• Fried sweet potato- called as “camote cue” it has caramel sauce on it
• Fried Cheese sticks – cheese wrapped in spring rolls
• Pork cracklings- called as “chicharon baboy” fried pork skin best dipped in vinegar
• Fried intestines- called as “chicharon bituka” it can be pork or chicken intestines 
• Fried pork omentum- called as “chicharon bulaklak”
• Chicken cracklings- called as “chicharon manok” fried chicken skin 
• Chicken balls – deep fried chicken meat shaped into balls and goes with sweet and sour sauce
• Day-old chicks – deep fried day-old chicks with sauce
• Stuffed bread- called as “empanada” it has ground pork, egg and carrots.  Wrapped in flour and shaped like a shell then it’s deep fried and goes with vinegar.
• Fish balls – deep fried fish meat shaped into small balls paired with sweet and sour sauce or vinegar
• Beef congee- called as “goto” it has beef tripe in it
• Mix dessert- called as “halo-halo” it’s a dessert that has crushed ice, sweetened banana, sweet potato, young coconut, rice crispies, sago, gelatine, nata de coco, white and brown beans, ube jam, creme brulee, milk and sugar 
• Grilled chicken head- called as “helmet”
• Grilled or Fried intestines- called as “isaw”
• Scramble- called as “iskrambol” crushed ice, cubed gelatine, sago and condensed milk it’s like a shake
• Quekim- called as “kikiam” a chinese dish adopted by Filipino made of deep fried fish or seafood meat mixed with vegetables wrapped in bean curd sheets 
• Fried duck egg- called as “kwek-kwek” boiled duck egg covered with flour and food coloring (orange), then it’s deep fried
• Egg noodle soup- called as “lomi” 
• Spring rolls- called as “lumpia”
• Boiled Sweet corn- called as “mais” seasoned with salt, butter or margarine
• Sweet corn with ice- called as “mais con yelo” it has sweet corn, milk, sugar and crushed ice
• Noodle soup- called as “mami”
• Green mango with shrimp paste- called as “mangang hilaw at bagoong”
• Peanuts- called as “mani” it can be boiled, fried or covered with caramel
• Salt bread- called as “pandesal” a small bread bun served during breakfast together with hot coffee or hot chocolate
• Boiled duck egg- called as “penoy” this egg has no fetus compared to the other which is called “balut”
• Steamed pork dumplings- called as “siomai”
• Steamed pork buns- called as “siopao”
• Sisig – roasted pig’s head, chicken liver, onions, chili and lemon juice then served it on sizzling plate
• Dirty ice cream- called as “sorbetes” street ice cream made with local fruits
• Squid balls - squid meat shaped into balls and deep fried with sweet and sour sauce or vinegar
• Grilled pig’s ears- called as “tenga ng baboy”
• Banana spring roll- called as “turon” it has banana and jackfruit wrapped in spring roll wrapper and then fried on brown sugar and cooking oil