Tokneneng- boiled chicken eggs coated with orange-tinted batter and deep fried in oil.

Kwek kwek – is the baby version of tokneneng but instead of chicken eggs this one uses quails egg.

kwek kwek

Pugo – is simply boiled quails egg .

pugo

Calamares – sliced squids dipped in batter and deep fried.

Balut -is a fertilized duck (or chicken) egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell.

Penoy – this is the tamer version of the balut. It’s merely boiled duck eggs without the embryo!

Fishball- deep fried, round-shaped, meatball-like product made from fish meat and flour dipped in pre-made sauces.

Isaw or IUD - barbecued pig or chicken intestines. 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.

chicken isaw isaw

Betamax - This is the cubed, curdled chicken blood of a chicken. It’s grilled and usually dipped in vinegar with soaked onions. The name is from its resemblance to the then famous betamax tape.

betamax

Walkman – marinated pig’s ears grilled on skewers

walkman

Adidas – marinated grilled chicken feet (not legs, feet!)

adidas

Helmet – grilled chicken head on skewers

helmet

One-day – this is basically a day-old chick deep fried to crisp and served with sauce or vinegar.

one day

Binatog- boiled corn kernels with salt and butter

binatog

Bibingka – a filipino cake typically made with rice flour, sugar and chicken eggs, with an addition of salted duck eggs and the local soft cheese made with carabao’s milk called quesong puti (white cheese). It is baked in a clay oven over a wood fire. The baked cake is then topped with freshly grated coconut.

bibingka

Chicharong Bulaklak- deep-friend pork intestines dipped in vinegar.

chicharon bulaklak

Iskrambol – frostees; shaved ice, diced gulaman, sago and condensed milk.

iskrambol

Squid balls – Minced squid rolled into balls. But some are made out of flour with squid flavorings. They are fried and put in skewers and dipped in either a sour dip or a spicy dip or a sweet dip.

squid balls

Sago’t gulaman – cool and refreshing drink made of tapioca and jelly.

Maruya – Banana Fritters

Banana Cue – ripe banana (of a certain type called “saba”) coated with caramelized sugar, placed bamboo stick and deep fried.

banana cue

Taho - This is made of fresh soft/silken tofu, brown sugar syrup, and pearls usually flavored with vanilla, and sometimes with pandan.

taho

Turon - is plantain and jackfruit wrapped in a spring roll wrapper, dipped in brown sugar then fried. This somewhat resembles banana spring rolls.

turon

Palamig – refreshing drink made of basic flavoring, usually vanilla, food color, milk and sugar.

palamig

Puto – steamed rice cake/muffin. It has now evolved to contain different varieties and flavors and toppings.

puto

Dirty Ice Cream or Sorbetes – is not really dirty. This is home-made ice cream being sold in insulated carts.

Kalamay -is a sticky sweet delicacy made of glutinous rice, grated coconut, brown sugar, margarine, peanut butter, and vanilla

kalamay