UPSIZE PH | Staple Pinoy Streetfood 101

Whether it's your first time to try street food or you're just checking out if you've missed out on anything new, here is a quick list of some of the most popular Pinoy street food :

Kwek Kwek

Kwek Kwek / Blogspot

Kwek Kwek is a hard boiled quail egg that is coated in orange batter then deep fried.

Kwek Kwek / Kusina Master Recipes

Another version of Kwek Kwek is called "tokneneng," but instead of using quail egg, itms a hard boiled chicken egg coated in the batter and then fried.

Kwek Kwek is usually eaten with spicy sauce, sweet sauce or vinegar, or all three!

Fishball

Fishball / Ilocano York

Fishballs are just like meatballs, but they're made of fish. They're usually the favorite out of all the Pinoy street food as it's the most affordable.

Fishball / Blogspot

Fishballs are usually fried on a wok and you have to use a small BBQ stick to get them (a process similar to fishing maybe?).

Betamax

Betamax / Home Kitchenomics

They're called Betamax because of their box-like shape that resembles Betamax tapes.

Betamax tape / Stashspace

Betamax is actually grilled chicken blood.

When I found out about Betamax, I couldn't help but wonder how a person could grill blood. Apparently, when the blood is extracted from the chicken and is placed in an open container and cooled down a little, it turns gelatinous so it has a more solid form.

Taho

Taho / Wikimedia

Taho is made out of soft/silken tofu and sago pearls coated in caramelized brown sugar.

Taho vendor in action / Cebuana With Love

In a lot of places in the Philippines you will hear someone yell "TAHOOOOO" and you'll see the vendor carrying two buckets hanging on a long stick over his shoulder.