Just recently, CNN named Manila as one of the greatest street food cities in Asia, wherein it stated in its article that Manila is “a city filled with street food options”. The Philippines entirely is a haven for street foods. Why? Not only it is cheap, but it is also found in almost every corner and of course, delicious!
What is your favorite Pinoy Street Food?
Street foods as well are good source of income for many Filipino families. You’ll see a lot of them selling street foods outside the church, school and office premises. Street foods are also great alternatives for students and workers who would want to have an inexpensive meal.
Here’s a top ten list of Filipino street foods. A price will be placed for some foods and is based on Davao prices
Fishbals
FishBall Pinoy Street Food
Although there are already fish ball stalls found inside the malls, nothing beats the fish balls sold on the streets. For five pesos only, you already have 7 fish balls in a cup topped with either a sweet or a spicy sauce.
Proben
Proben Pinoy Street Foods
One of the deliciously tasting street foods in the Philippines is the Chicken Proben. Proben is essentially the proventriculus part of the chicken, which is dipped in cornstarch and then deep-fried. The price for this street food is from 4 pesos to 5 pesos only. With that amount, you get a stick with 4 probens. You can have it dipped with either vinergar sauce or sweet sauce or just have it plain.
Kwek Kwek
These street foods are hard boiled eggs with an orange colored batter coating and cooked deep fry. Another version of it is Tukaneneng, to which they use quail eggs instead of chicken eggs. These foods are served with cucumber and some spices, of which you can choose to top it with vinegar and salt.
Taho
Taho Street Food
It is a soybean snack with sweet syrup and tapioca pearls. Taho is one of the favourite breakfast and snacks of children and adults.
Banana Cue
Banana Cue
Also known as Maruya, these foods are the Saba variety of bananas that are coated with caramelized sugar, deep fried and speared to bamboo sticks. It used to be only two pesos but now the price ranges from five to ten pesos
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