Filipino street food is famous for bold flavors, grilled skewers, sweet treats, and affordable snacks sold from roadside carts and markets. Here are some of the most popular ones:
🌭 Savory Filipino Street Foods
1. Isaw (Chicken or Pork Intestine Skewers)
Grilled marinated intestines brushed with sweet-savory sauce and dipped in vinegar with chili. A classic Filipino street snack.
2. Kwek-Kwek
Quail eggs coated in bright orange seasoned batter, deep-fried, and served with sweet chili sauce or vinegar.
3. Fish Balls & Squid Balls
Deep-fried seafood balls served on sticks with sweet brown sauce, spicy vinegar, or garlic sauce.
4. Barbecue (BBQ Skewers)
Sweet-marinated pork or chicken grilled over charcoal, often glazed with banana ketchup-based sauce.
5. Betamax
Grilled cubes of dried pork or chicken blood, named for their dark color and rectangular shape.
6. Adidas
Grilled chicken feet marinated and cooked until tender and flavorful.
7. Tokneneng
Similar to kwek-kwek but made with larger chicken eggs.
8. Taho
Warm silken tofu topped with arnibal (brown sugar syrup) and sago pearls — a popular morning street food.
🍌 Sweet Filipino Street Foods
9. Banana Cue
Deep-fried bananas coated in caramelized brown sugar.
10. Kamote Cue
Sweet potato slices fried with caramelized sugar.
11. Turon
Crispy spring-roll wrapper filled with banana and sometimes jackfruit, then coated with caramelized sugar.
12. Tupig
A grilled Filipino rice cake made with glutinous rice, coconut milk, and sugar, wrapped in banana leaves.
🍜 Other Must-Try Street Foods
13. Balut
A fertilized duck egg boiled and eaten with salt or vinegar (a famous but adventurous Filipino delicacy).
14. Palabok
Rice noodles topped with shrimp sauce, pork, eggs, and seafood toppings.
15. Lumpiang Shanghai
Small crispy spring rolls filled with seasoned pork and vegetables.
16. Dirty Ice Cream (Sorbetes)
Local street ice cream flavors like ube, cheese, mango, and coconut served in colorful carts.
17. Banana Chips
Thin slices of banana fried until crisp and lightly sweetened.
18. Lugaw
Warm rice porridge topped with chicken, egg, garlic, and scallions.
🇵🇭 A classic Filipino street food combo:
Isaw + Kwek-Kwek + Fish Balls + Banana Cue + Taho — a perfect mix of smoky, crispy, sweet, and savory flavors.