Silog facts for kids
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| Type | Breakfast dish |
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| Place of origin | Philippines |
| Main ingredients | Meat, rice and egg |
Silog is a super popular breakfast meal from the Philippines! It's a yummy combination of three main things: sinangag (which is garlic fried rice), itlog (a fried egg), and a meat dish. The name "silog" comes from combining "si" from sinangag and "log" from itlog.
People usually eat silog with different kinds of meat. These meats are called ulam. Some common meats include tapa (cured beef), longganisa (Filipino sausage), or ham. The name of the meat dish is often added to "silog" to make a new word. For example, if you have tapa with your silog, it's called tapsilog. If it's longganisa, it's longsilog, and with ham, it's hamsilog.
How Silog Started
The very first type of silog to get its special name was tapsilog. This dish was first made to be a quick breakfast. It was also a popular late-night meal.
The idea for tapsilog came from a simpler meal called tapsi. This meal had beef tapa and sinangag (fried rice), but it didn't always include a fried egg. Restaurants that mostly served tapsi were known as tapahan or tapsihan.
The word tapsilog became popular in the 1980s. It was first used by a restaurant called Tapsi ni Vivian ("Vivian's Tapsi") in Marikina. The owner, Vivian del Rosario, says she was the first to use this catchy name.
Silog's Popularity
Silog dishes became very popular all over the Philippines. Because of this, many restaurants and even fast food chains started adding them to their breakfast menus. Big names like Jollibee and McDonald's Philippines now offer silog meals.
Some restaurants, like Tapa King and Rufo's Famous Tapa, focus almost entirely on serving silog dishes. Other diners, like the original Tapsi ni Vivian and Rodic's Diner, became famous for their silog. They even opened more branches because so many people loved their food!
Different Kinds of Silog
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After tapsilog became a hit, many other types of silog were created. They all follow the same basic idea: garlic fried rice and a fried egg, with a different meat added. The name of the meat is usually added to "-silog".
Because the dish is so flexible, almost any meat can be turned into a silog meal. Here are some common examples you might see in restaurants:
- Adosilog – This has adobo (a savory stew), fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Bacsilog or baconsilog – This includes bacon, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Bisteksilog – You get beef steak, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Daingsilog – This uses daing na isda (dried fish), fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Bangsilog – A type of daingsilog with dried, marinated bangus (milkfish).
- Dangsilog – Another daingsilog with daing na danggit (dried rabbitfish).
- Chiksilog or noksilog – This is fried chicken, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Chosilog – This has chorizo (sausage), fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Cornsilog – This includes corned beef, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Hotsilog – This is made with a hot dog, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Litsilog or lechonsilog – This features lechon or lechon kawali (roasted pork), fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Longsilog – This has longganisa (Filipino sausage), fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Masilog or malingsilog - This uses Ma-Ling brand Chinese luncheon meat, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Porksilog – This includes a pork chop, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Sisilog – This has sisig (a sizzling pork dish), fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Spamsilog – This uses Spam brand luncheon meat, fried rice, and a fried egg.
- Tosilog or tocilog – This is made with tocino (cured pork), fried rice, and a fried egg.
Sometimes, beef pares, another Filipino diner dish, might be called "paresilog" if it's served with a fried egg. This is because both dishes traditionally come with fried rice.
There's a similar dish in Malaysia called nasi lemak. It's also served with meat, egg, and rice, but the rice is cooked with coconut milk.
