Hello Hivers!
I am a fan of street foods and I was saddened when their business was greatly affected during pandemic. Situated on the side of busy streets and their main market are the crowds so when curfew and staying-at-home was strictly implemented. The streets became abandoned and the busy road was close to empty. On and off lockdown forced them to close their small business.
I the midst of pandemic where I have nowhere to go to but home and I'm craving for street food made me watched YouTube videos of how to cook this and that. Until I can't take it anymore and order the ingredients so I can eat it at the comfort of my home.
Here's the list of homemade street food I made.
1. kwek-kwek and tokneneng.
It is made from boiled (quail, chicken or duck) egg, coated in orange batter and deep fried.
You can buy this street food 4pcs for 20 pesos ($.38).
Before deep-frying, the egg needs to be coated with cornstarch first before dipping into batter so the egg will be coated evenly.
Kwek-kwek (quail egg)
Tokneneng (Chicken or duck egg)
I also made spicy vinegar with cucumber. This is the best dip for kwek-kwek and tokneneng and other street foods.
2. Kamote Cue (Sweet Potato in Caramelized Sugar Skewers)
Deep fried sweet potato coated in caramelized sugar.
Shiny caramelized sugar😍😋
You can buy this Kamote Cue for 20 pesos ($.38) per stick on the streets.
3. Fishball, Kikiam, Squid ball and hotdog
You can see alot of pushcart selling this stick food in every corner of busy streets in the Philippines.
This assorted fried stick food prices ranges from 1-2 pesos per piece.
I also made this famous Manong Sauce recipe I got from YouTube.
Perfect Dip!
I will also add street foods I bought from peddlers.
Taho
Taho is a famous snack food in the Philippines made from silken tofu, arnibal and pearls. Price ranges from 10 pesos - 20 pesos ($.19-$.38)
Sorbetes (Dirty Ice cream)
Dirty Ice cream is just a nickname for this street food in the Philippines, it's not really dirty! Sorbetero (Ice cream street vendor) are famous using colorful wooded pushed carts to peddle their ice cream products. You can buy this with sugar or wafer cone, cup or even buns. Price ranges from 10 pesos - 20 pesos ($.19-$.38)
Balut
Balut is a boiled fertilized duck egg.
Best to sprinkle some salt and spicy vinegar before eating from the shell!
Those are just few of street foods you can find in the Philippines.
Thanks for reading until the end!
Hive on!
-cindee08
(All photos posted are all taken by me.)