# The best Filipino street food

Filipino street food you have to try, from Panlasang Pinoy's recipes and the guides by Federal Land and Philippines Travel Guides: skewers, eggs in orange batter, sweet snacks and the morning taho.

- 2414 votes · 15 items
- Feb 23, 2026 · Camille
- https://even.best/en/l/1605/the-best-filipino-street-food

## Top 15

1. **Isaw** (232 · ▲247 ▼15) — Grilled chicken or pork intestines on skewers, dipped in spiced vinegar.
2. **Kwek-kwek** (207 · ▲220 ▼13) — Quail eggs in bright orange batter, deep-fried.
3. **Fish balls** (178 · ▲190 ▼12) — Flat fish balls fried on carts, with sweet or spicy sauce.
4. **Taho** (141 · ▲161 ▼20) — Silken tofu with brown sugar syrup and sago pearls, sold in the morning.
5. **Balut** (125 · ▲149 ▼24) — Boiled fertilised duck egg with salt or vinegar.
6. **Turon** (117 · ▲141 ▼24) — Banana and jackfruit wrapped in spring roll pastry and fried.
7. **Banana cue** (102 · ▲124 ▼22) — Saba bananas caramelised in brown sugar on a stick.
8. **Proben** (92 · ▲115 ▼23) — Battered and fried chicken proventriculus.
9. **Adidas** (88 · ▲120 ▼32) — Grilled chicken feet, named after the sports brand.
10. **Kikiam** (87 · ▲109 ▼22) — Fried meat or fish rolls in bean curd sheet.
11. **Betamax** (80 · ▲111 ▼31) — Grilled cubes of congealed pig or chicken blood.
12. **Lumpiang shanghai** (70 · ▲91 ▼21) — Small fried spring rolls with pork filling.
13. **Halo-halo** (69 · ▲96 ▼27) — Shaved ice with sweet beans, fruit, leche flan and ube.
14. **Squid balls** (67 · ▲99 ▼32) — Fried squid balls from the same carts as fish balls.
15. **Mais con yelo** (67 · ▲95 ▼28) — Shaved ice with sweet corn and milk.

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