The best Filipino street food
The top 3 according to 2,414 votes from people: Isaw · Kwek-kwek · Fish balls. (Updated Feb 23, 2026.)
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.
Top 15
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1
Isaw
Grilled chicken or pork intestines on skewers, dipped in spiced vinegar.
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2
Kwek-kwek
Quail eggs in bright orange batter, deep-fried.
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3
Fish balls
Flat fish balls fried on carts, with sweet or spicy sauce.
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4
Taho
Silken tofu with brown sugar syrup and sago pearls, sold in the morning.
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5
Balut
Boiled fertilised duck egg with salt or vinegar.
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6
Turon
Banana and jackfruit wrapped in spring roll pastry and fried.
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7
Banana cue
Saba bananas caramelised in brown sugar on a stick.
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8
Proben
Battered and fried chicken proventriculus.
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9
Adidas
Grilled chicken feet, named after the sports brand.
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10
Kikiam
Fried meat or fish rolls in bean curd sheet.
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11
Betamax
Grilled cubes of congealed pig or chicken blood.
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12
Lumpiang shanghai
Small fried spring rolls with pork filling.
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13
Halo-halo
Shaved ice with sweet beans, fruit, leche flan and ube.
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14
Squid balls
Fried squid balls from the same carts as fish balls.
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15
Mais con yelo
Shaved ice with sweet corn and milk.
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Comments (6)
Balut is not for the faint of heart, but you have to try it once.
Turon with jackfruit inside, so good.
Fish balls and the sweet sauce, you dip twice when no one's looking 😂
Taho in the morning from the vendor with the two buckets, childhood memories.
Kwek-kwek with spicy vinegar, the best!
Isaw with vinegar dip, best street snack ever.