Tapa (Filipino cuisine)
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Tapa is dried or cured beef or venison, although other meat or even fish may be used. Filipinos prepare thin slices of meat and cure it with salt and spices as a method of preserving it. Tapa is best fried or grilled, often served with rice, fried egg and achara (pickled papaya strips). The term tapa was coined from the Spanish word tapas, meaning "light finger food".
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[edit] Tapsilog
Tapsilog is the term used when tapa, fried rice ("sinangag"), and fried egg ("itlog") are combined into one meal, which is served primarily during breakfast. In Tagalog, a restaurant that primarily serves tapa is called a tapsihan or tapsilugan. According to some sources, "tapsilog"[1] and "tapsihan"[2] are slang words. However, these terms are used by those restaurants and many Filipinos of all social strata. Tapsilog and tapsihan, therefore, may be considered standard words in the Filipino language and not slang.
The word tapsilog has spawned many copycat dishes, all having fried rice (or garlic fried rice) and fried egg in it and suffixed with silog. Examples are:
- Jobansilog - Joban,fried rice and fried egg
- Adosilog - adobo, fried rice and fried egg
- Bacsilog - bacon, fried rice and fried egg
- Bangsilog - bangus (milkfish), fried rice and fried egg
- Bisteksilog - beefsteak, fried rice and fried egg
- Dangsilog - danggit (rabbitfish) , fried rice and fried egg
- Chosilog - chorizo, fried rice and fried egg
- Chiksilog - chicken, fried rice and fried egg
- Cornsilog - corned beef, fried rice and fried egg
- Hotsilog - hotdog, fried rice and fried egg
- Longsilog - longganisa, fried rice and fried egg
- Litsilog - lechon, fried rice and fried egg
- Masilog - Ma Ling brand Chinese luncheon meat, fried rice and fried egg
- SPAMsilog - SPAM brand luncheon meat, fried rice and fried egg
- Tosilog - tocino, fried rice and fried egg
- Pakaplog - Pan (bread), kape (coffee) and fried egg
[edit] Restaurants serving tapsilog
There are small restaurants in many barangays in the Philippines that serve tapsilog, however large business establishment chains have also ventured into selling tapa, such as BD's, GoodAhs!, Max's, Tapa King, Goto King , & Goto Tapsi Republic . Due to the popularity of this cuisine, some fast food chains in the Philippines also include tapsilog on their breakfast menus including Jollibee, ChowKing, McDonald's and Sinangag Express.The original tapa was made in barangay Don Galo in Paranaque.[citation needed] And the famous tapsihan in Don Galo is the Maty's and Elena's .
[edit] Origins
Tapsilog is a term coined by the Filipino comedians Tito, Vic, and Joey in their show Iskul Bukol.[citation needed]
