Tapa is dried or cured beef, mutton 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).
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Tapsilog is the term used when tapa, garlic-fried rice (si nangag), and fried egg (itlog) are combined into one meal, which is served primarily during breakfast.[1] The word tapa is related to the Sanskrit term tapas which means "heat".[2] In Tagalog, a restaurant that primarily serves tapa is called a tapahan, tapsihan or tapsilugan. According to some sources, tapsilog[3] and tapsihan[4] are colloquial 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 rather than slang.
The word tapsilog has spawned many other dishes, all having fried rice (or garlic fried rice) and fried egg in it and suffixed with silog. Examples are:
Small restaurants in many barangays in the Philippines serve tapsilog; however, large business establishment chains, such as Rufo's Famous Tapa, BD's, GoodAhs!, Max's, Tapa King, Goto King, and Goto Tapsi Republic, have also ventured into selling tapa. Due to the popularity of this cuisine, some fast food chains in the Philippines, including Jollibee, Chowking, McDonald's and Sinangag Express, also include tapsilog on their breakfast menus.
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