Tapa (Filipino cuisine)

"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).

Tapsilog

"Tapsilog" is the term used when "tap"a, fried rice ("si"nangag"), and fried egg ("it"log") are combined into one meal, which is served primarily during breakfast. In Tagalog, a restaurant that primarily serves "tapa" is called a "tapahan", "tapsihan" or "tapsilugan". According to some sources, "tapsilog" [cite web | last = | first = | title =tapsilog | url=http://www.klockworkx.com/copongcopong/?tapsilog | accessdate = 2007-07-10] and "tapsihan" [cite web | last = | first = | title =tapsihan | url=http://www.klockworkx.com/copongcopong/?tapsihan | accessdate = 2007-07-10] 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 other dishes, all having fried rice (or garlic fried rice) and fried egg in it and suffixed with "silog". Examples are:

* Daingsilog - Daing, 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
* Vicsilog - Vic (chinless hogfish), fried rice and hard cooked egg yolks
* 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 de sal" (bread), "kape" (coffee) and fried egg

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.

"Tapa" (Beef and Venison) is believed to have originated from the province of Pampanga but the original "Tapsilog" combination was first served in barangay Don Galo in Paranaque City.Fact|date=May 2008 There are a handful of old "Tapsihans" that serve authentic "Tapsilog" in Don Galo. Among the most popular of them are Maty's, Dalisay and Elena's. Both Maty's and Elena's are names of the sisterswhose father was the one who originally served tapa in Barangay Don Galo and they are the original ones. Dalisay tapsihan closed shop long ago because their tapa was not that great tasting compared to Maty's and Elena's.

Origins

Tapsilog is a term coined by the Filipino comedians Tito, Vic, and Joey in their show "Iskul Bukol".Fact|date=October 2007

See also

* Cuisine of the Philippines

References