Silog

Tapsilog, a type of silog withTapa
Type	Breakfast dish
Place of origin	Philippines
Main ingredients	Meat,rice, andegg

Silog is a class of Filipino breakfast dishes containingsinangag (garlic fried rice) anditlog ("egg"; in context,fried egg "sunny side up"). They are served with various accompanying savory dishes (ulam), usually fried meat dishes such astapa,longganisa orham. The name of the accompanying dish determines theportmanteau name of thesilog; for example, the former three would be known astapsilog, longsilog, and hamsilog.^[1]

The first type of silog to be named as such was thetapsilog. It was originally intended to be quickbreakfast or late-nighthangover fare. It developed fromtapsi, which referred to meals of beeftapa andsinangag with no fried egg explicitly mentioned, and diners which mainly or exclusively served such meals were calledtapahan ortapsihan in Filipino.^[2] The termtapsilog was originally established in the 1980s and came from the Tapsi ni Vivian ("Vivian's Tapsi") restaurant inMarikina. According to Vivian del Rosario, owner of Tapsi ni Vivian, she was the first to use the termtapsilog.^[3][4]

Due to the popularity of this type of cuisine in the Philippines, some restaurants,fast food chains such asJollibee andMcDonald's Philippines and even hotels have included silogs on their breakfast menus, and some restaurants and fast food chains like Tapa King and Rufo's Famous Tapa exclusively or mainly serve this type of dish. Some diners like the first Tapsi ni Vivian in Marikina and Rodic's Diner in theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman campus inQuezon City have also opened other branches after becoming recognized for their silog dishes.^[5]

Following the development oftapsilog, many other types of silog have been created, all based around garlic-fried rice and fried egg, andsuffixed with-silog.^[6][7] Due to the malleable nature of the dish, basically anything can be silog if served with fried rice and fried egg. Abbreviated examples (in alphabetical order) commonly seen in silog eateries and restaurants include:

• Adosilog –adobo, fried rice and fried egg.
• Bacsilog orbaconsilog –bacon, fried rice and fried egg.
• Bisteksilog –beef steak, fried rice and fried egg.
• Chosilog –chorizo, fried rice and fried egg.
• Cornsilog –corned beef, fried rice and fried egg.
• Chicksilog ornoksilog –fried chicken (piniritong manok orpritong manok), fried rice and fried egg.
• Daingsilog –daing na isda (dried fish), fried rice and fried egg.
  • Bangsilog – dried (daing), marinatedbangus (milkfish), fried rice and fried egg.
  • Dangsilog –daing na danggit (driedrabbitfish), fried rice and fried egg.
• Hamsilog -ham, fried rice and fried egg.
• Hotsilog ordogsilog –hot dog, fried rice and fried egg.
• Lechsilog orlechonsilog –lechon kawali, fried rice and fried egg. Also spelledlitsilog etc. due to the wordlechon being adapted toTagalog aslitson.
• Longsilog –longganisa, fried rice and fried egg.
• Masilog ormalingsilog - Ma-Ling brand Chineseluncheon meat, fried rice and fried egg.
• Porksilog –pork chop, fried rice and fried egg.
• Sisilog -sisig, fried rice and fried egg.
• Spamsilog –Spam brand luncheon meat, fried rice and fried egg.
• Tapsilog -tapa, fried rice and fried egg
• Tosilog ortocilog –tocino, fried rice and fried egg.

Beefpares, another common Filipino short-order diner dish, may sometimes be known as "paresilog", "paressilog", etc. if served with a fried egg, since both dishes traditionally include fried rice.

There is a similar dish fromMalaysia, thenasi lemak, which is served in a variety of manners using meat, egg and rice withcoconut milk.^[8]

While a proper silog hassinangag or fried rice, some diners have tried passing off the "si" in silog to stand forsinaing, plain boiled rice, in order to cut costs. Sometimes the boiled rice is topped with fried garlic flakes and passed off as "garlic rice", though the term "garlic rice" is properly understood as rice stir-fried with garlic. More honest places will call this "kalog", fromkanin, the general term for cooked rice. It is also possible to come across "silog" as its own menu option which is just fried rice and egg. If one wishes an additional fried egg, the order may sometimes have an additional "log"; i.e., tapsilog with extra egg is "tapsiloglog", etc. and this may be extended ad infinitum.

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