Silog

{{Short description|Class of Filipino breakfast dishes}} {{Infobox food | name = Silog | image = Tapsilog in saudi arabia.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = ''Tapsilog'', a type of silog with Tapa | alternate_name = | country = Philippines | region = | creator = | course = | type = Breakfast dish | served = | main_ingredient = Meat, rice, and egg | variations = | calories = | other = | no_recipes = true | no_commons = true }}

'''''Silog''''' is a class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing ''sinangag'' (garlic fried rice) and ''itlog'' ("egg"; in context, fried egg "sunny side up"). They are served with various accompanying savory dishes ({{lang|fil|ulam}}), usually fried meat dishes such as tapa, longganisa or ham. The name of the accompanying dish determines the portmanteau name of the ''silog''; for example, the former three would be known as tapsilog, longsilog, and hamsilog.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wordpress-1015203-3588778.cloudwaysapps.com/tapsilog-tosilog-longsilog-garlic-rice-egg/|title=Tapsilog and other Silogs: garlic rice & egg are the ultimate pairing|date=28 March 2018 |publisher=Glutto digest|access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref>

==History== The first type of silog to be named as such was the ''tapsilog''. It was originally intended to be quick breakfast or late-night hangover fare. It developed from ''tapsi'', which referred to meals of beef ''tapa'' and ''sinangag'' with no fried egg explicitly mentioned, and diners which mainly or exclusively served such meals were called ''tapahan'' or ''tapsihan'' in Filipino.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://business.inquirer.net/116709/the-man-who-brought-tapsilog-to-davao|title=The man who brought ‘tapsilog’ to Davao|last=Lacorte|first=Germelina|date=April 13, 2013|publisher=Inquirer.net|access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref> The term ''tapsilog'' was originally established in the 1980s and came from the Tapsi ni Vivian ("Vivian's Tapsi") restaurant in Marikina. According to Vivian del Rosario, owner of Tapsi ni Vivian, she was the first to use the term ''tapsilog''.<ref name=Vivian>{{cite news |last=Rodriguez |first=Jon Carlos |date=March 1, 2014 |title=Meet the Pinay who started the 'tapsilog' craze |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/03/01/14/meet-pinay-who-started-tapsilog-craze |website=ABS-CBN News |location=Quezon City |publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation |access-date=May 26, 2019 |archive-date=March 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305100216/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/03/01/14/meet-pinay-who-started-tapsilog-craze |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pepper.ph/brief-history-tapsilog-many-variations/|title=A Brief History of the Tapsilog and Its Many Variations|last=Estrella|first=Serna|date=March 15, 2019|publisher=pepper.|access-date=May 26, 2019|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526141708/https://www.pepper.ph/brief-history-tapsilog-many-variations/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Due to the popularity of this type of cuisine in the Philippines, some restaurants, fast food chains such as Jollibee and McDonald'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 the University of the Philippines Diliman campus in Quezon City have also opened other branches after becoming recognized for their silog dishes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com.ph/franchising/bentesilog-serving-popular-pinoy-breakfast-all-day-long|title=Bentesilog: Serving popular Pinoy breakfast all day long|last=Amoyan|first=Christele J.|date=June 6, 2014|website=Entrepreneur Philippines|access-date=May 26, 2019|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526142440/https://www.entrepreneur.com.ph/franchising/bentesilog-serving-popular-pinoy-breakfast-all-day-long|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Types of silog== [[File:-SavorFilipino continues... Toci-Long-silog -FilipinoFood -Breakfast -tocino -longanisa (15095209992).jpg|thumb|''Toci-longsilog'', a silog with tocino and longganisa]] [[File:Spam Meal.jpg|thumb|''Spamsilog'', a type of silog with Spam]] Following the development of ''tapsilog'', many other types of silog have been created, all based around garlic-fried rice and fried egg, and suffixed with ''-silog''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tagaloglang.com/silog/|title=SILOG – VARIATIONS|publisher=Tagalog Lang|access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.choosephilippines.com/amp/specials/lists/590/famous-silogs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526141935/https://www.choosephilippines.com/amp/specials/lists/590/famous-silogs|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 26, 2019|title=Famous Silogs of the Philippines|date=August 29, 2013|publisher=ChoosePhilippines|access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> 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'' or ''baconsilog'' – 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'' or ''noksilog'' – fried chicken (''piniritong manok'' or ''pritong manok''), fried rice and fried egg. * ''Daingsilog'' – ''daing na isda'' (dried fish), fried rice and fried egg. ** ''Bangsilog'' – dried (''daing''), marinated ''bangus'' (milkfish), fried rice and fried egg. ** ''Dangsilog'' – ''daing na danggit'' (dried rabbitfish), fried rice and fried egg. * ''Hamsilog'' - ham, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Hotsilog'' or ''dogsilog'' – hot dog, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Lechsilog'' or ''lechonsilog'' – ''lechon kawali'', fried rice and fried egg. Also spelled ''litsilog'' etc. due to the word ''lechon'' being adapted to Tagalog as ''litson''. * ''Longsilog'' – ''longganisa'', fried rice and fried egg. * ''Masilog'' or ''malingsilog'' - Ma-Ling brand Chinese luncheon 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'' or ''tocilog'' – ''tocino'', fried rice and fried egg.

Beef ''pares'', 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 from Malaysia, the nasi lemak, which is served in a variety of manners using meat, egg and rice with coconut milk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/nasi-lemak-google-doodle-recipe-malaysian-food-dish-breakfast-rice-coconut-milk-a8754481.html|title=Nasi lemak: What is the Malaysian dish and why is it being celebrated?|last=Michellon|first=Clémence|date=January 31, 2019|website=The Independent|access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref>

While a proper silog uses sinangag or fried rice, some diners try to pass the “si” in silog as sinaing or plain boiled rice to cut costs. Some places top the boiled rice with fried garlic flakes and call it “garlic rice”, though true garlic rice is rice stir-fried with garlic. More honest eateries call this “kalog”, taken from kanin, the general term for cooked rice. Some menus even offer “silog” as a standalone option that includes only fried rice and egg. An extra fried egg adds another “log”. A tapsilog with an extra egg becomes “tapsiloglog”, and the pattern can extend without limit.

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Category:Philippine rice dishes Category:Breakfast dishes