Tapa! Sinangag! Itlog!
TAPSILOG!
In my culinary adventures, nothing beats Rodic's tapsilog as a breakfast (or even anytime) meal. I first encountered Rodic's tapsilog as an 8 year old listening to my uncle's stories of their bar review classes at UP Law. Little did I know that 8 years later, I'd be in the same campus, walking the same halls (of the UP Shopping Center) and partaking in the same dishes!
I was in Manila the past couple of days to interview for a German/Schengen visa, and with my spare time, decided to traipse around my old stomping grounds in UP Diliman. Of course, food would be on top of my list, and boy, did we do food! Rodic's tapsilog was one of the highlights of the visit.
This is a type of tapa that I still have to learn how to make. It's all savory and sweet shredded goodness! And the way they cook the sunny-side up eggs are perfect! I'll have to replicate this somehow. Any ideas?
Drool.
3 comments:
What is the shredded goodness?
This dish actually reminds me of a simple dish I used to eat as a kid that my Mom made for me. The difference was the shredded goodness were bits of deep fried fish mixed with dried chile peppers on a bed of rice topped with a crispy sunny-side up egg.
Hey Ron! Of course, I forget to mention what tapa is. It's cured dried beef. Usually, it's served as strips, but at this place, they serve it shredded. I think it's better this way because the flavors pop out more.
Chili on the tapa sounds good though! I will try that next time.
Hi Tsinkoy,
I will be in UP Diliman by week's end and will surely try Rodic's tapa, thanks to your plug. :-)
During my UP Dil time, the food that I hankered for was the longganisa at the Coop, which was too expensive then for my meager student allowance.
So many years later when I went back to UP Dil, that was the first thing that I had to have: longganisa at the Coop. Heheh.
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