''Silog'' is a class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing ''

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'' (fried rice) and ''itlog'' (egg; in context, fried egg). They are served with various viands or ''ulam'', usually meat dishes such as tapa,

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. The name of the accompanying meat dish determines the

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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

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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. The term ''tapsilog'' was originally established in the 1980s and came from the Tapsi ni Vivian ("Vivian's Tapsi") restaurant in

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. According to Vivian del Rosario, owner of Tapsi ni Vivian, she was the first to use the term ''tapsilog''. Due to the popularity of this type of cuisine in the Philippines, some restaurants, fast food chains such as

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and

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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

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campus in

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have also opened other branches after becoming recognized for their silog dishes.

Types of silog

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''. 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'' –

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, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Bacsilog'' or ''baconsilog'' – bacon, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Bisteksilog'' – beef steak, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Daingsilog'' – ''

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na isda'' (dried fish), fried rice and fried egg. ** ''Bangsilog'' – dried (''

''), marinated ''bangus'' (

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), fried rice and fried egg. ** ''Dangsilog'' – ''daing na danggit'' (dried

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), fried rice and fried egg. * ''Chiksilog'' or ''noksilog'' – fried chicken (''piniritong manok'' or ''pritong manok''), fried rice and fried egg. * ''Chosilog'' – chorizo, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Cornsilog'' – corned beef, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Hotsilog'' –

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, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Litsilog'' or ''lechonsilog'' – ''

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'' or '' lechon kawali'', fried rice and fried egg. * ''Longsilog'' – ''

'', fried rice and fried egg. * ''Masilog'' or ''malingsilog'' - Ma-Ling brand Chinese

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, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Porksilog'' –

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, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Sisilog -'' ''

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'', fried rice and fried egg. * ''Spamsilog'' – Spam brand luncheon meat, fried rice and fried egg. * ''Tosilog'' or ''tocilog'' – ''

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'', 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

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, the nasi lemak, which is served in a variety of manners using meat, egg and rice with coconut milk. While a proper silog has ''sinangag'' or fried rice, some diners have tried passing off the "si" in silog to stand for ''sinaing'', 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", from ''kanin'', 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 "tapsilog''log''", etc. and this may be extended ad infinitum.

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History

Types of silog

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