Tapsilog is a Filipino breakfast combination of tapa, sinangag, and itlog, meaning fried egg, named by combining the three dishes’ syllables into one word. It popularized the now-common “silog” naming convention across Filipino breakfast culture, applied today to nearly every protein paired with garlic rice.
Tapsilog
Discover the restaurants, cafés, and local eateries that define Batanes' food scene, as recommended by longtime resident and restaurateur Patsy Abad.
Rather than asking Filipinos to give up meat, this chef wants to expand how they think about food—one plant-forward dish at a time.
Think beyond baking—this humble staple might be the game-changing ingredient your recipes have been missing.
Even without their famous dish, Atoy’s proves that their simple, well-seasoned favorites are enough to keep people coming back.
Can the city’s most talked-about tapsilog really live up to the hype? Let’s find out.