Trying street foods is very fun, and saves some of your budget. Prices of these street foods cannot go beyond 20 pesos.
“Make tusok-tusok the fishball,” is a phrase that gained prominence amongsts college students. Fishballs, squidballs, kwek-kwek, tofu, kikiam are sold on specially made cart equipped with a single gas stove and Chinese wok for deep frying. The “balls” are Skewered (tusok) on bamboo sticks and dipped in variety of savoury sauces: sweet, spicy, sour, and sweet & sour.
Tsitsirya are snacks that are munched or grazed on. They are thought of as junk food in the Philippines. A typical diet of a young Filipino includes instant noodles, chips, grilled street food and carbonated drinks.
It is basically a small ball of pork or beef covered in a light filo style pastry and steamed. Then on the street served up in little trays with a choice of chili sauce, light sauce and soy sauce. Siomai is also becoming available in upper scale stalls serving beef, pork & shrimp and fish options.
In mani or peanuts there are variety of options that you can choose. There are boiled, raw, skinless, spicy peanuts. These mais are crunchy, there are also variety of options you can choose. There are boiled, fried, sweet mais.
During hot season, Palamig or most likely called samalamig is a thirst-quenchers it is usually flavored with different drink powders or from a wide variety of fruit extracts.
Affordable street foods around Tarlac State University Main Campus 