It is no secret that Filipinos love rice. We have rice with every meal. Lunch and dinner, even for breakfast and sometimes for dessert! We find ways to incorporate it into every meal we have and honestly, as weird as it may seem to have rice for breakfast or dessert it is surprisingly very normal and extremely tasty!

This Filipino breakfast is called Longsilog. It is a breakfast spread that is made up of garlic fried rice, longganisa, sliced plantains and sunny side up eggs.Serve it with banana ketchup and some calamansi (Filipino lime) or pandesal(Filipino bread roll) on the side. This meal is one of their most popular breakfasts and is the perfect combination of savory and sweet.

The Set Up: the setup of this food is known as boodie fight. In Tagalog and in the Filipino culture this is a military style or practice of eating the meal where all of the food is set upon a long table over banana leaves. You are supposed to use your bare hand since the food is set and placed on the banana leaves you essentially “fight for” or “attack” the food. In our case, we did not fight or attack the food and we did not eat with our barehands, however this style of eating and this presentation gives your guests that WOW factor and looks pretty.

So,what exactly is longganisa? It is a Filipino style sausage that is made up of pork, minced garlic, vinegar, salt and sugar. It is a sweet sausage which is little different compared to the traditional American breakfast sausage. So,this in addition to the plantains provide that sweet aspect of the breakfast.The eggs and garlic fried rice provide that savory aspect and then they all get combined it is like nothing you’ve ever tasted before! Pure magic and cultural shock in one, the good kind of cultural shock.

The great thing about this meal is that you can easily make this in your own home with minimal ingredients! Now, the real question is: where can I purchase longganisa from? You can purchase longganisa from any Asian market such as Seafood City or Garden Fresh. You can also purchase this off of instacart and get it delivered to your house! If you are looking for banana leaves as a part of this presentation you can also purchase this from Seafood City as well as online. Plantains can easily be found at any local grocery store where the bananas are located.

I get majority if not all of my Filipino items from Seafood City. They are my number one spot for all Filipino items. If you are located in Chicago, you are in luck because they have a location here! Other locations include: Los Angeles, San Diego, Northern California, Seattle, Nevada, Hawaii and Canada.

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