silog

S1I1L1O1G2

noun

A class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing garlic fried rice and fried egg, sunny side up, served with various accompanying savory dishes, usually fried meat dishes such as tapa, longganisa or ham.

Scrabble 6

Meanings

nounsilog (countable and uncountable, plural silogs)

plural silogs

  1. countableuncountableA class of Filipino breakfast dishes containing garlic fried rice and fried egg, sunny side up, served with various accompanying savory dishes, usually fried meat dishes such as tapa, longganisa or ham.

    This is Southeast Portland’s longtime go-to spot for Filipino homestyle cooking. Owner Cindy Nelson treats customers like family. Classics such as adobo, silogs and pancit are on the menu.

    2024 October 27, Vickie Connor, “Looking for the Filipino crushed-ice treat halo halo? Try these 5 Portland spots.”, in The Sunday Oregonian, volume 174, number 59,058, Portland, Ore.: Oregonian Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Life & Culture” section, page 9, column 1
    2 more examples

    Cusinera serves stupendous silog (traditional Filipino breakfast, $5.61) — eggs with garlic rice and a protein of your choice, such as daing (crispy dried fish), longaniza (juicy, garlicky pork sausage) and tapa (cured beef steak).

    2021 February 27, Rebecca King, “Bountiful Bergenfield”, in Daily Record, volume 34, number 92, Rockaway, N.J., →OCLC, page 2D, column 1

    Bayan Ko Diner offers the classic Filipino silogs, a breakfast plate comprised of your choice of meat, garlic rice, fried egg and tomato salad. “I’m a classic guy and I just love a silog,” Letrero said, noting that their house-made tocino is his favorite.

    2024 July 10, Kayla Samoy, “New to the scene”, in Chicago Tribune, 177th year, number 192, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5 (Food & Health), review of Bayan Ko Diner, page 5, column 1

Origin

  1. Tagalogsilog
  2. Englishsilog

From Tagalog silog.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

silog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silog

MLA

“silog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silog. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silog,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silog.

Source: silog on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.