Have you ever had Tokneneng, one of the famous street food here in the Philippines? Tokneneng is usually quail eggs (itlog ng pugo) coated with orange-colored batter, deep-fried to crispiness. Some may say it’s actually chicken eggs and they’re bigger, but the tokneneng I know and love are the small ones.
I know how to cook tokneneng at home. It’s very simple, really. I mostly use sweet chili sauce with it, but I’m not that satisfied. The deep-fried eggs aren’t really flavorful since it’s just plain eggs, so the secret to good tokneneng is to enjoy it with rich, sweet and mildly spicy sauce.
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| Egg Station at Victory Mall in Monumento |
My favorite store that sells tokneneng is Egg Station. We never fail to drop by their stall in Victory Mall in Monumento. I love, love, love their sauces. There’s even this one time that we took more sauce than we needed when we had tokneneng for takeout just so we can try to recreate it at home. *LoL*
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| Different choices of Egg Station sauces on the side |
We discovered Egg Station one time when we were checking out the mattress sales in Monumento. I like their setup – you order and they have small plastic bowls covered with plastic bags for your orders. They have containers of sauces on each side of their stall. They even have this small table where customers can sit their bowls and eat away.
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| Egg Station Price list |
Their prices are the cheapest I’ve seen. You get 4 pieces of tokneneng for only Php 10.00. You can order 1 piece of balut that’s also coated and deep-fried for the same price.
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| Egg Station sells tokneneng, kikiam, one day old chicken, balut, penoy, squid balls, siomai, etc. |
They also sell penoy, one-day old chicken (awww… poor li’l things *LOL*), kikiam, squid balls, chicken balls and siomai. They have available drinks, too, selling at Php 12.00 a cup. But, we usually just buy tokneneng from them with lots of sauce. Hehehe.
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| Egg Station street food goodness |
I’ll try to recreate their sauce here at home and I’ll share the recipe with you. Might come in handy when we finally open our own carinderia or eatery here at home.
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| Tokneneng from Egg Station |
Do you have your own recipe of tokneneng sauce you’d want me to try? Please share them with me at the comments section. If you posted it on your blog, leave the link and will post it here. Thanks!
Enjoy!
Hot sauces may not be the best choice to mix with your food right now since the weather is still warm. But, it certainly can boost your appetite and that’s why I LOVE it! 
I’m actually disappointed with UFC and Mother’s Best hot sauces. Considering that the latter is claiming they’re the World’s Hottest, as you can see on the label on their bottle, it’s really quite a disappointment. I mean, they’re not hot at all, even to Mhel’s standards (she doesn’t like spicy food). Heck, I almost consumed half of their bottles, as you can see, but, I didn’t feel any spice at all. Seriously!
