Tokneneng and Kwek-Kwek.
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Tokneneng are boiled chicken eggs coated in orange colored dough and fried. Kwek-Kwek are just the same but quail eggs are used instead of chicken eggs.
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Note that you can also use balut or penoy for this recipe.
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The eggs are usually dipped in spiced vinegar before you eat them .
Craving for it very much. Promise, I will eat it when I get back in the Philippines
Posted by: Peehdoh | June 17, 2014 at 06:20 PM
what bakes the any food
Posted by: quel | September 16, 2011 at 01:44 PM
kwek kwek are the ones made with Chicken Eggs and tokneneng are the ones made of Quail Eggs.
Posted by: maleekot | July 10, 2008 at 08:24 PM
I used to think kwek kwek referred to the quail eggs but after reading up, it seems it's the other way around. Tokneneng are the quail eggs I was told.
Posted by: Ivan About Town | March 30, 2007 at 10:59 PM
I guarantee you guys, these are really really good. I miss these when I used to live back there.
Posted by: Frankie | March 29, 2007 at 05:06 PM
Amazing photos. I haven't tried the kwek-kwek yet actually. But it does make me wonder who came up with the name. Hilarious.
Posted by: watson | March 28, 2007 at 06:19 PM
Great series of food shots Sydney.....these look particularly nice. Phil
Posted by: [t e r r o r k i t t e n] | March 26, 2007 at 09:40 PM
Kinda like reminds me of a similar local (Southern Nigerian) food called egg-roll.
You're one brave man Sidney, all this egg story is causing my tummy to turn! Lovely images nevertheless.
Posted by: deji77 | March 26, 2007 at 05:59 PM
looks exotic... i've been gone far too long, I don't know how these toknenengs and kwek-kwek would taste.
Posted by: mariaela | March 26, 2007 at 01:06 AM
Tukneneng is Dennis Villegas' favorite, Hehehe...
Posted by: dodongflores | March 25, 2007 at 03:52 AM
Do they sell veg food out there ;-) This one though looks very exiting!
Posted by: Ashish Sidapara | March 25, 2007 at 12:40 AM
I thought "tokneneng" and "kwek-kwek" are one and the same. I discovered "kwek-kwek" only in 2002, in Makati.
When I was in Manila late last year, I bought "kwek-kwek" a number of times at a food stall in SM Southmall. I was already becoming a regular up until one night, the "kwek-kweks" I brought home from that same stall were already 'old'; they tasted real bad that my sister and I had to throw all of them away.
Anyway, funny names -- "kwek-kwek" and "tokneneng."
Posted by: Jayred | March 24, 2007 at 02:23 AM
Mmmm...that looks really tasty!
Posted by: P.J. | March 24, 2007 at 01:21 AM
Thats strange 'kwek kwek' where I live people refer to 'kwek kwek' as day old chick's deep fried and 'Pugo' are not much bigger. Excellent images Sidney.
Posted by: Mike Dougan | March 24, 2007 at 12:31 AM
Encore une belle série bien colorée. Tous ces oeufs ont l'air bien appétissants mais un peu lourd tout de même!Belles photos!
Posted by: martineb | March 24, 2007 at 12:09 AM
Hey! My fave street food! Kwek kwek! Love the first shot.
Posted by: Ferdz | March 23, 2007 at 11:34 PM
Another great series. I'm a sucker for anything that's deep-fried. Nice color and detail.
Posted by: jeff | March 23, 2007 at 11:00 PM
Hot and spicy colour.
Posted by: John | March 23, 2007 at 10:51 PM
I'm sure I couldn't deal with the food but I love the name Kwek-Kwek! Love the shot of the cook.
Posted by: Rock Kauser | March 23, 2007 at 10:40 PM
never had those when i was there. tokneneng happens to be my friend's sister's nickname. are these any good? what would they come up next?
Posted by: Photo Cache | March 23, 2007 at 10:24 PM
those quail eggs sound pretty good
Posted by: Gary | March 23, 2007 at 09:40 PM
I am so glad you are as prolific as ever! As for the hard boiled eggs, they look like they are ancient eggs. My hard boiled eggs do not look like that. Are these hard boiled eggs that have embryos in them? My goodness, I have never heard of these foods when I was growing up there. I now feel that my parents really protected us from these experiences. Maybe the word "protected" would sound derogatory but these foods are so strange and look so primitve. How about featuring the ibus, bibingka, puto and suman vendors? These are the foods Filipinos abroad love to eat at parties here. Oh how about that dinugu-an? Maybe these are regionalistic foods. We were only exposed to peanuts, fried plantains and other dishes which we could still identify the main ingredient or ingredients. I like the word Kwek-kwek. It's like Quack quack.
Posted by: ces | March 23, 2007 at 07:52 PM
That good aspect, that rich that it must be everything, for my hacerca the hour of the noon, to eat, and I have appetite. Greetings!
Posted by: Ricardo | March 23, 2007 at 07:50 PM
I can see getting hooked on these, but for me it would be a once in a while treat (ha).
Posted by: Ruth | March 23, 2007 at 06:55 PM
okay, i'll try these...but only if there're no chicks inside this time!!
Posted by: david | March 23, 2007 at 06:15 PM