Saturday, April 7, 2012

Grilled "tongkeng" at the Border




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This is a tasty treat whenever we cross the Brunei-Malaysia border.  I let my son Ivan taste it for the very first time.  And look what happened? he seems to like it so much.


In Brunei and Malaysia, its called "tongkeng", in Philippines I think we call it "ewe". Scientifically, its "coccyx".  Whatever, it tastes good anyway.


A stick of 4 pieces costs 1 ringgit in Malaysia (approx 14.00 pesos), while in Brunei it costs one dollar (approx 32.00 pesos).  So what we usually do, whenever we cross the border? indulge, because it is much cheaper.




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20 comments:

  1. at first, i thought it was fried tokneneng! hehe. tongkeng pala. hmmm...looks yummy!

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    1. tokneneng is quail eggs right? this one is "ewe" as in pwet ng manok :)

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  2. Yeah, I thought of the same thing -- toknene that is. And if your son likes (who just happens to be a kid), then I guess I would find a liking to it as well when we try that out in either Brunei or Malaysia. =)

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  3. same here, i thought of tokneneng lol :)

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  4. hmm I haven't seen this locally. great idea to indulge at the border, since the price in Brunei is more than twice the price in Malaysia.

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  5. Akala ko rin tokneneng. Hahaha. Is that the chicken's behind?

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    1. correct . . . KC, what is tokneneng? no idea.

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  6. that cutie was indulging some tokneneng...cool kiddo! :)

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    2. That's my little boy Ivan :) thanks for dropping by Yani.

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  7. tokneneng po ba ito? or kakulay lang?

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  8. Wow this looks good! I don't think I've tried ewe before, but I'm really interested to try one! :D Especially this grilled version. It looks so savory!

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  9. Pwet ng Manok?
    Sure ako, magiging super DALDAL
    si YANI... He really likes the taste of it.
    GRABE ang cholesterol nyan... di na pwede sa mga OLDIES
    na hypertensive. Eh di na pwede sa kin :(

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    1. Yip @marri, btw my son's name is Ivan, yeah! he is super daldal (Yani is the commenter above), thanks for dropping by.

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  10. yan pala street food nila. it's similar nga sa philippines.

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  11. i also thought it was tokneneg haha! looks really good wonder what it taste like. :)

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  12. At first I thought I was tokneneng but later to find out it's "ewe". Hehe. Thanks for sharing this, Gigi but make sure you watch over your Yani's diet, okay? Tongkeng is really very high in cholesterol.

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    1. thanks for the advise chef. I only eat this whenever I am in Brunei or Malaysia :) can't find "ewe" seller nearby.

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