In the Philippines, the traditional breakfast of Filipinos consist of rice, bread, egg, meat or fish. How these basic choices or ingredients are prepared, depend on their eating habits. But typically Filipinos are heavy breakfast eaters especially those whose work entails more physical exertion.

Almost always, rice being the staple food of Filipinos, is always present in the breakfast menu. Normally cooked rice is fried with just salt and garlic. Rice is eaten with either fried dried fish or meat with fresh tomatoes on the sides. Breakfast meat comes in many forms, like longanisa (native pork sausage), tapa (beef slices), sausage, corned beef, among others. The light breakfast eaters would settle for Pandesal, native bread stuff with butter, jelly, egg or meat. Some would just take it plain or dipped into hot chocolate or coffee. Here are some samples of typical Filipino breakfast: