Kwek Kwek is now 3 pesos each O_o

I love Kwek Kwek much as I love eating quail eggs. And yes, its price increased now. In my area, price is 10 pesos for 3 pcs (little expensive than your area). When I analyze it, maybe the increase is due to the increasing demand of kwek kwek. As I remember, many years ago, I can't hardly see someone selling them. There are just few individuals selling and the persons eating are less. But nowadays, I can see persons selling them almost every corner of the street. That's the change I noticed in our area.

Prices of quail eggs are also increasing that why the price of kwek-kwek is also rising. I remember the first time I taste it, I was 3rd year in college. It taste good and even more affordable. Like yours, it was sold in our university for 4 pieces for only 5 pesos. The sauce was really good. I asked the vendor what he did in his sauce. He said that he measures accurately the ingredients. He even has a micro weighing scale for the ingredients. After almost ten years, you can only have 2 pcs of kwek-kwek for 5 pesos. In some areas, it was sold 10 pesos for only 3pcs. Fishballs? I am just curious why the price of this food is not increasing..hehehe

Well actually just yesterday I bought quail eggs in the market, I was shocked when they said that for every 6 pieces it costs 10 pesos, so, imagine the other ingredients for Kwek-kwek. that's why nowadays it it not really affordable to buy one.. though this food is really so tasty..

As some prices, kewkkewk is P10 for 4 pieces, well, that is alright price for me. And I prefer buying the egg than kwekkwek. Well, I always keep talking about this high prices which should not be, I mean, these where very inexpensive 10 years ago and now I can hardly buy some. Well, it is not bad as long as it is good food.

hi Albert, everything is going up, well in our place, it's not just quail eggs that are made into kwek-kwek but ordinary chicken eggs as well, guess it's bigger and more readily available, one thing with me is when I think something gets too much with regards to price, I somehow figure out a way to make it on my own. Did not know that fish balls cost that much now, during the 80's it was 10 cents each, even tried to buy the whole cart, and find out when it would end so my craving would stop and since then we just fry our own, the only thing I miss is the bamboo stick and eating it hot instead of eating it with a fork , plus the sauce where everybody dips and some say is cause of hepa( not so sure about this)

I am not sure what the price was before coz I don't eat much of that - although I tasted one already before... After our work before, me and my colleagues used to buy something before - but I usually buy squid balls, fish balls or chicken balls... I think I only tried kwek kwek when my brother came at home having those foods. He is fond of eating that. Although I ate quail eggs, the one in shell and has not been made into that orange thing, I find kwek kwek a little weird before and thinks its taste isn't good. But then I was wrong I am just amazed that from this discussion I have found out how cheap it was before.

It depends on where you buy the kwek kwek. There are still some places that sell them for P2.50. But there was a time that I was surprised that the vendor that was selling it told me that it was for P3. I told myself that this kwek kwek is overpriced considering he is a street hawker. My friend and I who are addicted to quail eggs have even looked into raising quails as a business venture. Unfortunately, we both don't have the right space to raise them so we are looking at other alternatives for businesses. The quail owners must've raised their prices too that's why it is now being sold at P3.

This is a mouth watering topic =)) I am buying kwek-kwek together with lugaw.Well if a single kwek- kwek costs that much these days, I would buy lugaw with kwek-kwek for only php15.00.With lugaw you can also be satisfied plus the fact that it has kwek-kwek too your cravings is served well too.

Kwek-kwek Sorry but this street food turns me red (blushing) each time my friend reminded me my reaction when I ask her what is kwek-kwek. I just came to know this street food 2 years ago I guess. A very dear friend invited me to eat some street food (sorry again- I don't have the habit of eating street food- blame it to my grannies hehehe) Then she asked me if I like kwek-kwek and my automatic reaction is "kwek-kwek?" as if I've heard a bomb that about to explode (lols) That's how she pictured my facial reaction (okay- I am laughing while writing this now -hahahaha) So,to make the story short- My friend drag me to a stall selling kwek-kwek and she pointed that orange thing introducing "KWEK-KWEK"

This only shows the effect of Economic crisis and the inability of the government to solve this general crisis. Imagine the difference of making a fish ball and having a quail egg. The difference as to nature of resources are: In fish balls, the said resources will only need from scrapped fresh fish meats, grind and flour and baking powder and then mold to round like fish coins. While in quail eggs nature of resources need to breed first the animal then wait for it to produce an egg plus the ingredients for the liquid batter before cooking. The cost of resources and length of income sources as profit are of different. Especially almost all basic commodity products increases. The costings also increases. I would not wonder if the price of kwek-kwek will reach at Ten pesos (P 10.00) per piece..

I have made a conversion and I found that a quail egg is sold between 9 and 17 PHP in my country. Add the ingredients and the cooking, and you will find that your kwekkwek snack is very cheap.

I remember the first time i encountered this street food. I was afraid of sampling it because it was orange and round, which to a child would mean bizarre because the only orange things you eat are chichiria. However, I did try it and fell in love into eating it because it gives a full feeling when eaten. I am also kinda distraught when I learned that it has risen its price, meaning I have to keep to the old fish balls for a quick reprove to the stomach. Your last comment regarding the fish ball is quite amusing. I haven't thought of a fish ball as a survivor but I can agree with you on that point.

I love to eat street food. I think the price varies depending on how much is the egg in the market. The Kwek Kwek that we have here in our place is not the quail eggs. It is the regular egg that we can see everywhere. The rate of Kwek Kwek here in our place ranges from 7 pesos to 10 pesos.

I like eating kewk kwek too way back in high school and college.With friends, we usually eat this after school where manong is selling outside the school premises.We love to eat this with sago at gulaman.Its been a long time since I eat kwek kwek so I don't know how much it is right know.I guess the ingredients is quite higher no than before so they have to increase its price for them to gain even a little profit.

Hey cap! I don't eat kwek kwek much but I just recently bought some and I think it's 5 or 6 pieces for 12 pesos. So that's gotta be at least two pesos each. I think it's still cheap. I don't know about tokneneng. I haven't tried it all my life. Only kwek kwek. And fish ball's expensive here than your 50 cents each! Here it's one peso each! So I guess our fish ball is bigger than yours. It's gotta be since it's double your price.

yes, i like kwek kwek too. the prices are driven by the demand, more than the raw materials. there is a growing popularity and demand for kwek kwek in school areas because young people like them. sadly, i do not see their prices going down because of this demand. well, if one truly likes them, one takes them no matter what.

That's actually cheap in your area because here in Comval Province, kwek-kwek costs 10 - 15 pesos each.

Whoa...that is too much.....we have that here P2.50. I hope our food return to it's low price again. Thr price of commodities the reason why there are many malnourished pinoys.