When a heartier breakfast than bacon and eggs is in order, we turn to sisigsilog.

At the Filipino café Tselogs in Daly City, sisigsilog consists of chicken hacked into bits and stir-fried with scallions--the tumble accompanied by a heap of garlicky rice and a quivering fried egg.

In the Mission District, residents squabble over where to find the best tacos. But in Daly City, where approximately 32,000 Filipino-Americans account for a third of the population, sisigsilog is merely one style of silog (pulse-slowing assemblages of fried rice, eggs and meats), all of which inspire equally fervent devotion.

Tselogs' laudable version serves its sisigsilog with the chicken--salty, tender and crusted dark brown on the bottom--sizzling in a small cast-iron skillet. It's fantastic doused with garlic-infused vinegar spooned from a table-side jar.

Once you've tried sisigsilog, venture deeper into silog territory with Tselogs' tapsilog (beef tenderloin strips), longsilog (sweet sausage) and bangsilog (marinated milkfish).

Bargain hounds, note: With $2.99 silogs from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tue. through Fri., and a 3:00 a.m. closing time on Fri. and Sat. nights, Tselogs appeals to early birds and night owls alike.

Tselogs, 6055 Mission St. (at Rice St.), Daly City; 415-337-4670 or tselogs.com