Tortang comes from the Spanish word torta, meaning omelet. Talong means eggplant in Tagalog. So tortang talong together means "eggplant omelet". You may have noticed that the eggplant stem stays on the entire time. This is the traditional mark of tortang talong. Filipino eggplant omelet comes in many forms. The simplest way to make it is with just eggplant and egg.