Category Archives: Seafood

Ginamos

Comments Off on Ginamos Posted by on January 8, 2023
Tubs of fermented tiny fish, shrimp fry, and baby oyster
Baby oyster
Tiny fish
Shrimp fry
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Toadstool-shaped Lato

Comments Off on Toadstool-shaped Lato Posted by on September 12, 2021
The toadstool-shaped lato (seaweed) in Cateel tastes even better than the grape-like lato.
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Egg Mass of Wedge Seahare

Leave a comment Posted by on October 26, 2019

Egg mass (lukot) from wedge seahare (Dolabella auricularia). This is normally eaten raw and always a delightful treat. It is high in mineral and amino acids, an ideal food for human consumption.

Lukot is also used like a vegetable component of tinolang isda (clear fish soup). A glassful of it cost PHP 50 at Agdao Market.

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Nucos

Leave a comment Posted by on February 8, 2019

Davao del Sur, Market, Seafood , , ,

Seafood at Agdao Market

Leave a comment Posted by on September 23, 2018

Mussels, clams, guso, etc.

Tuna carving

Milkfish

Round scad (galunggong)

Espada arrangement

Davao del Sur, Market, Seafood ,

Barilis Stall

Leave a comment Posted by on September 6, 2018

Well-lighted tuna stall, with installed miniature altar for Santo Niño.

Belief, Davao del Sur, Market, Seafood , , , , ,

Wasay-wasay

Leave a comment Posted by on October 11, 2017

Wasay-wasay in its uncooked state

Charcoal-grilled wasay-wasay. Tastes even better than oysters.

Negros Occidental, Seafood , , ,

Ginamos

Leave a comment Posted by on September 21, 2017

Tubs of fermented fish at Bankerohan Market

Davao del Sur, Market, Seafood , , ,

Empty Seashells

Leave a comment Posted by on February 1, 2017

The orderly arrangement of empty discarded seashells

Arrangement, Korea, Seafood ,

New Year’s Shopping

Leave a comment Posted by on December 31, 2016

Koreans shopping for seafood at Jalgachi Market today

Korea, Market, Seafood, Snapshot of the Day , ,

Noryangjin Fish Market

Leave a comment Posted by on February 19, 2016

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This one is an exclusively seafood market. A big one. No such sort exist in the Philippines where seafood here are sold in a specific section of the palengke, or at some corner of the talipapa. So at Noryangjin Fish Market with all its assortment of marine edibles where two-thirds of those I cannot identify, it was a wonderment to be inside, ogling unhurriedly at each edible curiosity, and hearing the din from the collective voices of the fishmongers. Obviously, they can tell that I was just an observer and not a potential customer, but I felt at ease because the ajummas and ajeossis don’t seem to mind, and they seem to understand that it was just a field trip of sort to me.

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Korea, Market, Seafood , ,

Guso Stalls

Leave a comment Posted by on December 9, 2015

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Guso stall at Iligan Public Market

To my fellow guso-salad lover folks, here are snapshots of guso stalls sighted at the mercado of Iligan, Ozamiz, and Oroquieta.

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Guso stall at Ozamiz Public Market

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Guso stall at Oroquieta Sunday Market (Taboan)

Lanao del Norte, Market, Misamis Occidental, Seafood , , , , , , , ,

Saturday Snapshots: Bicycle Seafood Vendor

Leave a comment Posted by on November 7, 2015

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Bicycle seafood vendor with umbrella doing his daily rounds

Mr. Fish Vendor would make rounds in the village daily. He will always have three choices of fresh seafood on his cargo bicycle. There’s always shrimp, while the two other tubs would contain fish and other kinds of seafood. His favorite color must be red as he always don red shirt and his three tubs are all in red color.

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Three choices of seafood and what's available today are shrimps as usual, squid, and Hasa Hasa fish

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His improvised cargo bike has improvised bicycle seat cover as well

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Improvisation, Metro Manila, Seafood, Snapshot of the Day, Transport , , ,

Egghead Octopus Snack

Leave a comment Posted by on March 6, 2015

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Cute like an alien infant

To retain the figure of the marinated boiled baby octopus, someone thought of filling its head with boiled quail egg. Or perhaps, the idea is how to eat whole quail eggs in an innovative way – by using octopus head as edible packaging. Whatever it is, the outcome is an appealing, appetizing and filling snack. I shall never forget how I stood near the skewered stuffed octopus table at Nishiki food market as I chewed the egghead in wonderment.

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One way of eating quail eggs is to stuff it in the head of a baby octopus

Japan, Market, Seafood , , , ,

Ikura at Nishiki Market

Leave a comment Posted by on February 18, 2015

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Salmon roe locally known as ikura are those orange spheres and usually sold like this – without its sac. Tastes quite similar to lato in the Philippines with its burst of subtle saltiness that initially I thought it’s a kind of seaweed.

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Nishiki market where I took snapshot of the ikura. Pretty crowded as this was New Year’s rush

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Tilapia at Talipapa

Leave a comment Posted by on October 29, 2014

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In Manila, one can get fresh tilapia at talipapa or palengke everyday.

Market, Metro Manila, Seafood , , ,

Fish Occupation

Leave a comment Posted by on October 14, 2014

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All in a day’s work at Malapascua island

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Queueing at fish inspection office in Dumaguete public market

Pinoy Way of Life, Seafood , , , ,

Caballas

Leave a comment Posted by on October 1, 2014

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Dusking in the Philippines triggers the setup of grilling stand for selling hot-off-the-grill skewered viands.  We see pork or chicken barbeque in those ihaw-ihaw/sinugba stands that materialize every night in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao – generally.  But those typical Filipino barbeques are not widespread in Zamboanga City. What’s typical in Zambo for evening repast are these grilled caballas.

Pinoy Way of Life, Seafood, Zamboanga Peninsula , , , , , , ,

Bulad

Leave a comment Posted by on September 18, 2014

Bulad (dried salted fish) of superior quality is plentiful in Zamboanga City public market. Fried bulad with warm rice as accompaniment is best eaten mano mano (hand as utensil). Moreover, think of bulad as fish bacon.

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Lapu lapu

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Dried squid and isda sa bato (that green one)

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Market, Seafood, Zamboanga Peninsula , , , ,

Señor Pagi Vendor

Leave a comment Posted by on August 27, 2014

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This señor is selling dried pagi (stingray) at Zamboanga City public market

Upon seeing me taking snapshots of his rays, he funnily posed. This señor and the rest of them palengke folks love to have their photographs taken. This is what I’ve observed with palengke vendors anyplace, and so I oblige each time, and they were giggly happy afterwards. I never tried to ask a vendor to pose for me, they just do it, and they’ve consistently amused me.

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Señor's stock of dried pagi in the bamboo basket

More often than not, this sort of welcoming atmosphere gives me a chance for some cordial exchange in bisaya dialect. That’s how I usually acquire firsthand local knowledge of their trade.

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