Foot and Fire

Scallops may be a delicacy among cityfolks, it is a daily fare for the folks of Isla Gigantes in carles, Iloilo. We were served scallops each meal ranging from scallops in oyster sauce, scallops in tomato sauce, scallops in chop suey and we just missed the baked scallops topped with cheese and garlic! If it is P600 a kilo in the city, it can almost be free in Gigantes. So, if you are the type who rares for seafoods, Isla Gigantes offers you the freshest catch of the day from crabs, shrimp, fish and squids. They also serve the rare Wasay-wasay, a mollusk that resembles the oyster but its shell casing is shaped like an axe, hence the local name. ***  Wasay-wasay *** The shell casing is shaped by nature like an axe, hence, the name Wasay-wasay. *** Scallops with shrimp in tomato sauce. *** Squid. *** *** Fish *** *** In the island of Gigantes Norte, they have the so-called Scallops Mountain, a huge...

By GERLIE M. UY Food needs no introduction. It speaks so well where were we: in the islands of Coron where seafoods abound. Yehey... Sharing to you the bounty. (This is P200/pax with drinks and water). I Love this Lato seaweed... Just dipped it in the vinegar. *** Approve! ***

By GERLIE M. UY Bacolod's Old Pala-pala is a popular dinner place for a pack of hungry eaters. One would do the marketing of fresh seafoods in the pala-pala or wet market which ranges from squid and shells to shrimps and big fleshy fishes from tuna, lison to blue marlin. If one has no cooking ideas, one can ask from the friendly vendors what fish is ideal for a certain kind of cooking; they are very helpful... One would then choose from the array of restaurants flanking the wet market which offers their place in exchange for service charges for every kind of cooking one wants her seafood done, from grilled or sugba, raw fish salad or kinilaw, or soup or sinigang. I love their "sizzling" which puts on a hot plate the fish, oyster sauce and fried garlic. On top of this, they serve boiled rice (or bring your own), softdrinks and even fruits in season. Old Pala-pala is located just a block away from the back of Provincial Capitol Building, and just 200 meters off the corner ...