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kilawen a tirong, picnic by the beach by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on May 20, 2012Tirong is small saltwater fish. It's called bonnet mouth fish and is the ingredient in the popular bugguong (bagoong, fish sauce/paste) called bugguong a tirong. Tirong when fully grown (to its adult size) is called "dalagang bukid" and is great...
octopus adobo and octopus salad by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on May 18, 2012Kurita. Octopus. At its freshest state of being, freshly caught and brought out from the sea, kurita is priceless for its sweet succulence. I chanced upon a kurita in the local wet market one Sunday morning. I decided to make it into an adobo a kurit...
dinengdeng once more, because one can live in dinengdeng alone by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on May 9, 2012And here we come again, and what else but to indulge yet again on dinengdengs, I can't help it, really! This is sweet indulgence, and if this is some kind of an addiction, I'm a willing victim, I oblige, me, a bugguong lover. And here are more of th...
kilawen a pusit/laki, squid ceviche by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on May 6, 2012Laki. Or pusit. Squid. Preferably fresh, it's prepared, cooked, and served in a variety of ways. As a soup with souring agents like tomatoes or pias, stewed, as an adobo, grilled, stuffed, as a kilawen, etc. It's an all-year round sea bount...
kilawen a bilis redux, sardine/herring ceviche by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on Apr 18, 2012Bilis ceviche. (click photo for a larger view) Bilis, the local sardine (or is it really herring?). It's always abundant and whenever it's freshly available, I always buy a kilo or a half for kilawen (as a ceviche). This fish is prized as a kilawen...
more pinakbet... from ilokanos around the web by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on Apr 16, 2012Pinakbet once more, because we can't just get enough of pinakbet, we always want for more, and more. So here are some from Ilokanos around and on the web. These are various pinakbets but authentic Ilokano pinakbet because these were prepare...
idiay tiendaan, public market by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on Apr 16, 2012I'm always fascinated with markets, local or "wet" market in the poblacion. When I was a little child I always see to it that my mother or my father will have me tagging along when they go to the market every Sunday or on market days like Wednesdays...
sabunganay/susop, banana blossom by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on Apr 10, 2012(Click photo to enlarge) Sabunganay. Or susop (as is called in some areas in the Ilocos region). Banana blossom. It's a preferred vegetable for sinigang (sour soup), dinengdeng (sabunganay with saluyot is just so good, with or without a sa...
labay, plateful, various plates of ilokano dishes by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on Apr 8, 2012Labay means plate, the plate where you are eating right at the moment, breakfast, lunch or dinner. Or the act of mixing broth or soup of your sida (viand) into you rice. Whatever, here are several instances of my own labays, showcasing various Ilokan...
panagburak iti rama, harvesting fish in "portable" fish traps by PINAKBET REPUBLIC on Apr 6, 2012Rama. Puluan. "Mini" and "portable" fish dwellings/trap in rivers. Made of cut small tree branches or tiny twigs, especially that of the thorny damortis (or kamantiris, lulukisen, camachile) and salamagi (tamarind) trees. Bound and placed o...
