Comments on: A Siem Reap Market Foray — Fish & Other Protein…

By: emsy

emsy — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:15:05 +0000

Turtle eggs are delish! You can practically never overcook them and they remain runny, like softboiled eggs even after a long soak in boiling water. You tear the sac or the shell (coz they’re soft) and suck out the insides. YUM.

When I was a kid there were a lot of turtle eggs sold in Zamboanga, usually sourced from Turtle Island somewhere near Jolo, I think. But when I was in college, I can hardly find any. I think the locals of Turtle Island are noticing the decline in the population of turtles who lay eggs there and are not allowing the eggs to be taken anymore. I wouldn’t eat a turtle egg now, though. It’s just wrong to kill and eat endangered species. But for a while they were pretty good eating.

By: hvince

hvince — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:57:41 +0000

The turtle above is not a sea turtle. It is the one that the Chinese commonly eat. It is good, soft, chewy and sweet. There is a restaurant in Guadalupe, Cebu that serves turtle soup and it is often sold out.

By: navyGOLF

navyGOLF — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:35:59 +0000

Very nice pix MM!!! Thanks for sharing as always. I wonder how the Knife fish and the dried snake tastes like. I used to have this in my aquarium and paired it with snake head fish, all bought from the pet store.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:44:32 +0000

i wonder… is it not prohibited to sell turtles and turtle eggs for food (even for domestic care)in combodia?

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:49:13 +0000

hi t2rad.. am not a fishkeeper but a friend had a pair of knife fish…. I heard about the cream dory/pangasius fish that is farmed in cambodia and vietnam and yeah they are the “sharks” sold in pet stores! Thanks… so the fish we keep are the fish they eat… cool

By: mamainthekitchen

mamainthekitchen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:06:54 +0000

Are those really turtle eggs? The ones that I’m aware of are roundish and the size of pingpong balls but softer… Unless they are of different breed :-)

By: acmr

acmr — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:35:04 +0000

Sad to see the sea turtle…worse, the eggs! There are so few of them in the wild. I wish people didn’t eat them. Ditto on shark fins. :-(

By: rose

rose — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:31:06 +0000

thanks MM, i remeber my trip to vietnam…. i bought some sausages from the market.. YUMMY!

By: t2rad

t2rad — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:40:10 +0000

Lee, you must be a fishkeeper too? I saw that trademark mouth and immediately looked for the spotted tail – apparently, knife-fish are sold as food in Cambodia. Not surprising since Cambodia also sends us a lot of cream dory (Pangasius sutchii) a.k.a. the hammerhead sharks in your local freshwater aquarium!

marketman, I wish you’d sampled the knife-fish, always have wondered if they make for good eating?

By: sunset

sunset — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:03:45 +0000

omg! are they eating turtle eggs & turtles too? =(