Comments on: Banak / Sea Mullet

By: july

july — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:53:08 +0000

thanks for this thread, i know now that banak from the visayas is the same with fabulous ludong in the cagayan valley river

By: rob

rob — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:43:10 +0000

I just caught a lot of banak today. Nice fish.hehe

By: norman

norman — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:24:11 +0000

this is the second best thing that happened here in florida (rsw) when i discovered the market for mullet -banak there is no shortage here with this fish.
my favorite luto is grilled it’s like bangus . masarap pag bagong huli lumulundag lundag pa
at mapula ang hasang. if you want banak florida (rsw) is the place.

By: teddy

teddy — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:20:30 +0000

ang banak ay masarap din sa sinigang sa kamias specialy kung malaki ang banak.malinamnam ang lasa nya.

By: gibo

gibo — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:03:38 +0000

Pangat nga purong or pangat of banak simply made by sauteeing ginger, garlic, sliced onions, and lots of tomatoes, and (although not traditional) some patis and then stewing the banak in it, is great. I also enjoy banak roasted and then served with either a tahini or a tarator sauce.

By: Dragon

Dragon — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:06:40 +0000

One of my late mom’s favorite fish – she would ask my dad, who was based in Bataan and coming home every Thursday, to bring back banak whenever possible: both smoked and fresh…

By: denise

denise — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:47:25 +0000

hi phil! yeah that would be a great idea! i’ll be home this may 2011 :D

By: tonceq

tonceq — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:35:21 +0000

and here i was thinking that mullet was Bangus! might have already tasted this but must have overlooked it as bangus hehe! :)

By: satomi

satomi — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:09:07 +0000

Love ’em Banaks fried, grilled (sawsan – grilled eggplants with chopped tomatoes, onions, balsamic vinegar & patis!) & paksiw!! sarap!

By: kasseopeia

kasseopeia — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:11:23 +0000

“Banak” is what my dad calls the 3 to 5 inchers that we usually caught while fishing along the bay on Sundays. We never ate them, though. Sometimes we’d give them to the local kids but most days we’d return them to the water. I honestly didn’t think they were edible! The things I learn from your blog. =)