Comments on: Fishy Photos from Seaside Mart/Market, Baclaran…

By: Firechef

Firechef — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 02:27:25 +0000

Love reading these comments, also I’m impressed by the variety of seafood. Not even the Pike Place Market fishmongers in Seattle, WA have such a variety, truly awesome! now I know what to look for when I move there. Anybody know of any good markets in Mactan Island?

By: Lambchop

Lambchop — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:26:32 +0000

LOL on the angry crab!!

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:58:45 +0000

Market man, you should check out the wet market in shanghai. For Chinese, fresh means alive. So the markets here supply live fish, shrimps, frogs, turtles, eels, and even chicken. Then they kill and gut before you. I can’t bear pick a live chicken coz I feel like a Makapili.

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:11:30 +0000

Ack. The veins are the culprit. Thanks, MM! Will attempt to have sashimi at home again.

Thanks to everyone’s comments. I’m learning a lot from this post and its comments!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:09:11 +0000

mel, these days I think most of the fish is “imported” from other islands and sources. Didi, I find 11am is a good time, counterintuitive as I normally hit the markets early, but I understand that many airfreight deliveries arrive late morning from points in the South and elsewhere… typgerius, while I suspect many of the tuna here come from the same waters and sources as the ones that are flown up to Japan, I also think the finest quality specimens are exported and these are the second picks… rj, the tuna is from General Santos and Davao, caught several hours south of there… the other fish are from Bicol, Palawan, Capiz, etc. Shellfish from capiz, luzon, etc. Jeff, yes, they still have paluto places in the market… Papa Ethan, thanks… Pam, not sure what you mean by bloody, other than the huge dark veins in the fish, that HAVE to be removed before serving… la emperor, alupihang dagat is rarely seen in Manila markets these days, but I have featured them from provincial market forays… rj, I think a lot of these large fish are caught by trawlers… I once spoke with J. Soho after they did an expose on work conditions, etc. on trawlers and ever since then haven’t purchased swordfish, and other large species after she explained how long they had been on ice, etc…

By: mel ojeda

mel ojeda — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:55:21 +0000

i remember this baclaran market way back 70’s. they got their items from the bancas across the road where the mabuhay tower is. beside that market are lechonan, laman loobs. now they got it from the plane from visayas. mga artista ang namimili dyan. gloria romero is one and others more. the black sand of manila bay……..

By: Papa Ethan

Papa Ethan — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:58:47 +0000

rj: what I learned from my fish scientist friends is that our archipelago is a rich fisheries source. That is the reason why many of our Asian neighbors send fishing fleets to poach in our waters. For example, the famous danggit of Cebu is the same fish known as samaral in the north. Its life cycle begins in Currimao (Ilocos Norte, I think), then they migrate to the Spratly Islands to mature before proceeding to the Visayas as adults. Their migration cycle also works vice-versa. Our country is also on the migration path of oceanic yellowfin tuna and other species of mackerel. Speaking of the Spratlys (officially, the Kalayaan Islands), its value lies not only in its vast mineral reserves but in its role as an important fish nursery for the SEAsian region. ;-)

By: Didi

Didi — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:02:11 +0000

What’s the best time to visit Seaside?

By: tygerius

tygerius — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:02:44 +0000

amazing produce available there. i was wondering if the quality of the tuna sahimi there would be comparable to that of tsukiji considering some of the tuna we have here are being sent there. baclaran seaside is really a good place and gives good memories. :)

By: pits, manila

pits, manila — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:06:56 +0000

wow … seafoods galore!
makes me want to make buro again …