Comments on: Fried Talakitok (Jack / Trevally) with Chilli Vinegar

By: joey

joey — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:14:53 +0000

Mila, I like the stuff around the eyes :)

By: CecileJ

CecileJ — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:44:28 +0000

Yum! I also eat the palikpik when they are crunchy and love it when there are fish eggs in the belly! I’m hungry na!!! (Great visuals and vivid descriptions!)

By: mila

mila — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:42:20 +0000

Does anyone else eat the eyes? I love digging through the nooks and corners of a fried fish to get all the sweet meat hidden in the cheeks and protected by bones. Sweet and tasty, healthy no matter what (better than those fried fish patties in fast food places).

By: Hershey

Hershey — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 01:44:19 +0000

The second picture is a much rounder fish, is it the same as the golden pomfret? It’s my favorite, best for sinigang!

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:44:01 +0000

I think the American name for this fish is golden pompano? Maybe not, but it looks like one, and I love this fish not only fried but also cooked as â€œpinangatâ€ with kamias, cherry tomatoes, a little vinegar, salt and lots of oil toward the end. Heavenly specially for breakfast.

By: MRJP

MRJP — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:25:52 +0000

Yum! That looks delicious! I miss fried whole fish.

By: trishlovesbread

trishlovesbread — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:18:40 +0000

At home, the talakitok sometimes got a light coating of cornstarch before frying for extra crunch. As an alternate to usual dipping sauces of vinegar and soy, or patis and calamansi, this fish also goes very well with indonesian-style sweet soy sauce and cilantro. Yum!

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:28:43 +0000

I very much favor this fish fried rather than grilled with a mixture of patis, kalamansi, chopped siling haba and onion as dipping sauce. Pinakbet is a good duo too. I love to pair it also with sinigang na baboy in sampalok with lots of green and red tomatoes and mustasa. Joey, I totally agree with you the head is indeed the best part of the fish. It is really the best catch of the day! I even eat the head bones for added calcium intake of the day.

By: kulasa

kulasa — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:24:12 +0000

Satap naman. At konti lang talaga ang tinik!

By: joey

joey — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:46:53 +0000

There is something so satisfying about fried fish! I can work on one for hours and at the end it’s just a pile of bones :) And nothing, but nothing, beats the head of a fried fish!

You know, I don’t think it’s that much more fattening ;)