Comments on: “Gone fishing…” Alumahan, Maya-Maya, Matangbaka & Samaral

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 22:44:45 +0000

che, READ and UNDERSTAND the post above instead of firing off an email asking someone to help you with your homework. Maybe if you READ properly you wouldn’t have to ask such a dopey question. Asking a food blogger to do your homework is a bit much, don’t you think?

By: che real

che real — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:30:25 +0000

what is the scientific name of matangbaka?? and its exact location??

‘coz i pass a specimen of matangbaka and its scientific name is required…tnx!!

By: dhayL

dhayL — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:33:05 +0000

I for one never tried fishing before, i guess because whenever we go on a boat ride i get sea-sick. My husband…that’s another story, he loves to fish, live bait or not, rain or shine, on the boat or just by the marina, alone or with company he’ll be there! He’s good, well he raves about it, and i admire those people who enjoys fishing, coz for me i find it boring (sorry)! Now that we go up the cottage every weekend, i guess we’ll be having fried and inihaw na isda all the time!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:42:47 +0000

Hamad, I am sure there are some fishing stores for hobbyists around. There use to be one in a Makati Mall called Park Square 1 but I think it moved…they sometimes sponsored trips for big-game fishing. Also, there are several markets with fish for sale…at least go to the Seaside Mart in Baclaran to see a wide selection. I have an earlier post on it…use the search function to look it up.

By: Hamad ali

Hamad ali — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:15:35 +0000

i,d like to know when i visit manila about the place of fishing equipment and fish markets …..i am a fisherman from dubai ….thank you there

By: wyatt

wyatt — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 01:43:05 +0000

Millet I tasted Pigik when I was in Davao. Yes it’s a rare and expensive fish from the waters of Cotabato. It’s sold 500 – 1000 a piece.

By: Bay_leaf

Bay_leaf — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:50:22 +0000

looking at these fish pictures make me want to have one for dinner tonight. some fried alumahan would be grand, with a vegie soup on the side like bulanglang. do i sound homesick, or what? lol.

my husband and i were in Mindanao in the first week of February and feasted on the ‘panga’ of the giant tuna, bariles. done in the sinugba style with suka, toyo and siling labuyo for sawsaw, with warm rice on the side, it was just delicious. now i’m hungry! :)

By: Duds

Duds — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:11:17 +0000

How to tell the obvious difference of Maya-Maya vs look alike maya-maya e.g. imelda, betilya…? Maya-maya is not so “matinik” unlike what we bought in the market… they say it is maya-maya but @#$%!^… TY

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 11:57:45 +0000

rina, thanks for that clarification, I have learned something today… it’s really confusing figuring names out for local fish…sometimes the same fish has 10-12 local names in the Phiippines alone, not to mention neighbroring countries…

By: rina

rina — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 05:49:22 +0000

hi MM/millet, the samaral (rabbitfish) is different from kitang (spadefish). the kitang looks like a spotted hunchback as opposed to the samaral’s danggit like features. scientific name of the kitang is scatophagus argus if you’d like to google it to see what i’m referring to.