Comments on: Massive Mud Crabs With Glass Noodles / Alimango at Sotanghon

By: marl

marl — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:11:58 +0000

I miss this food…..wish i can cook it by my self…..tnx for sharing your recipe…Godbless…

By: sansindio

sansindio — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:05:18 +0000

I remember how to catch those mud crabs during my elementary days in my province in Balabagon, Moalboal, Cebu. My brother and I used to catch those mud crabs in the Mangroove areas with our bare hands. Sometimes there were mud crabs that actually pinched our fingers but it did not matter to us. Sometimes there were mud crabs that recently shed-off its hard outer covering (we call it LUNO in Cebu). Mud crabs usually make their hole in between mangroove roots and muddy swamps. We can easily spot those holes.

The best recipe to that is to boil it together with pure coconut vinegar with basil leaves, ginger roots and native tomatoes with salt until the soup thickens. Then after that you pour pure coco milk with lemon grass , basil leaves, spring onions and add some MSG.Then you serve it still hot. Its the best recipe of my mom that I still carry until these days.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:28:40 +0000

Hi Mr. MM, Thanks for sharing this, now i know what to serve my family this Sunday, ALIMANGO! w/ glass noodles. Probably i’ll put shitake mushrooms and carrots for color. Yummy!

By: dragon

dragon — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:59:18 +0000

To Artisan: I used to be badly allergic to crabs (NOTE: I started appreciating seafood – prawns, crabs, etc in my mid 20’s). There was a time, it was urticaria then with crabs it was intestinal allergy (everytime I would have crabs, I’d get the runs). When I learned to appreciate, allergies didn’t stop me from having them. Initially, I would take antihistamines (as my 2 other sisters who get respiratory allergies and urticaria really bad) before eating, gradually weaned myself off antihistamines and built up my resistance to it. Nowadays, I still occasionally get intestinal allergies with some (and I’m trying to determine which one) species of crabs – usually mud crab variety but not consistently so. Go figure….

Enjoy!

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:32:29 +0000

Have been having difficulty finding authentic sotanghon noodles in the groceries. What brand do you use? Thanks and more power

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:43:23 +0000

Lissa, prices depend on the time of year, and abundance or scarcity of crabs. For the medium and small sized crabs, expect to pay between PHP220-300 per kilo. For the ginormous ones like the one above, expect to pay between PHP300-350 per kilo. These crabs are hardy and can survive a flight to Manila rather nicely…

By: Lissa

Lissa — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:00:06 +0000

MM, how much is the crab per kilo in Coron?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:20:37 +0000

tamale8888, most likely fishpond or farm raised alimango, in smaller sizes. Usually pumped up with feed, not naturally caught in mangroves and the sea… But then again, the Chinese restaurants could also be getting some top quality all natural, provincial sourced crabs if they are really serious about quality…

By: tamale8888

tamale8888 — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:52:28 +0000

MM, what kind of crabs do the Chinese restos usually use?

By: Candygirl

Candygirl — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:39:15 +0000

Mmmmmm crab with sotanghon….