Comments on: Swaki / Sea Urchin Roe

By: Haskin

Haskin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:17:24 +0000

are Diadema antillarum edible to eat by humans??
A sea Urchin that has long black spine…. does it taste good or poisonous??

By: Rose5

Rose5 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:46:34 +0000

they said ” tihi-tihi” is the flesh of suaki… i may agree on this kay i’ve been to bantayan island before and i’ve eaten the fresh from the sea, just opened suaki and the sweet stuff inside the suaki tasted the same as with the ‘tihi-tihi’…

By: christian

christian — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:49:54 +0000

..is there any information about the processing method of uni?..

By: roselle

roselle — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:00:06 +0000

marketman…it’s okay if your information on swaki is only limited…i still would like to thank you for writing stuffs about swaki..this site is surely a great help on my study..thanks again..best wishes!

By: brenda

brenda — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:12:21 +0000

Back in Bicol, if its lowtide, my lolo and lola will take me with them and we will collect these stuff. My lola always bring a spoon and we will eat them right there. Its very healthy according to them but I think you shld limit youself to just one shell.

One should be careful eating this stuff. There are portions inside the shell or part of the meat that is not edible. Recently, we went island hopping in Bantayan island and our boatman started collecting these swakis. He opened one for me, wash the inside very well with seawater, washed away those dark looking meat inside and said that I should only eat those yellowish part. When I asked why, he let me eat a very small amount of those dark looking meat and it tasted rotten! Awful!!! so be careful….

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:50:15 +0000

roselle, Hi, sorry, I don’t have much more information on swaki than I have written above…

By: roselle

roselle — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:04:52 +0000

hi…i am a 4th year college student from bohol..i am making a research study on swaki…i want to know more on how to cook swaki..and also their benefits and uses…i hope you can help me..thank you

By: fEL

fEL — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:31:07 +0000

hi michael! where in dumaguete do these concerned people are culturing uni and abalone? is it convenient to visit the area?

By: fEL

fEL — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:26:10 +0000

thank you mr. marketman! is there any difference of its quality (taste, firmness, color and texture) from different sources in the philippines based on your experiences? from what areas have you gotten your urchins, tripneustes gratilla sp.?

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:30:33 +0000

hi fEL, actually, I have no idea where the restaurants source their sea urchins… the ones I got here were straight from the sea…