Food tripping in Boracay
On our second day in Boracay, we went island-hopping and snorkeling in the morning. We didn’t get back to White Beach until around 1.00 p.m. We showered and changed and had lunch at around 3.00 p.m. Never mind the lateness of the hour. It was a delicious lunch. Our friend, PJ Juinio, left the hotel ahead of all of us and ordered the food so that everything would be cooked by the time everyone got there. Nice friend, eh? He’s the seafood expert so he was on familiar grounds.
There means the talipapa or the village market.
The set-up is similar to Dampa — the customer chooses the fresh seafood from the market and specifies how he wants it cooked. The price of the food is the cost plus cooking charge. The difference is the size of the market. The talipapa in Boracay is not some humble affair like the ones in Dampa sa Libis and Coastal Road. It’s a larger market, comparable in size to the Marikina wet market.
There were live crabs, fresh clams and oysters…
Lobsters and squid…
Prawns and shrimps… Of course, PJ didn’t order an all-crustacean meal because I would have starved. Plus, the kids in the group, including mine, were already pining for fried chicken.
We had mussels served on the half shell, dotted with butter and topped with grated cheese.
I feasted on the oysters which were large and fresh.
There was grilled blue marlin — cooked perfectly this time, seasoned with salt and brushed with butter but not basted with sweet barbecue sauce.
And there was fried chicken.
What I wasn’t able to take a photo of was the salad — chopped tomatoes, salted eggs and mangoes that were neither tart and green nor fully ripe. The bagoong (shrimp paste) was served on the side instead of mixed in so I was able to enjoy the salad along with everyone else. The problem was that we were halfway through the meal when the salad arrived, my hands were in no condition to handle the camera because I was shucking oysters for myself and my two daughters. If the lateness of the arrival of the salad sounds too weird to foreigners, tomato and mango salad is eaten in the Philippines as an accompaniment to grilled seafood rather than as a starter course. The salad was late but not that late — we managed to finish it. In fact, we finished everything and left the talipapa happy and full.
We came home with over a thousand photos (we brought five cameras and an assortment of lenses so that shouldn’t be surprising) but I won’t be posting all of the photos here as the majority are not food related. I’ll be posting them in The Mommy Journals within the next couple of days.
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I had a nightmare with Sunset Turo-Turo. We had lunch the first day at 2 pm because that was the only time we arrived, but when the orders arrived it appeared that they weren’t able to take my order and only prepared one of 2 dishes we ordered. What’s bad is, it took them 20 minutes the first time. I wasn’t about to wait for another 20 minutes seething at the stupid waiter. I ended up having lunch alone at La Carmela de Boracay hotel’s restaurant.
I really like the pictures you took Connie. I may not have been to Boracay but its nice to see it through pictures only.
When we went to Boracay last year, my friends and I were looking for a quick dinner. We went over to Goodah! for a tapa fix. All hopes for getting a quick dinner were dashed when the server repeatedly told us to wait for her to finish serving the other table before taking our orders. It took 25 minutes before our orders were taken and around 15 minutes more to serve it. Goodah Boracay is super slooooow
the pictures looks great, and mouthwatering! nakakagutom! i’m still hoping that the next time we go back home, we’ll be able to visit boracay, although, it’s getting over populated, i’d still like to experience it!
Connie: awesome pictures! i have been in NYC for a while, and looking at these pictures made me a bit homesick. you guys REALLY eat well, i must say!
Hey Jude! lol. i go to that bar every single night whenever I’m in Boracay. just looking at your wonderful photos made me miss Boracay even more.
you are making me hungry, even though i’m sick today.no appetite here and i’m losing weight.
i was going to the philippines but nobody wants to go with me.i love grilled squid…..
I love your site. I never miss a day without logging in. It makes me drool all the time and gives me a big appetite. I usually log in before i prepare dinner and gives me ideas on what to do. More power!
Hi Ms. Connie,
I’m coming home in May and going to Boracay for the first time. Thanks for sharing all this information. I heard about the talipapa but was not keen on it at first, but now I’m actually looking forward to eating there. Have you tried the Crab House and McSandro?
hi ms. connie! hmmm i just wanna ask how do you put your name in your photos? i think they are called ‘water mark’ if im right coz i too take pictures, the type you guys take. i also wanna post them on some site but before i do i want to put my signature in it.
and also i admire your site! it is exactly the type i wanna have! unfortunately i have no means….. so really i love your site! as im a frustrated food photographer and stylist…. kudos!
Adobe Photoshop or GIMP, Kath.