Tutubi got his curiosity sated when he and his friends went to Kinabuch's bar and Grill on Rizal Avenue in Puerto Princesa City.
How does the tamilok taste and look like?
Never mind it looks like a translucent worm, rather icky, but it really tastes like talaba (oyster) like most people who've tasted tamilok swore. To enjoy tamilok, you eat eat it fresh and raw (kilaw, kilawin kinilaw) style by dunking the slimy worm-like creature in vinegar laced with chili and other spices.
Tutubi tried but failed to ask his contacts to see and catch tamilok in the mangrove forests but was not able to do so.
For the less adventurous, there's also fried tamilok in bread crumbs at Kinabuch's Bar and Grill but waters down the icky look of the once mangrove-boring crawlers.
fried tamilok cooked with bread crumbsWould you dare sample this exotic and bizarre food (for Metro Manilans) next time you're in Palawan?
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would try the fried one first. hahaha
ReplyDeleteis this the same one that andrew zimmern feasted on when he did his palawan segment on bizarre foods? my husband would love to taste that.
ReplyDeleteI've seen a program before that featured this exotic food. People from Palawan and even tourists believed that this is some sort of aphrodisiac. Also, it was proven that Tamilok is definitely rich in vitamins and minerals.
ReplyDeletehow informative! i'm too lazy to google about it and lo and behold it's not a worm! let all pinoy know this that tamilok is a mollusk. :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting food; looks like a seafood; I would definitely try to eat this mollusk when I get to Palawan; thanks for sharing your experience the backpackingman.
ReplyDeleteI surely will! Dang, I've tried grasshoppers in Bangkok! So, its a shame not to try our own! lol
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on making it to the top 10 Food Bloggers of 2011!!!All your food photos and article content are truly interesting/ beautiful.
ReplyDeletecarlotta, not really challenging for me since i know what it is
ReplyDeletephoto cache, probably right. haven't seen that andrew zimmerman bizarre food episode but i think that's the one
charleston, not really scary hehe
docgelo, it's not really about mollusks technically but it really looks like a worm :P
nonoy, go ahead. try it
discount travel blogger, i've seen those hoppers in bangkok was not able to try them. probably next time
halal restaurant, well thank you :P