I went to the GenSan market (along Acharon Blvd) this morning for my weekly marketing. I’m on a seafood mode lately so I mostly get my foodstuff from the market.
Here’s some of what I got from the market today.
Oysters or sisi. One pack is ten pesos. Or you could opt to buy the unshelled ones. I got a pack, although I don’t know how to cook them.
There is always calamansi in the house, a can costs five pesos.
Atsal, lara or bell pepper. Six pesos is only ten pesos. I also buy it weekly.
Dayana or moonfish, one of the most delicious fish I’ve tasted. Reminds me of salmon. Best if grilled. A kilo costs 220 pesos. I got 1/2k for my week’s supply.
Gabi or taro stalks. The vendor says its good with coconut milk. I will have this for dinner later.
These days tomatoes come at 28 pesos per kilo. Still expensive for me. They could down to 10 pesos per kilo and that’s the time I make a lot of marinara.
A pack costs 25 pesos.
This variety of mango is a bit fibrous but very sweet. Already ripe while still green, it has pungent smell, certainly not a bad smell, but a very distinct aroma you can’t find in any other mango varieties. Or maybe a toned-down version of the aroma of the paho variety.
I forgot to take a picture and had sliced them already. These are called salmon (pronounced as [sal-muh-n], not [sam-uh
n]). I like to cook them like Spanish sardines. And yes, the house now smells of simmering Spanish sardines. This will one of my baon for the week and some for giving away.
Several tomatoes, a lemongrass stalk,3 cloves of garlic, and plenty of sili – all for 10 pesos only.
Sawadee kha! My name is Gay a.k.a. A Scientist in the Kitchen. Science and cooking are two of my passions. I'm a corn breeder who also loves to eat and cook. My kitchen is in Phitsanulok, Thailand where I am based together with Pasta (yes, I love Italian food!) my black labrador retriever.
ano niluto mo for today madam?
Spanish sardines, niluto ko na pambaon for the week. Had kuracha fried rice for lunch.
Oysters, drain the stir fry mo with chili sauce. Garlic, ginger and chili sauce then oysters cooked very fast. Ok na yun. Or if they are big tempura is good or battered oysters.
Thanks, Neil. I’ll do that.
Hi Gay – thanks for posting your gorgeous market pictures – having seen this, reminds me so much why I miss the Philippines. The oysters are so cheap!
Gay, you’re lucky to have bought dayana. Madalang na yan e.
Trissa, yeah they’re cheap! My first time to cook them and I made a stir fry out them.
Cathy, yep, mukhang marami ngayon ang dayana. They had during the weekday also kaya lang nakabili na ako ng curacha. Kanina, I was planning to buy lapu-lapu pero nakita ko itong dayana.
Gay, absolutely fell for the baked oysters of Allan’s Talaba in Iloilo..I heard they add Nido milk powder to the usual cheese and toasted garlic topping…really mouth-watering and yummy and to die for…at 65 PHP per plateful!
was also lucky enough to try oyster tempura at this shop near Todai, run by a Japanese couple who refuses customers when they’re already busy, just to preserve their cooking and serving ritual..the tempura was perfect, very light and crispy and not greasy, and the oysters are cooked just right, still very succulent. :=)
hope to see you soon!
Are oysters the same as talaba? Here at home, talaba is usually prepared like kilawin, so they have to be really fresh, or else…I’ve to visit the wet market again, so I can get fresh seafood. Great posts!
Atsal, lara or bell pepper. Six pesos is only 10 pesos
did you mean 6 pieces for only 10 pesos?
I stand corrected! Yup, six pieces is 10 pesos only