By now I think you know that I love eating. Yes I do, even those dishes that are a little bit out of the ordinary and in Palawan, I tasted some bizarre food. Let's share the thought together and comment down below what the weirdest thing you ate was and why :) Back when I was in Palawan (read it here), I had my fair share of seafood because that's what you would expect from a place surrounded by water. I'm going to enumerate and rate some of them in this entry. First on the list are raw sea urchins. I'm not gonna lie, I did not like them. Some people enjoy their taste but I find it gut-wrenching. They serve it raw: they just halve them and empty the innards and you can feast on the yellow fats adhering on its exoskeleton. You pour some vinegar in the shell and scrape out the yellow stuff, and enjoy! All I can taste is like diluted seawater, in fact, the taste does not offend me. It's the texture that I find off-putting. I almost turned my stomach inside out for this dish. But come to think of it, it's not that bad. I have tasted other food that are much worse than this.
My rating: Try if you dare. Not for the faint-stomached (if there's such a word). As you may know (or not), I was born on the island province of Palawan. I spent a few years there and we moved to Tarlac when I was still little. Quite frankly, I don't remember a great deal of my life in Palawan. So when my parents mention chaolong as their favorite dish back there, I can't relate. What is that? They seem to have enjoyed their days there with chaolong. So when I had the chance to go back to my birthplace, I wasted no time finding and eating this mysterious dish.
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Kristopher Ray PamintuanNothing fancy. Chemical Engineer. Nerdy. Big, uneven eyes. If those did not repel you, click here to know more Archives
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