Region 2 B Flashcards
Also called as pako or Fiddlehead fern, this is arguably the most popular vegetable in Batanes and one of my favorites too! When I was still living in the island, I often helped prepare it for our meals as it was easy to make: simply sauté and season with salt, garlic and onions. If you go to restaurants, they often serve it as a salad with dressing (such as calamansi vinaigrette).
Tamiduk
These are scallions or green onions that are sautéed together with scrambled egg and spices.
Utut nu Bulyas
These are steamed taro leaves that are mixed with garlic, ginger, and onions
Chinavules
Also called mahi-mahi or golden dorado, this fish is indeed of golden color and slightly mixed with hues of blue and green. In Batanes, harvesting this fish is a part of a sacred tradition (kapayvanuvanua) in the small fishing village of Diura. Up to this day, the Ivatans there still practice it as they believe that it will protect them from the sea as well as give them a bountiful catch.
Arayu
Octopus that is commonly fried, this is often a favorite when it comes to beer drinking sessions!
Kinanis
my family actually rarely eats this but it’s quite a unique treat (and healthy too!)
These are sea urchins and they can be eaten raw or cooked.
Seaweed Soup or balls
Uni
Also called as a ‘common periwinkle’, It is a species of small edible sea snail; however, as much as I love them, it’s a bit of a pain to eat (you have to use a pin toscoop it out, but I bet restaurants can serve this to you without its shell)..Wine of Batanes
Dumay
Spanish lime is not actually lime but more of a variant of lychee. It can get messy to open it up though since its skin’s juice can be quite sticky, but the creamy pulp inside is so heavenly to eat!
Chayi
Native wine that’s made from sugarcane and these are sold wildly across the islands! (As pictured here)
Palek
Is a popular filipino dish, typically cooked with pork or chicken marinated and simmered in vinegar, soy sauce, ginger and black peppers. Adobo may also be cocked with vegetables, tofu or hard boiled eggs .
Adobong Pato
Is the combination of tupig, rice cake and tikoy. It is made up of flour,rice flour,red sugar,margarine,cocunut,milk and cheese .
Tubikoy
