Fresh Tuna in General Santos City 1
The sea waters surrounding the Philippine islands are known to be abundant in life. Added with the tropical climate, the sea is sure to be a paradise to marine life. In the south, particularly at the southernmost tip of Mindanao, is a city known for its vast options of seafood. I’ve seen these tunas before, they are really tremendous in size. General Santos City celebrates the Tuna Festival every year to remember the economic benefits of the entire fishing industry. The tuna festival brings in thousands of tourists every year.
I was so fortunate with the recent semester break. My uncle was bound to a trip to Gen San to meet a potential client for his real estate business. He invited four of my cousins, including me to go with him, and he will treat us there. TREAT? Who would say no? So we packed up and early morning the next day, we started our almost-9-hour-trip to General Santos. I think it was already 4:30 in the afternoon when we arrived there, so we headed straight to a hotel to take a shower and freshen up.
The place was utterly malevolent to start with, not to mention that the city is facing the ocean. Cool breeze runs into our room when we open the massive sliding windows. We stayed there for about three days, and before we headed home, we bought some take home treats. I really like tunas so we went to Pacific Seas to check and buy tuna-made products. They literally have “a ton” of choices. There were huge packs of Tuna Panga (jaws) worth only 100 php.
Pacific seas guarantee the freshness and quality of the products they sell. There were other choices like Salmon steak, Tuna sashimi, Salmon sashimi, Tuna Buntot (tail), Salmon Steak and many other fresh cut tuna choices. The processed tuna goodies really got my attention, Longganisa, Tocino and Tapa. I also found out that Pacific Seas export their products to Manila in the vacuum packed containers to retain its freshness. We sacked them all up in a cooler filled with ice to maintain its freshness and went back home.
When we arrived, the first thing I did was to heat up a pan and started cooking the Tuna Tocino. While it was frying in the pan, the smell was so euphoric that my dad came downstairs to investigate the source of the enticing scent. After it was cooked, we sat down, paired the Tocino with rice, and we were all set. I should say “thumbs up!” for this delicacy.
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Jan 14, 2011 @ 23:15:57
aws.. I’m so salivating! I missed our food.