00:00 First stop of our adventure and food trip here in Ormoc is Lake Danau.
00:09 It is 148 hectares wide and surrounded by the Awandiwing Mountain Range.
00:14 I am here at Lake Danau in Ormoc, Leyte.
00:17 This is a great place for Ormoc residents because they have a freshwater lake here
00:23 that is being used to get water from seven municipalities in Leyte.
00:28 But aside from being a source of water, there are also many places here where you can get tilapia
00:34 and there are also places where you can get water that is so cold!
00:38 What is this? It's like mineral water.
00:42 There are also places where you can get a type of shellfish called tab, which is said to be delicious as a sea sick.
00:49 Let's go get it.
00:51 The water is so cold! What is that?
00:54 It's so cold! I should have worn a wetsuit.
00:59 Oh my God! It's so cold!
01:01 What is this?
01:03 I know how to swim but this is not cold. It's like swimming in mineral water.
01:10 Oh my God! Oh my God!
01:12 One, two, three!
01:15 It's so cold!
01:19 I can't see anything.
01:21 You're so good! I can't see anything!
01:26 It's down there.
01:28 Tab is what we call shellfish that can be caught in Lake Danau.
01:32 These live in the deep part of the lake.
01:35 It's an extra challenge to get tab.
01:38 You need to dig it in the sand under the lake.
01:42 The hard part about the lake is that when you get the sand under the water, it becomes murky and you can't see anything.
01:52 So you need to swim in the sand.
01:57 I can't see anything.
01:59 Wow! It's so deep!
02:02 It's a bit deep.
02:04 It's deep!
02:06 Two pieces.
02:12 I got two pieces.
02:14 I'm nervous.
02:16 One more.
02:22 I'm so nervous.
02:28 I'm so nervous.
02:30 I'm so nervous.
02:32 One more.
02:34 I'm so tired.
02:46 It's so hard.
02:48 Compared to the sea, the water in the lake is heavier.
02:58 In the sea, we're buoyant and we swim faster.
03:03 The water in the lake is pulling us down.
03:08 That's why it's so tiring.
03:10 I got three pieces.
03:13 Oh my God!
03:15 It's so hard.
03:16 This tab should be delicious.
03:18 It's so hard to get.
03:20 There! We got a lot.
03:23 Okay.
03:24 Even though it's tiring to get a tab,
03:27 we said that it's worth it because it's delicious to make tab sisig and crispy tab.
03:33 These are the tabs we got from Lake Danau.
03:37 And we're going to cook sisig tab.
03:41 Let's open it.
03:47 Just like that.
03:48 Oh, you're going to split it.
03:50 Then you open it.
03:51 There.
03:52 All of that?
03:53 Yes.
03:54 This tab has a lot of stuff.
03:56 In English, the tab is a freshwater clam.
04:00 In other languages, it's called baby.
04:02 Huh?
04:03 Baby.
04:04 Baby? Like a baby?
04:05 Yes.
04:06 How many are we going to open?
04:08 25 pieces.
04:09 25?
04:10 Yes.
04:11 Just one order.
04:12 It's so big.
04:16 It's so big.
04:18 There's a lot.
04:22 Wash the tabs.
04:24 Then boil it.
04:27 Repeat this process twice.
04:31 Cut it into small pieces.
04:33 And wash it again to make it cleaner.
04:37 The cleaned tabs can now be used to make sisig.
04:41 Saute the garlic,
04:44 onion,
04:46 ginger,
04:48 and chili.
04:50 Next, add the tabs.
04:53 Season it with soy sauce
04:58 and pepper.
05:01 Cook the tab sisig for a few more minutes.
05:18 Okay, let's taste this tab sisig.
05:22 It's spicy.
05:28 It's spicy but just right.
05:31 It's not bland because it's sautéed with ginger, onion, and garlic.
05:36 It can be eaten as a side dish.
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