00:00 [Music]
00:05 1,200 pesos per fish for the price of one
00:09 Yabi
00:10 Do you want to buy it?
00:12 [Music]
00:14 The Japanese fish
00:17 [Music]
00:19 To let us taste the winner of the Pikao
00:22 We will be with tonight
00:24 Our wander, Harris
00:26 At the age of 22, she has her own restaurant
00:30 In Mayuyaw, Ipugao
00:32 But before we jump into the food she prepared
00:36 [Music]
00:37 We will first accompany Harris in catching Pikao
00:41 Hello, fellow wanderers
00:42 So we are here now at Bungan Mayuyaw Rice Terraces
00:45 To teach us how to catch
00:48 Pikao, Mok, or Japanese fish
00:52 [Music]
00:55 So now I am with Tatay Fidel
00:57 He will teach us how to catch Pikao
01:01 This is what we use to catch
01:03 What we call here in Mayuyaw is "Ukat"
01:05 In English, "trap"
01:07 Now Harris, I will teach you how to set up the trap
01:12 You need to use your hands
01:14 Just one hand
01:15 Then you will sink the trap
01:18 You will sink it there
01:19 You will insert a needle inside
01:21 To make sure that the fish won't be covered
01:24 [Music]
01:26 Cover it with a little bit of grass
01:28 Grass
01:29 And lastly, the grass will be surrounded by the net
01:32 This is used to attract the Pikao to get closer to the trap
01:36 Oh, it's deep
01:38 [Music]
01:39 Wait, it might fall
01:41 [Music]
01:43 It's deep
01:44 [Music]
01:48 Oh, why is it...
01:50 I will sink it
01:52 [Music]
01:55 Oh
01:56 [Music]
02:01 There
02:02 Oh, it's too much
02:03 [Music]
02:05 It's too big
02:06 Oh
02:07 So now we are done catching the Pikao
02:09 And we will cook it
02:11 [Music]
02:13 I will teach you how we cook
02:16 One of the specialties here in Mauri's Cafe
02:19 [Music]
02:22 Mauri's Fried Pikao
02:24 [Music]
02:25 I will teach you how we cook
02:28 Mauri's Fried Pikao
02:30 We will add salt
02:32 To remove the fishy smell and the fishy taste of our Pikao
02:35 [Music]
02:37 Wait
02:38 Wait
02:39 We will add a little bit of salt
02:41 To remove the fishy smell
02:43 [Music]
02:48 This is where the Pikao starts to fall
02:51 [Music]
03:09 We will just dip the Pikao in the oil
03:12 [Music]
03:14 Mix it
03:16 [Music]
03:17 And after 15 to 20 minutes
03:19 [Music]
03:21 The fried Pikao can now be mixed with the oil
03:24 [Music]
03:29 But you can also make Sisig
03:32 [Music]
03:34 We will just fry the fried Pikao
03:36 [Music]
03:45 And we will season it like the usual Sisig
03:48 [Music]
03:50 There you go, Wander
03:51 Our Sisig is now ready
03:53 [Music]
03:58 Wander, the jumping Pikao
04:01 Not only is it good for eating
04:03 But it is also good for loving-loving
04:07 There are beliefs here
04:10 That if you eat Pikao, you will live longer
04:16 It has an ablution effect
04:19 Men who are getting weaker
04:22 This is what you experience
04:25 [Music]
04:27 If you eat Pikao
04:30 It energizes the body of the woman
04:35 My daughter is 6 years old
04:37 That is the proof that it is true
04:44 [Music]
04:47 But Wander, the price is not a joke
04:50 It is only worth 1,200 pesos per kilo
04:55 It is not easily available in the market
04:58 Because the soil that the Pikao is fertilizing is limited
05:03 Pesticides and insecticides are added
05:07 And medicine against fish catching is prohibited
05:09 [Music]
05:13 In the Philippines, it is only found in Ipubo
05:16 [Music]
05:18 And to preserve it
05:20 A hatchery was built to propagate Pikao
05:26 The propagation that we do here in the hatchery
05:29 Is induced spawning
05:31 [Music]
05:33 In spawning propagation, they use hormones to hatch fish
05:37 [Music]
05:39 The male Pikao injects the female Pikao's eggs
05:43 And it is placed in a drum
05:45 Which is controlled by machinery
05:47 To propagate the eggs
05:49 [Music]
05:55 Pikao is a good fertilizer for the farm
05:59 That is why the elders believe in the Ipugao
06:03 Pikao is the reason why the production of rice is perfect
06:10 Rice terraces are overflowing with water
06:15 That is why the Pikao are falling into other rice fields
06:25 [Music]
06:27 Because the Philippines is surrounded by the wide ocean
06:30 The raw food like fish and shrimp
06:33 Has been part of our history
06:35 This is one of the oldest ways of preparing food
06:40 But be careful with this food according to the expert
06:44 In general, the safest way to eat raw rice
06:49 Raw seafood like fish and shrimp
06:52 Is to cook them properly
06:54 That's still the safest way
06:56 Because if it has pathogenic bacteria
06:59 Dangerous bacteria, viruses, and parasites
07:02 It can cause foodborne illnesses and parasitic infections
07:05 If we eat it raw
07:07 [Music]
07:08 It is moving and jumping
07:10 When it comes to food, it is about to eat
07:13 What's important is to make sure that the food is safe
07:17 [Music]
07:39 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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