00:00♪♪♪
00:05♪♪♪
00:08You're all wet!
00:10Pull!
00:11♪♪♪
00:13Yeah!
00:14I can do this! I'm strong!
00:16Ha! Ha!
00:17In our food adventure in Roja City,
00:21we'll discover new seafood.
00:24I hope there's a catch!
00:27Oh! There's one!
00:30From Dalampasigan...
00:35Yes! Yes!
00:38You need to be quick.
00:40There's one!
00:43There!
00:45Wait!
00:46Don't rush!
00:48Here! Here! Here!
00:53There's one!
00:55Oh! There's one!
01:00Gently!
01:01It's so long!
01:04Ha! Ha! Ha!
01:10It's crispy!
01:13All the way to Mayamalilang Ilog and Karagatan.
01:19I was expecting it to be like clam,
01:23that's hard.
01:24But it's not.
01:25It's like...
01:26It's soft like an oyster.
01:30What is this?
01:33Oh!
01:35It's so delicious!
01:38Oh my God!
01:39There's no fishy taste at all.
01:43It's super duper soft.
01:45Very creamy.
01:47Wow!
01:48These are the banak that we caught
01:52or as they call it here in Roja City,
01:54Gisaw.
01:59It's really different when it's fresh.
02:01It's so simple to cook.
02:06Mmm!
02:07Their seafood is so fresh.
02:09They're so passionate about seafood.
02:11That's why
02:13the freshness and flavor really stands out.
02:17Last week,
02:19we tried to catch clam.
02:23Isn't there an easier way?
02:26How will you know where to find it?
02:28You can see it,
02:29it will come out if you have it.
02:37Where is it?
02:38There it is!
02:39I heard something.
02:41There it is!
02:42Oh my God!
02:43Oh my God!
02:44Oh my God!
02:46There it is!
02:47Oh wow!
02:49This is so beautiful!
02:51It's so clean!
02:55This is so different!
03:00Oh!
03:01There it is!
03:03Yoohoo!
03:05That's the one!
03:06It's flying!
03:08We also went ahead to catch mackerel.
03:11Oh my God!
03:12It's so beautiful!
03:13Look at the mackerel here.
03:15See?
03:18It's so white.
03:19The other mackerel
03:21in other places
03:23has a small meat inside the shell.
03:27Look at this,
03:28the shell is small
03:29but it's so full.
03:31The mackerel is so full
03:33and it's so white.
03:34Oh my God!
03:35This is so delicious!
03:37There's no vinegar in this.
03:39You can eat this.
03:41Even without vinegar?
03:42Even without vinegar?
03:45The soup is delicious, ma'am.
03:47Yes, it's delicious.
03:50Even if it's small,
03:52there's still a lot.
03:54We might finish this.
03:56I'll eat it all.
03:59Wow!
04:00Wow!
04:01Wow!
04:02Oh my God!
04:04Oh my God!
04:06The mackerel looks so beautiful.
04:08There might be pearls inside.
04:13Oh my God!
04:14Oh my God!
04:17Delicious!
04:20We also saw how active
04:22the industry of making dried and raw fish in the area is.
04:26Mackerel!
04:27Okay!
04:28We've already caught two!
04:30Next!
04:32And another industry that Rojas City is proud of
04:36is the competition.
04:38I'll try one.
04:40Can I really do this?
04:41You can do it, ma'am.
04:42You can do it, ma'am.
04:44You can do it, ma'am.
04:47It's really hot.
04:52Oh my God!
04:56Oh my God!
04:59Oh my God!
05:01Oh my God!
05:02Oh my God!
05:09Oh my God!
05:10Oh my God!
05:12It's so hard!
05:13It's so hard to estimate!
05:17Kuya, you go ahead.
05:18You might get punished because of me.
05:22You need to be focused.
05:25You need to be focused in cooking.
05:27The fish is so heavy.
05:31Of course, we didn't miss
05:33their delicious cooking.
05:35I'll try the soup first.
05:37Mmm!
05:40Mmm!
05:41Super creamy.
05:47Mmm!
05:49Good!
05:51It's not too salty.
05:52The flavor of the dried fish is very subtle.
05:58It's good.
05:59The taste is very balanced.
06:01You can still taste the tomatoes.
06:04And the flavor of the basil.
06:07But that's just a taste, Kapuso.
06:09Because tonight,
06:11we'll continue our food trip
06:13in Rojas City.
06:19There are many ways
06:21for the people of Rojas City
06:23to catch seafood.
06:25One of them is the traditional way
06:27of fishing,
06:29using a net.
06:31I'm here in Palinas,
06:34in Palina Eco Park,
06:36in Rojas City, Capiz.
06:38In this place,
06:40they have a unique way
06:42of catching fish
06:44using this huge net
06:46that is attached to a catapult.
06:49Look at this.
06:51Kuya!
06:53It's slippery here.
06:57This device is called
06:59a surambaw.
07:01It's attached to a huge net
07:03that you can see here.
07:05The net will slowly
07:07go down to the water
07:09using this catapult.
07:11We'll also use this
07:13to lift it up.
07:15This way,
07:17you don't have to pull the net
07:19or drag it.
07:21You don't have to pull it either.
07:23This is what we'll do for you.
07:25Let's do it.
07:27Fishing using a surambaw
07:29is now part of the culture of the people of Rojas.
07:31This is their old way
07:33of catching fish.
07:35It's going down.
07:43It's going down.
07:45It's on the ground.
07:47What will happen now?
07:49We'll wait.
07:51It depends on the operator.
07:53When it goes up,
07:55Marvin will pull
07:57the catapult
08:00and when it goes down,
08:02the catapult will go up.
08:04We'll wait
08:06for the catapult to go up.
08:08When you feel that
08:10there are fish,
08:12you'll pull the catapult.
08:14I hope there will be a lot of fish.
08:16I'll help you pull.
08:22Did you pull it?
08:24Yes, ma'am.
08:26Is it heavy?
08:28I can do it.
08:32It's light, ma'am.
08:34It's light.
08:38Did you catch anything?
08:44Did you catch anything?
08:52Did you catch anything?
08:54Nothing.
08:56It's heavy.
09:04You're heavy.
09:08Did you pull it?
09:10Yes, ma'am.
09:12I can do it.
09:15It's heavy.
09:25I hope there are fish.
09:33There are fish!
09:37There are fish!
09:39There are only two.
09:41There are only two, ma'am.
09:43There are three!
09:45There are two.
09:47The other one is dead.
09:49It's stuck.
09:53I don't have anything.
10:05We didn't make it last long.
10:07It's heavy.
10:09We only pulled the catapult for two minutes,
10:11but if we pull it longer,
10:13we'll catch more fish.
10:15There are three.
10:17What is this?
10:19It's called gisaw.
10:21Gisaw or banak.
10:23There you go.
10:25I know you're thinking,
10:27there are only a few fish caught,
10:29but this is the old way
10:31to catch fish
10:33in Capiz, Surambau.
10:35This way,
10:37they can take care of the sea
10:39unlike the illegal kinds of fishing
10:41like dynamite,
10:43or muruami.
10:45They don't do that here
10:47because they want to catch
10:49enough for their daily needs.
10:51Our last fish
10:53is called gisaw.
10:55This is a type of fish
10:57that lives in the shallow parts
10:59of the Godagat River.
11:01And the perfect dish for it
11:04is a comfort food for Filipinos,
11:06pinola.
11:08These are the banak
11:10or gisaw
11:12that we caught
11:14in Roja City.
11:16I'm here with Marvell.
11:18Marvell! Marvellous!
11:20Marvell will teach us
11:22how to cook
11:24pinola gisaw.
11:28Put water in a pot
11:30and let it boil.
11:32You know, I noticed here in Visayas
11:34region that their seafood
11:36is very fresh.
11:38Their cooking is
11:40very simple
11:42to bring out
11:44the real taste of the fish.
11:46When the water is boiling,
11:48you can add ginger,
11:50tomato, and onion.
11:52It's like sinigang.
11:54Yes, ma'am.
11:56Cover it until the ingredients are soft.
11:58Let's see.
12:00You can now add the fish.
12:02Oh, we can now add the fish?
12:04Oh, it already smells good.
12:11Did you already marinate the fish?
12:13Or not yet?
12:15Oh, not yet.
12:26Then, we'll cover it
12:29and wait for it to cook.
12:31Okay.
12:35We'll season it with salt.
12:37Wow, there's no other flavor.
12:39It's really salty, right?
12:41Onion leaves.
12:49Okay, it's done.
12:51Yes, ma'am.
12:53After a few minutes of boiling,
12:55the pinola gisaw is done.
12:57Let's give it a try!
13:11I'll try the soup first.
13:13It's very simple
13:15to make the pinola.
13:19Mmm, delicious!
13:23Mmm!
13:27I need more rice.
13:31Mmm!
13:33That's what I like about the dishes
13:35here in Visayas Region,
13:37especially here in Capiz.
13:39Because their seafood is really fresh.
13:41They're really fresh with their seafood.
13:43That's why
13:47their seasoning is really simple.
13:49What really stands out
13:51is the freshness
13:53and flavor of the seafood.
13:55I love it!
13:59Aside from the delicious and fresh fish,
14:01there's also a type of clam
14:03that's also caught here in Rojas City.
14:05It's called Diwal
14:07or Angel Wings Clam.
14:09But it's not easy
14:11to catch.
14:19The group of Junior
14:21is trying their best
14:24to catch it.
14:40The group of Junior
14:42has been fishing for more than an hour
14:44but they only caught one.
14:46It's off-season
14:48so it's hard to catch Diwal.
14:50They catch more
14:52every month of January to April.
14:56Diwal is a Filipino word
14:58that means
15:00it's a type of clam.
15:02When Diwal is alive,
15:04something comes out of its shell
15:06that looks like a clam.
15:08Can you see this?
15:10This is what's called
15:12Diwal or Angel Wings Clam.
15:14When you open
15:16this shell,
15:18it looks like an angel's arm.
15:20This is what's called
15:22the prized possession
15:24of the clam.
15:26This is the only place
15:28where you can find it.
15:30It's very expensive.
15:32One kilo of this
15:34is worth
15:36350 to 400 pesos.
15:38It's regulated
15:40so you can't
15:42just catch Diwal
15:44because it's almost gone.
15:46There are specific areas
15:48in Capiz
15:50where you can catch Diwal.
15:52I'm here with Kuya Junior.
15:54Did you catch this?
15:56Is it hard to catch?
15:58It's hard to catch
16:00if the water is deep.
16:02How deep is it?
16:04It's about 5 meters.
16:06If you can see this,
16:08it comes out of the shell
16:10and has two eyes.
16:12You can see it under the water
16:14but the water has to be clear.
16:17Is it still alive?
16:19Are you sure?
16:21Are you curious
16:23what you can cook with Diwal?
16:25Let's find out!
16:27So this is what it looks like
16:29when you open it.
16:31It's very fresh.
16:33How do you clean it?
16:35It's the same.
16:37You leave it in the water
16:39overnight.
16:41The next day,
16:43you want to cook it
16:45What are we going to do now?
16:47We're going to cook Diwal
16:49with butter and cheese
16:51and we'll bake it.
16:53If there's Oysters Rockefeller,
16:55there's Diwal Rockefeller.
17:01What are we going to do?
17:03We're going to put butter
17:05on one side
17:07because we're going to grill it later.
17:09We're going to cover it
17:11so the juice won't be wasted.
17:13We're going to put cheese.
17:17But can we put
17:19grated cheese?
17:21It depends.
17:23You can put quick melt.
17:25Grated cheese.
17:27We put cheese
17:29so the color will be different.
17:31Next, we're going to put
17:33toasted garlic.
17:35We're going to put it in the oven
17:37and cook it for 15 minutes.
17:43Later, you can taste
17:45Diwal Rockefeller.
17:47It's my first time eating this
17:49so I'm really, really excited.
17:51Diwal is so expensive.
17:53There's a season
17:55when you can eat Diwal.
17:57I was expecting
17:59it to be like
18:01a hard clam
18:03but it's not.
18:05It's soft because of the oyster.
18:07What is this?
18:13It's so good!
18:15Oh my God!
18:17There's no taste at all.
18:19It's super, duper soft.
18:21Very creamy.
18:23Wow!
18:25This is so good!
18:27Wow!
18:29It's on another level!
18:33I won!
18:35The blessings
18:37that the people of Rojas City
18:39get are not hidden
18:42in rivers and seas.
18:44Even in the middle of the seaside,
18:46they also get blessings.
18:50The residents here
18:52are used to eating this.
18:54But for some,
18:56it's considered an exotic food.
18:58Kapuso,
19:00have you tried Sasing?
19:02We're going to get
19:04Sasing this morning
19:06or in English, Sandworm.
19:08It means
19:10the sand is deep.
19:12The problem is
19:14I woke up late.
19:16That's why the sun is high.
19:18It's almost 8 o'clock.
19:20They told me
19:22that it should be early
19:24so that the sand is cooler.
19:26Now, because I woke up late,
19:28the sandworms are deeper.
19:30That's why it's more challenging
19:32to get them.
19:34Kuya Long!
19:36Where are we going to get the sandworms?
19:38The hole is too small.
19:40Oh no!
19:42If there's a hole like this,
19:44the sandworms are there.
19:46Okay, okay.
19:52Oh no!
19:54There it is!
19:56The sandworms, Mar Joseph!
19:58You're so good at catching them!
20:00You caught it right away!
20:02Aside from the sandworms,
20:04you can also find sandworms
20:07in Bacawan.
20:09If there's a small hole in the sand,
20:11it means there's a sandworm.
20:13Oh no!
20:17It's an extra challenge
20:19to get it.
20:21You have to use a shovel
20:23to dig the sand.
20:27You have to dig fast
20:29before the sandworms
20:31can return to the sand.
20:33Here it is!
20:35It's a sandworm.
20:37You have to find a small hole
20:39with a hole in the back.
20:41Okay.
20:45There it is!
20:47I saw it!
20:49Let's go, Kuya!
20:51We can't find the hole, ma'am.
20:53Oh no, Mar Joseph!
20:55I saw it!
20:57There it is!
20:59It went in!
21:01It went in!
21:03There it is!
21:05Mar Joseph!
21:15You'll get caught!
21:17Kuya, it's going in!
21:19Wait, I'll slow it down.
21:21Wait, it might go in!
21:23No, no!
21:25It might go in!
21:27It's going in, Kuya!
21:29There it is!
21:35It's gone.
21:37It's gone.
21:39It's gone.
21:41You have to keep your eyes open
21:43so that you can find it
21:45because the hole is small.
21:47It's gone.
21:49It's gone.
21:51Everyone,
21:53you have to make an effort
21:55to get the sandworm.
21:58Wait, I just touched the head.
22:00Wait.
22:02Wait.
22:04My body.
22:06I don't want to be saved.
22:10Oh no!
22:18Did you see it?
22:20There it is!
22:22Get it!
22:24Yes!
22:26Yes!
22:28You have to be quick
22:30to get the sandworm.
22:32There it is!
22:34Wait!
22:36Don't rush!
22:40Wait!
22:42Kuya, this looks long.
22:44Here it is!
22:46Here it is!
22:52The sandworms we got
22:54will be cooked right away in the kitchen.
22:56We will cook the sandworms.
22:58We will fry them.
23:02First, we will season the sandworms
23:04with salt and pepper.
23:08Then, we will fry them
23:10in boiling oil.
23:18How do you clean the sandworms?
23:20We flip them.
23:23We remove the sand.
23:25The sand inside
23:27is what they eat.
23:35When the sandworms turn golden brown,
23:37they can be crispy.
23:39Yes!
23:41Yes!
23:43You have to be quick to get the sandworms.
23:45Oh no!
23:47There it is!
23:49I will do it slowly.
23:51Gently!
23:57There it is!
23:59Wow!
24:01Getting the sandworms
24:03is really challenging.
24:05After getting tired
24:07of getting the sandworms,
24:09is our effort worth it?
24:11Let's taste the Crispy Sandworms!
24:15Okay, this is our Crispy Sandworms.
24:17To be honest,
24:19I already know the taste of this.
24:21It's so long!
24:23You're good!
24:25We featured this before
24:27in Pinasarap.
24:29But I remember
24:31when we cooked
24:33Mamang Pokwang's Sandworms.
24:35We sautéed it with soy sauce
24:37and vinegar.
24:39This is the Crispy Sandworms
24:41which is like a snack.
24:43It's really crispy!
24:49Mmm!
24:51It's like a snack.
24:55That's what it tastes like.
24:57It's really crispy.
24:59It's also okay with vinegar.
25:01But you have to make the sushi
25:03crispy.
25:05Mmm!
25:07Good!
25:09It's like a snack.
25:19Our visit to Roja City was worth it.
25:23Because of our two-part food adventure here,
25:25we caught
25:27different kinds of fish and seafood.
25:29There you go!
25:31Wow!
25:33Oh! Sosmariosep!
25:35Oh!
25:39And we tasted
25:41nothing fishy at all.
25:43Mmm!
25:45The freshness
25:48and the flavor
25:50of the seafood.
25:52We also witnessed
25:54how they take care of the environment
25:56and continue
25:58some of the traditional ways
26:00of fishing.
26:02Until our next story and
26:04together,
26:08I am Cara David.
26:10This is Pinasarap!
26:14It's so good!
26:18Hey!
26:20Hey!
26:24Hey!
