Pasalubong from a friend

This afternoon after my friends, kids and me went for swimming at the beach. We immediately went to our other friend who just got home from the Philippines. She cooked pansit and she brought tinapa from Pinas and with tinolang chicken geez we had another sumptuous dinner. After eating she gave us pili nuts from Bicol, cacao and some dried fish or tuyo. I was like wow we love pasalubong it makes us happy right?

Dried fish with tomatoes...

I never thought that bulad or tuyo when you live in a foreign land is a sought after dish that pinoy are looking for. In PI we have  plenty of different kinds or variety of tuyo/bulad or dried fish specially when we visit the place of Cebu. In the place where I came from we have many varieties too since we are a bit close from Pagadian City. So everytime I went to visit my family back in PI I see to it that at least I could bring dried fish for my own consumption because I found out that in the Filipino store or any Asian store 4 pieces of tuyo (galungong) is worth almost $4!!! Yes that is how expensive dried fish here. So last Saturday was our get together again at Rowena's house, still the most requested dish that I have to bring is the "bulad" with tomatoes. Though I cooked some other dish like mongo with pork, maja blanca and pancit the bulad is the "queen" of all the dish.

Thankfully hubby was not around when I fry the bulad. I have a stove that I could bring outside of the house and fry the dried fish there but it was a bit chilly so I choose to fry it inside the house. When hubby came home he was still at the porch he knew I fry my ever favorite dried fish because as what he says it "stinks"!! LOL!! Eventhough I already opened the windows and lighted  some candles it still stinks but oh well he never get mad anyway, he only told me what ever you please go ahead....in other words I am spoiled hehehehe!!

Sarciadong bulad

Dried fish or bulad or tuyo any of this word will come out and if you are a Pinoy you knew what it is. Many pinoy crave for this special food one time I was in a Filipino store 5 or 4 pieces of galunggong na tuyo cost $4 or $5 ata jeez that is already how many kilos of dried fish in the Philippines. If you happen to fry dried fish ohhh that is so heavenly for Pinoys but not for other races hahaha. That is why when you live in an apartment, condominium unit better not cook this dried fish because for them it stinks!! My hubby says it is like a socks that was never washed for a million years hahaha but he allows me to fry or cook dried fish even inside our house. What I did is while I am cooking is to open all the window and light all the candles that I can find hehe. But still there is something in the smell that cling to the wall and curtains that is why sometimes I used my camping stove and cook outside.

Few days ago I brought at my friends house sarciadong dried fish. It was her request to make this dish she was craving for it and we all love it too. Here is my sarciadong dried fish. Ingredients is dried fish cut, garlic minced, onion minced, a lot of tomatoes sliced. Fry first the dried fish after frying set aside. Sautee first the onions, garlic and then tomatoes then mix the fried dried fish. Stir to mix the ingredients to the dried fish then cover it so it will create a little bit of sauce. Then it is done.

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