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Seafood Restaurants in Boracay

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Boracay is home to many seafood restaurants, all offering scrumptious and tasty meals fresh from the seas. To help you decide where to go, here are the top Boracay seafood restaurants:

1. O’ Banza

O’ Banza is ranked third in our list of top Boracay seafood restaurant. Located along White Beach, O’ Banza serves Portuguese cuisine but it is a favorite among other establishments because of its grilled dishes and seafood. A must-try is the prawn cocktail, giving customers a completely different gastronomic experience.

Combining meat and seafood, Cataplana is another popular dish in the restaurant guaranteed to make your mouth water. Don’t forget to order their onion soup and the bacalhau food varieties. The restaurant’s specialty, Arroz de Marisco is an appetizing combination of seafood and rice, good for 2 persons.

Beer and wine are available at the restaurant. Ask for a bottle that will go well with your dish. The prices are affordable and the restaurant’s interiors are unique and intriguing for its decorations.

2. Kaeseke

After trying Portuguese, go for Japanese cuisine. The Japanese seem to know how to make good seafood themselves. Kaeseke Boracay restaurant adds to the variety of food served in Boracay and comes in second on our list of top Boracay seafood restaurants.

The dish that most customers love is Kaeseke’s Prawns and Baked Stuffed Squid, but you should also try the special Lobster Sachimi served with miso soup, which is addicting and will make you want more.

Kaeseke also serves more familiar dishes like sashimi, maki, sushi, and of course, the scrumptious tempura. Kaeseke restaurant is located in D*Mall area within La Rotunda. The price list may seem high but the food plus great service from the crew is worth it.

3. Paradiso

The honor of being the best Boracay seafood restaurant belongs to Paradiso Grill. Located between Le Soleil and D*Mall in Station 2, Paradiso is a popular spot for grilled seafood.

Paradiso offers its diners native Filipino cuisine. Most barbecued delicacies preserve the distinctive Filipino taste. You’ll be amazed at their fresh crabs, prawns, squids, snappers, lobsters, and lapu-lapu (a type of fish). In Paradiso, you have the chance to pick what you would like to eat. The food is then weighed and priced according to weight before being cooked, thus assuring that you only eat what’s fresh out of the sea.

The price is average, around Php 700 or USD 15 per meal. Their specialty is the Mixed Seafood Kebab, a must for every customer who eats there. In keeping with the festive spirit of the Philippines, the atmosphere is enjoyable and very friendly. The rustic interiors complement the truly Filipino feast that will surely satisfy your appetite and leave you wanting for more Boracay seafood.

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Smoked Seafood Makes Everyone Happy

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

One of the greatest dishes to serve during summer is smoked seafood. For a light yet delicious meal, consider an appetizer of smoked oysters to start. These tasty treats can be bought in most markets as well as chosen farms that specially breed them to sell. If you are lucky enough to live by a port or in a town near the ocean, you will probably find oysters easily. Some may need to venture further away, but the trip will be worth your while!

Summertime is probably the best time of the year to enjoy a smoked seafood treat, but there is no reason why you can’t spoil yourself year round. Even in the fall or winter, smoked seafood will still add an exotic and mysterious flare to any social event or gathering.

Clams are a very popular addition to pasta dishes. Hard clams, also called quahogs, live in sandy coves and can be caught when the tide is low.Smoked seafood also includes clams, smoked scallops and mussels. Farm-raised cultured mussels are fresh and readily available. And, of course, there is always clam chowder! Wild varieties are equally delicious.A great dish to enjoy with butter and garlic is stuffed quahogs.

Scallops require very little preparation and are meatier than clams. Sea scallops are delightfully large, though must be shucked (removed from their shells) almost immediately after capture to ensure they don’t lose moisture and die. It is important not to overcook smoked scallops, or you will end up with a chewy, inedible food.

Their meat is usually an orange color and they are full of protein. As with clams, mussels taste great smoked and should remain encased in their shell until cooked. Mussels have blue-black shells and brown hairs called byssal threads attached to their shell.

Other smoked seafood includes smoked crab and smoked shrimp. Crab is maybe the most popular shellfish and is widely bought and eaten. The crabbing industry is a multi-million dollar one. While eating crab can be messy and often difficult, special tools have been created to make cracking crab easier. Once you get down to the meaty goodness of crab legs, you will want to make this smoked seafood part of your everyday diet!

It adds a Cajun flavor to classic Creole dishes such as Jambalaya and gumbo. Whatever way you choose to serve, it, shrimp cooked in this manner will make any meal one to remember. Shrimp can be added to any meal and is a great variation in burritos, tacos, pasta dishes and more. Smoked shrimp spices up stews and soups.

One of the unknown secrets of the sea is smoked seafood. This is a great way to enjoy seafood and how good it tastes is not widely known. Surprise a friend or that special someone with a smoked seafood dish. Sharing this delicious dish with others is a great way to socialize and entertain.

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