Who Wants Some "Bunog"?
By Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
Philippines
October 14, 2017 12:21am CST
Bunog is a kind of freshwater fish commonly found in the shallow parts of river, lakes and ponds.
The fish usually grow up to around 4 inches when maturity but can be harvested when it reaches 1 inches. Have small grills but its fleshy specially the upper body.
There are many recipes for bunog but ilocanos usually cooked this as pinaksiw or cook in vinegar with onions, pepper, salt, ginger. This is common recipe because its a fast cook dish.
It can also be fried. Ilocano style frying is when cooked as paksiw. Because children don't like the paksiw so the parents fried this to suite to the interest of the kids.
Grilled is also a good option and then added to dinengdeng and coconut milk dish.
I took the photo and I cook the dish.
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15 responses
@tech40 (23128)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
@ilocosboy I see, then now it's 100% sure I haven't eat that, haha! I see that it has lot of meat.. hmm!
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
yeah its a meaty one, it does just look big in the photo but actually a small kind of fish, the biggest is only at 4 inches
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
when you taste it I'm you will love the taste of this freshwater fish. it is not being sold in the market but just being sell by the villagers who are near the pond.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
Not familiar with this fish. Looks tasty though.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
The unique taste make it one of the favorite in our region. And rarely this can be seen in the market because villagers usually sell this house to house.
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@eliza_godinez12 (5567)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
Looks yum, first time i see this kind of fish.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
This is the favorite fish among the villagers, there is another look of this kind which they call "burarog" but just darker, but the taste are small the same.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
he he, yeah we have preference in our food. thank you, I did the collage in pixlr. The bigger photo is paksiw dish and the smaller is fried.
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@acelawrites (19273)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
Looks like goby fish or biya? It could be delicious!
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
maybe this is a kind of goby fish but I'm not really sure, he he. I don't know the English term of this fish. But yeah this is a delicious one because this is a favorite among the locals. And its kinda expensive.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
that's nice, my kids doesn't like pinaksiw so i fried the fish and then they like it.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
14 Oct 17
I do not think I am familiar with this fish.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
maybe this is only in the freshwater in the Philippines. This fish is a favorite among the locals.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
the fishes shown in your photo is what we call "tinangriban" or coral fishes and commonly found in our area also, its so happen this kind of fish are to bony and not fleshy.
Speaking of eel, the freshwater eel is much better than the seawater eel and in our region, particularly in Pangasinan, the most delicious milkfish can be found, they call it "bonuan bangus".
@riteeshpatidar9026 (504)
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14 Oct 17
You eat fish but I don't eat . I am a veg.
Hope you are enjoying it.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
Yeah, I enjoy all kinds of foods, from meat to fish to vegetables
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
going to the market today would be nice idea. we can always love the fresh fish to be in our meal and cook to our desired dish than canned fish which got different taste already because of the flavorings and preservatives.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
no, its a freshwater and brackish water fish which can be usually caught in our place.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
I think this freshwater can only be get in our territory, and yeah, this is good fish.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 17
looks like fried fish to me, no need flour for coating?
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
the smaller photo is the fried one, no more flour coating, but you may if you want it to.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
it has no bones but because the fish is small, sometimes its just good to fry it so the bones can be brittle to eat.
@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 17
@ilocosboy looks good to eat, is the flesh white and no bones?
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
14 Oct 17
yes, the dried or fried fish is the best for this kind of fish. Because its small so when this is fried, this really become crunchy.
