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00:00Oh my gosh, we got a different one!
00:10We got a snake!
00:12Kuya, there's a snake here! I don't like this!
00:19Oh my God! Wait!
00:22Don't move!
00:24Kuya, we need to get this.
00:27How do we get it?
00:28Just hold it from the back.
00:30I'm just holding it.
00:35It's strong, Kuya!
00:37Yes, it's strong.
00:38Kuya, I might get bitten.
00:42A town in the middle of the ocean and mountains.
00:51It's also a popular summer destination because of its big waves.
00:59Wow, this place has a lot of stars.
01:03It's so big!
01:06Aside from the beautiful scenery, this town also has a lot of riches.
01:11Yay!
01:14Wait, here it comes!
01:15There's a fish!
01:19I might get bitten.
01:21No, no, Kuya, it's not a fish.
01:24It's so heavy!
01:28It's so big!
01:30It's also rich in seafood.
01:36Ouch!
01:37Here it comes, here it comes!
01:38It's jumping, it's jumping, it's jumping!
01:42Now that it's hot,
01:46join us in visiting the place that will satisfy our eyes and ears.
01:52Even though it's small, it's still delicious.
01:58Love it!
01:59It's awesome!
02:05The town of Baler in the province of Aurora.
02:15Baler is located between the Pacific Ocean and the mountains of Sierra Madre.
02:21Because it's located in front of the Pacific Ocean, the waves here are big and high.
02:28It's known as the birthplace of surfing in the Philippines.
02:34A large part of Baler, Aurora is surrounded by water.
02:40Specifically, the Pacific Ocean.
02:42We're here at Baler Bay.
02:45And of course, when there's a coastal community, there are a lot of fish.
02:49We're going to eat a lot today.
02:52Now, we're going to catch a special fish.
02:56It's called dorado.
02:59Do you know what dorado means to me?
03:01Dorado in Spanish is gintuan.
03:05Because it has gintu.
03:08No, it has ginto.
03:11These fish are big, so we're going to catch them on that boat using a kayak.
03:20Because the dorado fish are caught in the deep sea,
03:24the fishermen have been staying in Laot for a few days.
03:29How are you, Danny?
03:33Is this your kayak?
03:35Yes, ma'am.
03:36We're not going to ride this?
03:37Yes, we're going to ride it.
03:38Oh, we're going to ride it?
03:39I thought we're just going to row it.
03:41We're going to push it.
03:43We're going to push it?
03:44Oh, we're going to ride it up?
03:45Yes, ma'am.
03:46Oh, I see.
03:47Okay, can we do this?
03:49Yes, we can do this.
03:50Their boat is not close to the deep sea because it can be damaged.
03:56That's why they're using an improvised kayak to carry the fish from the boat to the shore.
04:03Their kayak is different from the styro, which is made of bamboo and has a handle.
04:11We can do this.
04:19Yes!
04:28A goldfish can weigh from 120 to 140 pesos per kilo.
04:34And a goldfish, when it's big, can weigh up to 15 kilos.
04:39What is that? It's gigantic! It's like a dinosaur!
04:42It's like a dinosaur!
04:45A goldfish has striped colors.
04:49It has yellow stripes.
04:51It swims very fast under the sea, so it's hard to catch it.
04:57The goldfish or dolphin fish is also known as mahi-mahi.
05:02It can weigh from 6 to 15 kilos.
05:05It's so big!
05:07It's like a baby fish.
05:11It's like a baby fish.
05:14It's like a 4-year-old or 5-year-old baby fish.
05:18It's so big!
05:24Wow! This one has more goldfish.
05:31It's so big!
05:33It's so cute!
05:35Where is it?
05:38Where is it?
05:39Wow! I know this one! It's so delicious!
05:43Yellowfin!
05:46Yellowfin tuna.
05:49Isn't it also called Tambacon?
05:51Yes, Tambacon.
05:54Wait! I think this is a different kind of surfing that I tried in Balera.
06:03Wait! Here it comes! It's moving!
06:09Is it going to swim away?
06:10No, it's not going to swim away.
06:13It's so heavy!
06:17It's so big! We have something to eat!
06:211, 2, 3!
06:24We can feed the whole barangay because we caught a lot.
06:32Before the fishermen come here,
06:35there are people who are going to be their catch.
06:38So when the fish are caught, it goes straight to the wholesalers.
06:46Are you Ate Shania?
06:48Is it Shania?
06:49It's Shania.
06:50Shania Twain.
06:52It's so big!
06:53It looks like a dinosaur.
06:56It's 6 kilos.
07:0118.33
07:03It's a yellowfin tuna again.
07:06Is it 6 kilos?
07:08Yellowfin.
07:09What's more expensive, yellowfin or yellowfin?
07:12Yellowfin, ma'am.
07:13How much is yellowfin?
07:15200 pesos.
07:16How much is yellowfin?
07:17150 pesos.
07:19Okay.
07:20The total price of yellowfin tuna is 3,253 pesos.
07:24The price of yellowfin tuna is 1,178 pesos.
07:28The price of salmon is 2 kilos.
07:30But there's a 5% discount so it's 380 pesos.
07:33It's only 380 pesos, ma'am.
07:34So the total is 4,811 pesos.
07:38Make it 5,000 pesos!
07:39Joke!
07:41So this is what we caught, yellowfin tuna.
07:45And as you can see, there are tomatoes, there's also fish paste because we're going to cook yellowfin tuna.
07:52But there's a twist.
07:54The sinigang that Chef Ronald is going to cook for us is on a sizzling plate.
08:00What do you call this in this type of dorado?
08:04Sizzling sinigang dorado with catmon.
08:08With catmon!
08:09So the sourness of the chef's dish is not the tamarind but the fruit of catmon.
08:16Catmon.
08:17Oh, I know this.
08:18This is sour.
08:19It's sour but the sourness is a bit fruity.
08:24It's sour.
08:30We made a fish stock.
08:31We boiled the fish paste with catmon.
08:40Oh, it's delicious!
08:41For me, this is okay.
08:44First, season the yellowfin tuna with pepper, salt, and calamansi.
08:51Then, fry it.
08:55It's beautiful. It's white.
08:58While the fish is being fried, we can now make the sinigang sauce.
09:04In a pan, boil the dorado broth.
09:13Next, mix the slurry or the melted cornstarch with water.
09:17This is what will make the sauce thick.
09:19Next, add the string beans, cabbage, and mustard.
09:25Meanwhile, in the other pan, mix the fried dorado with tomatoes, long green pepper, and catmon.
09:32It's like a deconstructed sinigang.
09:38Later, we can assemble it on a sizzling plate.
09:48Wow!
09:50It's really hot!
09:51Sizzling Dorado Sinigang with Catmon.
09:55Let's taste it.
09:56It looks so fancy.
10:05Let's taste it.
10:14I forgot that it's sizzling.
10:17Mmm!
10:18The dorado looks like it's sizzling.
10:22It's softer than the tuna.
10:24Then, the sinigang sauce.
10:29Mmm!
10:30The catmon's sourness is delicious.
10:32It has a fruity flavor that goes well with the dorado.
10:36This is okay.
10:38It's delicious!
10:40From the richness of their ocean,
10:42we will now move to the blessings from the rivers.
10:46We will now get kudai.
10:48Kudai is a type of alimango or land crab.
10:53I'm here with Kuya Osir.
10:56In other places, it's called kudai.
10:59But here in Aurora, they call it kudai.
11:02Yesterday, they left traps here.
11:05We will see if we can catch kudai.
11:08It has to be done overnight, right?
11:10Yes.
11:11Okay.
11:12They leave their traps at night.
11:15That's right.
11:16They eat at night.
11:17That's right.
11:18They are nocturnal.
11:19They only eat at night.
11:21What did we feed it with?
11:22We didn't feed it with anything.
11:24We just blocked it in the hole.
11:26Oh, so it's in its house.
11:27Then, when it comes out to get food,
11:30we will catch it so it can be our food.
11:33Yes.
11:34This is where the hole is, ma'am.
11:36This is where the trap will be placed.
11:38Oh, like that.
11:39We know that it has meat.
11:40If there are things like this,
11:41it has dirt in the hole.
11:43Oh, that's dirt.
11:45Yes.
11:46This is how it is.
11:47When it comes out to get food,
11:50we will just catch it here.
11:52Yes.
11:53Then, we will just put it in the hole.
11:55You will just put it like that.
11:56So that when it comes in now,
11:59when it gets the...
12:01This is how it is.
12:02There.
12:03Then, you will just close it here.
12:06Because there are a lot of corals
12:08that are caught in Baler,
12:09the locals have a plan
12:11where the bamboo traps will be placed.
12:14Because there are a lot of holes
12:16that the corals dig.
12:18And they are usually hidden
12:20in grass or plants.
12:22Where is it?
12:23There.
12:24We already caught something.
12:26We will just cover it.
12:27It's hairy.
12:28Yes.
12:29If we cover it,
12:30it will disappear, right?
12:34Oh, my God.
12:35Corals are usually found
12:37near rivers or mangrove areas.
12:40There.
12:42Their corals are big here.
12:45The ones we caught are really big.
12:47Oh, they are even bigger.
12:48The ones that are small
12:49can fit in our traps.
12:51Where will we put this?
12:52I have a bag here.
12:53There, you have a bag.
12:56It's hard to hold that.
12:59There.
13:00Okay.
13:01Wait, this one.
13:04We put a trap here.
13:06But as you can see,
13:08the trap is still engaged.
13:12So that means
13:13there are no traps yet.
13:15It needs to be...
13:16It's already down
13:19if there are traps.
13:20There are no traps.
13:21Smart crab.
13:23There.
13:28It looks like we caught something.
13:31Because if you look at this bait,
13:34it's already off.
13:36It's a trigger.
13:37It means
13:38we caught something here.
13:41There it is.
13:43It's still alive.
13:45It looks big.
13:47So we will cover this.
13:49There it is.
13:50Can you see it?
13:52We will cover this.
13:54I will remove this.
13:56Cover it.
13:58There.
14:02There.
14:03Oh my God!
14:04Wait!
14:06Don't move.
14:08Wait, brother.
14:09Brother, we need to get this.
14:11How do we get it?
14:12Just hold it from the back.
14:13Wait.
14:14I'm still holding it.
14:17Then here.
14:19Where?
14:20Like this?
14:21I might cut this.
14:23It's strong, brother.
14:25It's strong.
14:26It's strong.
14:27It's jumping.
14:28Brother, I might cut this.
14:30Baler is so brave.
14:32Even though I tried to catch it several times,
14:35it's still challenging.
14:37Brother, don't move.
14:39Wait.
14:41It's so strong.
14:43Brother, hold it first.
14:46It's moving.
14:48It's scary.
14:49Oh my God!
14:51One of its claws is bigger than the other one.
14:56Hey!
14:57Get inside.
15:00It's still not here.
15:02It's not here.
15:03It's still engaged.
15:05Yoohoo!
15:06It's a human.
15:08It's a human.
15:12It doesn't want to come out.
15:13It's being caught.
15:16It's a human.
15:18There it is.
15:20It's small.
15:21Hello.
15:26Here it is.
15:28Wait.
15:32Wait.
15:36Wait.
15:38It's here, right?
15:39Yes.
15:40Here?
15:41Yes.
15:42Here?
15:43Yes.
15:45Right?
15:48It's so strong.
15:49Ouch!
15:50Ouch!
15:51I'm getting stuck here.
15:52You know what?
15:53It's so strong.
15:54It's stinging.
15:55It's stinging.
15:59So, it's getting stuck.
16:01But its small claws are also stinging.
16:06The crabs that we caught are already in the kitchen.
16:11The town of Baler has its own version of Caldereta.
16:14And their main ingredient is curry.
16:24In a pan, heat the oil and margarine.
16:32Sauté the garlic and onion.
16:40Next, add the liver spread.
16:45Fish sauce.
16:49And tomato paste.
16:54Next, add the bell pepper.
16:57Potatoes.
17:00And carrots.
17:04Add water.
17:06Season with seasoning and pepper.
17:10And coconut milk.
17:14Let's cover it first so that the potatoes and carrots can be cooked.
17:19Turn it upside down for 30 minutes.
17:26After a few minutes, add the curry.
17:31And coconut milk.
17:32There.
17:39Lastly, add the corn.
17:48When it's boiling, the Calderetang Kuray is ready to be served.
17:52Calderetang Kuray.
18:00Here it is.
18:02Calderetang Kuray.
18:03Wow.
18:04It's leveled up.
18:05Wow.
18:06Can you believe it?
18:07Wow.
18:08It's now a Caldereta.
18:09It's awesome.
18:12I'll taste the sauce first.
18:13Calderetang Kuray.
18:15This is the first time I've tasted something like this.
18:19Mmm.
18:20The sauce is well-cooked.
18:21Let's now taste the curry.
18:24That's it.
18:25It's just a challenge to chew it one by one.
18:30You need to be delicious.
18:31It's hard for you to eat.
18:32My God.
18:34It's hard for you to chew.
18:37Wow.
18:39In fairness,
18:41the meat,
18:44the meat itself,
18:46tastes like mud crab.
18:48It tastes like,
18:49mud crab.
18:50It's very juicy and sweet.
18:54I'm not a fan of the sauce.
18:58The orange sauce is better.
19:00The curry sauce is black.
19:03It's a bit bitter.
19:06But the meat,
19:08it's delicious.
19:16Aside from the sea and river,
19:17there are also other sea creatures in Baler.
19:21It can be found in fish tanks
19:24and fish tanks.
19:26Traps made from plastic bottles
19:29are used to catch fish.
19:31Holes are placed at the ends of the fish tanks
19:34so that the smell of mud crab's feces can be heard
19:37and the shrimps that enter the trap can be lifted.
19:41Oh, here it is.
19:43Here it is.
19:45Oh my gosh.
19:46What we caught is different.
19:48What we caught is a snake.
19:51Is this a snake?
19:53Brother, there's a snake here.
19:55I don't like this.
19:56What is it?
19:57That's a...
19:59What is it?
20:00It's a shrimp.
20:01It's a shrimp.
20:02Oh, a shrimp.
20:03I thought...
20:04There's a shrimp.
20:05There's a shrimp.
20:08Brother, we already ate a shrimp.
20:11We already ate a shrimp.
20:13It's like five pieces of shrimp.
20:15The problem is
20:16they already ate the shrimp.
20:18Come here.
20:21There might be a snake here later, brother.
20:24I might get bitten.
20:29It's gone.
20:30It's gone.
20:31Come here.
20:32Where did it go?
20:33Here, here, here.
20:34I already touched it.
20:36Here, brother.
20:39There, there, there, there.
20:41There, there.
20:42There.
20:44It's gone.
20:45There, where is it?
20:46There's no...
20:47There's no fish?
20:48There's none.
20:49It's a shrimp.
20:51It's like one piece of shrimp.
20:54It's eating.
20:56Two.
20:57Two are...
20:58Three.
20:59Three shrimps are jumping.
21:01Okay.
21:04Here's the other one.
21:10There, someone's jumping.
21:11There, a lot of people are jumping.
21:14Here, we got something.
21:17The shrimp is small.
21:21But that's how it is when it comes to river shrimp
21:24that are here in mangrove areas.
21:27They are really small.
21:28Except for the river shrimp in Pampanga
21:31which is like a fish.
21:32That's a different level.
21:34That's huge.
21:35Here's another one.
21:42Here.
21:43We caught a lot of rocks.
21:47No, no, no.
21:48There, there, there.
21:50It's jumping.
21:51It's jumping.
21:52We got something here.
21:55After swimming in the river
21:56and collecting plastic bottle traps,
21:59let's see if we caught a lot of shrimp.
22:03Wow!
22:07They ate it.
22:08They ate the shrimp.
22:09There's nothing left.
22:12Hey, get out.
22:13Why don't you get out?
22:16It's jumping.
22:17It's jumping.
22:18It's jumping.
22:28We got a lot.
22:32We can't get it.
22:33We can't get it.
22:38You have a different type of shrimp here.
22:40It has long arms.
22:46And these are what we caught.
22:49We caught a lot of shrimp
22:52but we also caught a lot of rocks.
22:54But we will return the rocks
22:56because here in Aurora,
22:57they don't eat the rocks.
23:00There's something running.
23:01I saw it.
23:04Do you think you can escape from me?
23:06You can't escape.
23:09The shrimp we caught are perfect
23:11for the delicious stir-fried mung bean
23:13of the Baler people.
23:23First, we will stir-fry the garlic,
23:25onion, tomato and pork.
23:34Next, we will stir-fry the shrimp.
23:46I will cover it for a few minutes,
23:49about 10 minutes.
23:52Next, we will stir-fry the softened mung bean
23:54and water.
23:55We will season it with salt and seasoning.
23:57We will also add chicharon,
23:59bitter gourd leaves,
24:00malunggay,
24:01and alumbati.
24:09I will cover it again.
24:17When the soup is boiling,
24:19we will add the shrimp.
24:22When the soup is boiling,
24:24we can now transfer it.
24:29The stir-fried mung bean with shrimp is now ready.
24:36I will hold it.
24:38After swimming in the river
24:40and catching the shrimp.
24:42There it is.
24:44It's time to taste the stir-fried mung bean
24:47with shrimp.
24:52The shrimp is so delicious.
24:54It's really fresh.
24:57It's really different when it's fresh.
25:00The shrimp is so cute.
25:01It's so small,
25:02but it's so tasty.
25:07That's it.
25:08Even though it's small,
25:11it's still delicious.
25:15Love it.
25:18It's a winner.
25:22When you eat it with shrimp,
25:26then you squeeze the shrimp,
25:28then you add chicharon,
25:30it's a champion.
25:36I just smelled it.
25:39It's so delicious.
25:40It's so delicious.
25:42Approved.
25:44Aside from the big and high waves,
25:48Oh my God!
25:49Wait a minute.
25:51Don't move.
25:53there are other things that can make the town of Baler grow.
25:57Wow, look at the dorados.
26:00Wow, this one has more seeds.
26:07Oh my God.
26:08It's so big.
26:10It's so big.
26:11Oh my God.
26:12It's so big.
26:17It's so big.
26:19The sea creatures and the delicious seafood are part of our taste.
26:25Let's hold on,
26:26because we're still on our way to the exciting part.
26:30Next week,
26:31we'll continue our seafood hunting in Baler.
26:36Just one.
26:37Good evening.
26:38I'm Cara David.
26:39And this is Binasarap.