Coral Fishes

coral fish

Ilocos have so many colorful and beautiful coral fishes in the area. So colorful that all sparkling colors like orange for clown fish, brown and white for lion fish and many other colors like bright blue, purple among others.

But in Ilocos, coral fishes are not only for aquariums. These beautiful fishes are caught in the coral reefs of the stony part of the sea side to be cook as dishes for lunch and supper. That is right, these beautiful fishes are served in the table with the popular tamarind soup based recipe or as we call it sinigang. Sometimes, these re grilled and served with the juicy tomatoes with fish sauce and onions.

There are more or less hundred kinds of coral fish in our coastal and most of these are catch to become food.When cook, you will love the sour taste of the soup with the leaves of kamote, pechay, taban chili and even kangkong or horseradish.

Its so happen, though the soup is unequaled and the meat is tasty and full... but beware of too many fish bones.