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Sooo Pinoy in Davao at Yellow Fin Seafood Restaurant


It's been an overload of tuna in Davao a few weeks ago and on our last day for our second to the last restaurant - it was still, you guess it, tuna! But it was a tuna of a different kind, a "fusion" of Dabawenyo and Bicol specialties. Say hello to Tuna Laing served by Yellow Fin Seafood Restaurant. 
I was part of Sooo Pinoy, Food Trip na Pilipinas! which is set to visit 300 restaurants in 10 key regions/areas all over the Philippines. Davao is the 4th food stop after Iloilo, Boracay and Cebu that started last March. The goal of the Food Trip is to show that Filipino dishes per region have different identities based on the culture, lifestyle and history of the area.  The Food Trip also aims to show that there are many Filipino recipes from different regions of the Philippines, each having its own specialty that has to be recognized for the unique flavor it adds to the Filipino Cuisine.
As the restaurant name suggests, "yellow fin" is the tuna variety served in the restaurant. It started as a small "carinderia" (around 30-40 seats) in the early 90's and if I got my info right the Angeles Family also had a steakhouse and a furniture business then. It was popular restaurant that was frequented not only by families but by politicians as well. I heard that Davao City  Mayor Rod Duterte is a suki here.
Maybe, he loved the Adobong Buntot ng Tuna which is the specialty of the house. During the past few days in Davao, tuna buntot was almost always served "grilled". So it was welcome taste for us to enjoy one of the most flavourful part of the tuna served as Filipino as it can be - adobo style!
 And they can sell almost 100 tuna tail per day! WOW!
We've had lots of tuna bagaybay ever since our arrival, and it is just fitting that we have one last round as we end out food tour. Yellow Fin's sizzling bagaybay, gave us one last taste of one our food discoveries in Davao.
A "greaseless" fried chicken? Seems to good to be true but a bite into one of Yellow Fin's most popular food item, makes one an instant believer. There used to be another restaurant serving this famous chicken - Molave; but when it closed(?) the cook from that resto transferred to Yellow Fin and the grease-less chicken was reborn.

Capping off our Yellow Fin gastronomic adventure were durian rolls that were turon but filled with a durian mash. Good thing I was the first to discover it on the table so I had as many as I could (lol).

Based on the "foodie stats" of this leg Sooo Pinoy food trip, chicken and tuna and neck to neck when it comes to the meaty component of Davao cuisine. And we had the "best of both  worlds" here at Yellow Fin. 
Filipinos are encouraged to join and support the Sooo Pinoy movement, a partnership between Unilever Food Solutions and the Department of Tourism, and go on a gastronomic adventure that both fills the stomach and enriches our awareness of our own identity.   To know more about the campaign, food lovers are invited to like the Sooo Pinoy page on Facebook and follow @SoooPinoy on Twitter

Sooo Pinoy Epic DAVAO Food Trip: June 25-29, 2012

DAY 1: Round up | Dencio's Kamayan | Grand Regal Hotel | Barbeque Boss
DAY 2: Round up | Probinsya | Ahfat Seafoods Plaza | D'Leonor HotelThe Ritz at Garden Oases | E.Y.'s Tuna | Flyover Ihaw-Ihaw
DAY 3: Round up | Patok sa Manok | Marina Tuna | Waterfront Insular Hotel |  Paradise Island Park | Garden by the Bay Resort | Taklobo at Jack's Ridge
DAY 4: \Round up | Kusina Selera | Binggoy's Lounge | KusinerosGlamour Crabs Buffet | Tiny Kitchen | Pansititoy | Kookel's
DAY 5: Round up | Harana | Penong's | Chippen's | Yellow Fin | Fiesta Dabaw

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