Festival Platters at Sinamu Seafoods and Native Cuisine in Santa Barbara

“Sinamû” is a Hiligaynon word for assortment. In any form of dining, Ilonggo habitually use the word “Sinamû” as a combination of different dishes placing them together in just one plate by a person. Practically, a combination of rice, with assorted native dishes and soup.

Sinamû Seafoods and Native Cuisines is the first and only semi-fine dining restaurant in the town of Santa Barbara. As the word “Sinamû” come into view, it is a perfect name for the place which can serve variety of seafood dishes and native cuisines. A spot where people can stay and dine comfortably and will leave the place contentedly.

The restaurant, aside from its ala carte meal orders, now offer Festival Platters aka Bilao meals. Each bilao comes with an assortment of salads, meat, seafood and sides. It (may) include grilled eggplant salad, kinilaw nga isda, grilled pork, steamed shrimps, grilled squid, native litsong manok, grilled scallops, sinugba nga tangigue, rice and fresh fruits. It is further categorized into:

BISPERAS Platter (Party starter for 2-4 persons) Php 799.00.

Includes 1 whole litson manok, grilled shrimps, grilled pantat, baked scallops, pork chop, fried spring roll, mango, steamed veggies and rice.

PIYESTA Platter (Festival Meal for 4-6 persons) Php 1,099.

Includes grilled shrimps, steamed crabs, grilled squid, grilled pantat, baked scallops, kinilaw pork, mango & steamed veggies or grilled eggplant w tomatoes & onions and rice

KAHILWAYAN Platter (Freedom meal for 6-8 persons)Php 1,499.00.

Includes 1 whole native litson manok, grilled shrimps, steamed crabs, grilled squid, grilled pantat, baked scallops, pork kinilaw, pork chop, choices of ripe mangoes or green mangoes w/bagoong, choices of steamed camote leaves & okra w/bagoong or grilled eggplant w tomatoes and onions.

Sinamû Seafoods and Native Cuisines humbly assures to provide fresh seafood and varieties of native cuisines to any level of customer at the most affordable price with a highly scale of authentic flavors, welcoming place and excellent customer service./press release

Sinamû Seafoods and Native Cuisines

Tydyco Commercial Complex, Bypass Road,

Santa Barbara, 5002 Iloilo, Philippines

Mon - Sat: 09:00 - 20:00

Phone (033) 396 0058

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SinamuSeafoods

Fruits from the grocery

These packs of cut up fruits were bought from SM Delgado's grocery. Got enticed by their color and luckily, they were as good as they looked, especially the papaya. Each was just less than Php 22, really a bargain!

Ultimate Ilonggo Favorite: KBL Kadyos, Baboy, Langka

K.B.L. or Kadyos, Baboy, Langka is the ultimate favorite dish of most Ilonggos. It is also one of the most missed native dishes as kadyos and the souring ingredient, batwan , are hard to find when outside of the Ilonggo region. Basically, it is boiled/stewed pork dish owing its "deliciousness" to the combination of the soft and tender pork, the tamed sourness of batwan and the malinamnam na sabaw . One of the "secrets" of the malinamnamn na sabaw , is the fact that the pork, whether just the plain meat or pata (hocks) are first grilled or broiled. This gives the broth a rather smoky taste that makes it more appetizing.. Learn how to make the Ilonggo dish KBL (Kadyos, Baboy, at Langka) with the recipe below. Ingredients 1 kilo Pata (pork hocks) or pork cubes, GRILLED and sliced into bite size pieces 1 unripe Jack fruit, cubed 2 cups pigeon pea (kadyos) 6-8 pieces batwan fruit (or tamarind powder) 1 piece pork broth cube (

An Ilonggo favorite - Valenciana

Found in almost all occasions like fiesta, birthdays, reunions and others, Ilonggos really love valenciana because most if not all have grown accustomed of having it in special gatherings at home. A complete " go, grow and glow " dish because it has the carbohydrates, protein and vitamins and minerals in just one spoonful, Valenciana is really an " occasional dish ". Here's the recipe for Valenciana

Batwan

Ilonggos know batwan or batuan by heart as the fruit is almost endemic to the Western Visayas. Its scientific name is Garcinia binucao, derived from the Tagalog name for the fruit, binukaw. It is a large green fruit with large seeds and its a favorite souring ingredient in most Ilonggo dishes especially KBL or kadyos, baboy, langka and the Ilonggo-style paksiw known as "pinamalhan". It is characterized by a tamed sourness compared to tamarind and kamias . The fruit is sold by pieces or kilo in wet markets and even big grocery stores. Batwan is the preferred souring ingredients for the Ilonggo favorite- KBL. The photo shows boiled batwan with skin and without skin (right) A favorite riddle when we were young - "Among the many fruits in the forest, but one (batuan) is the best. What is it?"

Takway

The gabi (taro) is just one of those plants which is edible from "roots to tops". The most popular of which is the tuber part which is used in a variety of dishes and mostly in combination with coconut milk. Its leaves, of course, is the main ingredient of a Bicol specialty, laing . It is dried then chopped and sauteed with other ingredients including, again, coconut milk. Then there is takway . The local term for its tendrils/runner, that part which is torn between being a stem or a root for it neither grows upwards nor downwards - it grows sideways . Scraped off of its outer skin, takway is often a key ingredient in vegetable dishes like laswa and the gabi tuber with coconut milk and local snails know as bago-ngon . It is also popular when cooked adobo style with guinamos , the local bago-ong . It is very popular in the region that even big supermarkets sell takway in style - cleaned and plastic wrapped in styro with some additions to make it easier to prepare.

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