First time I've scoured the food section of Cebu, I was brought to the wayside stalls at Fuente. Larang is being sold there and I was to share a seat with strangers just to get a swig of the city’s known soup --- a rich and spicy coconut fish stew. It’s no different to fish sinigang but the importance that they’ve laid on this viand couldn’t compare to any ordinary food.
A friend of mine who's from Pasil had brought one to work. She's pride on her Mom’s cooking and talked about the careful choice of fish she’s requested to be cooked.
Hannah Leyson: "Kanang isda sa bato, Byang. Kanang puti, Molmol man ni".
Errol purred right beside me while irresistibly slurping: "Hmmm...I love it!"
It was a different version, ‘twas minus the coconut milk but its soup was naturally flavored sour by the tamarinds that joined it. Nothing beats a home-cooked meal.
So we've taken it at home and here’s our own version of it.
Just had a handful of onions, garlic and ripe tomatoes and substituted the tamarind for the powdered one.
Dunno what fish this is but I knew this would do.
I was in no mood to cook, got the womanly matters. So had to dictate the steps to Lily while she did the cooking. She's a natural.
Well, so much more for staying aside and waiting for it.
The best part is always the eating part.
Chow!
