Tito Joe's flight was at 10PM last night, after he checked in I got a text from Olein asking me where should they go around Parañaque. It was around 7ish, dinner time... I suggested they go to Dampa since its just really near the airport. And because I live near the airport, I joined them. =)
Dampa is a wet market where you can buy fresh seafood caught that morning. The 'Original Dampa' is actually a market compound with restaurants that offer 'paluto'. “Paluto” means they will cook whatever raw ingredients you give them, however you want it cooked for a fee. This place is actually perfect for treating out balikbayan friends and relatives who want seafood at a cheap price and in a well, relatively nice ambiance or maybe I can say, a really 'Pinoy ambiance'.The fun and interesting part really is going to the 'palengke' (wet market), to buy the seafood yourself, selecting and haggling with the tinderas (market vendor). I swear, the sight of seafood is overwhelming. They have crabs, lobster, oysters, mussels, tiger prawns, etc. Pork and chicken are also available for people allergic to most seafood like myself (Hurray!) There are vegetable and fruit stands too. After buying, just choose a restaurant and let them cook it, if you wish to skip the 'fun and interesting' part, you can let the resto staff do the buying for you too.
Kinilaw or Kilawin
It is basically fish steeped in vinegar in which it naturally "cooks".
yes, not cooked over fire.
squid
Olein's favorite, Sinigang! (ITS MY FAVE TOO!!!!)
Sinigang is a sour soup often likened to Thailand's tom yam.
Its main ingredient can either be meat or seafood.
Its soup base is either tamarind or guava.
Dampa at night
Its called 'Original Dampa' because (it is the original!) there are already areas in Manila that copied the 'Dampa' concept. There's one in Libis, Quezon City, one along Macapagal Avenue and in San Miguel behind Mall of Asia, the 'Original Dampa' is near the domestic and international airport. If you don't want to get dirty in the wet market, you can go to any of the new 'dampa' as they are located in commercial and convenient areas.
I have flight attendant friends who would go to the 'original dampa' and pig out on buttered shrimps, crabs, sinigang or calamari. Sometimes, relatives fresh from the airport would request us to bring them to dampa right away. Its really cheap here, sometimes I'd go there with 8 of my friends and we'd chip in 200-250 ($4) each. The other dampa sites are just a bit cleaner and less crowded so of course, its a bit more expensive.
I have flight attendant friends who would go to the 'original dampa' and pig out on buttered shrimps, crabs, sinigang or calamari. Sometimes, relatives fresh from the airport would request us to bring them to dampa right away. Its really cheap here, sometimes I'd go there with 8 of my friends and we'd chip in 200-250 ($4) each. The other dampa sites are just a bit cleaner and less crowded so of course, its a bit more expensive.
Ellona and Tito Joe
Dampa
Ninoy Aquino Ave.,
San Dionisio
Parañaque City
San Dionisio
Parañaque City
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