Bahala na

I’ve already posted about squid and our boodlefight experience. There was also sea urchin that Leisel couldn’t refuse from a local family she found harvesting on the beach in Bohol :-). There are witnesses, but no pictures of her eating it.

In Davao, our driver recommended we have lunch at Yellow Fin. It turns out Yellow Fin was a favourite of their infamous past president Duterte. He is spoken of very highly by the people in Davao. Regardless of your political views, you’d have to admit he has good taste in seafood restaurants!

A typical breakfast here is rice, egg, fish, and fruit. Quite filling!

Speaking of fruit… all kinds of firsts! Bananas are common in Canada, but they are better here. Smaller, with thinner peels. They have the texture of a just ripe banana in Canada, but the sweetness of a nearly over-ripe banana. They also boil bananas (tastes like baked potato) and of course deep fry them as bananaQ or banana chips! And there’s mango, which of course is AMAZING and plentiful here.

And now the firsts:

Russell guarded this gift with his life for two days before we cut into it! Turns out it wasn’t his favourite flavour, but the rest of us enjoyed it!

Durian is called the king of fruit in Davao city and has quite the reputation. They say it smells like Hell but tastes like Heaven. Interestingly, it was banned from one of our hotel rooms on account of the smell! Daniel and I tried it and have decided that it’s an acquired taste. The spikes on the outside are hard and sharp – it would make a good weapon. The fruit itself is soft and creamy.

Two favourites were jack fruit and rambutan.