Dampa Seaside Market, Pasay City

Getting to IGMAAN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT was another hurdle for me... because the floor was wet and slippery.......There is no easier way to get to the restaurant ...  you will have to cross the market where you buy the seafood you want them to cook for you... All the restaurants there at DAMPA charge " cooking fee ". The cooking fee is based on the weight of your seafood.

When you walk through the market, you will hear vendors hawking crabs that are BABAE ( female ), LALAKE ( male ) or BAKLA ( gay )... I always perfer eating BAKLA crabs because their fat is tastier than that of the female crabs. Do you know what is the difference between these female and BAKLA crabs?? well, Female crabs have more ALIGUE ( fat ), while BAKLA ( gay crabs ) have more meat just like the male crabs... although the fat inside these crabs is not as much as that of female crabs. It all depends on what you prefer to eat... the fat of the crab or the meat ... BAKLA crabs are more expensive than the female or male crabs...

Here are the fresh catch for the day...

Did all these photos make your mouth water??? I recommend that you go around all the stalls in the market first before making your purchase... some stalls sell their seafoods cheaper.

Here was what we had for dinner:

Iggy bought  a male crab  (  650 php ) and had them cooked....... CHEF'S CRAB SPECIAL.... It was cooked in a special chili sauce ( which was not spicy at all -- I wondered where all the chili went ! ).. It was yummy but messy. Since our crab was very fresh ... the meat was very sweet.

KANGKONG with BUTTER and GARLIC sauce -- ( the Kangkong was 8 PHP and the cooking cost was 110 PHP ..... such irony!!!!! ).. and to think they used margarine instead of butter!!!!

INIHAW na LIEMPO ( 130 PHP )... it was this cheap because we were only 3 people eating.  I liked this one better than the KANGKONG dish.

KINILAW na TANIGUE ( 220 PHP )... that includes the fish and cooking fee. Although this dish is not as photogenic as the other dishes we ordered ...  I think this dish was very good. Most of the kinilaws I have tasted before would either be too sour or the chili was too strong. You should try this dish when you eat here.

Some things that I have learned tonight .......when you want to dine in places like this ---- you should be with a group (  at least 5 people ) in order to have more dishes to share. You should order plain rice in order to enjoy the different flavors of your dishes.

Why don't you try IGMAAN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT today and let me know what dish you liked the best!

Happy eating!



IGMAAN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

Macapagal Boulevard
Pasay City

tel. nos. ( 02 ) 566 1830
              ( 0928 ) 505 9405

operating hours : 10am to 12 mn