Fishing for tilapia at Eden Nature Park
Loading ...by Blogie on 15 Jul 2008 {Grill}
Continuing with the adventures of our two vacationing British friends, we brought them to Eden Nature Park last Sunday for sky-riding and fishing.
I’m not a big lover of tilapia, which is all what you can catch at this mountain resort’s man-made lake. However, after gorging myself on what the resort’s grill had prepared for us (with the fish that we’d caught), I’m now officially a tilapia eater!
And we caught a lot! So we asked the kitchen staff — the kitchen is right there beside the lake — to do three kinds of cooking for us: Pinaputok na Tilapia, Grilled Tilapia, and Deep-Fried Tilapia. They were all awesome, I tell you! I’ve never eaten so much fish in one meal before.
The Pinaputok na Tilapia is an interesting dish. If I’m not mistaken, the fish is steamed until the skin breaks (hence “pinaputok” or blown out). Don’t ask me why, but I myself think some Filipino dishes have strange names (here’s another one: Nilasing na Sugpo). Anyway, in this tilapia dish, the fish is wrapped in banana leaves, which gives it a refreshing flavor.
Personally, the Grilled Tilapia was the best one that we had. I didn’t know that tilapia could be so good when grilled! Dipped in that distinctly Filipino sauce — soy sauce, vinegar, kalamansi (Philippine lemon) and siling labuyo (small but potent chili) — the grilled fish meat tasted so heavenly! I think I ate two whole tilapia, not counting the other dishes.
The Deep-Fried Tilapia could’ve been good, too, I suppose. But by the time we sat down to eat, it was almost cold already. You see, after fishing we went sky-riding while the kitchen prepared the food for us… and we took too long enjoying ourselves in the resort. 
Our day tour package included merienda (snacks), and that was a choice of spaghetti or sandwiches that day. We all had the spaghetti plate. I must say, it was surprisingly good! The pasta was al dente and the sauce was terrific.
No, I shouldn’t say it was surprising. After all, they grow export-grade vegetables and spices at Eden Nature Park. One sought-after produce of theirs are those large, crunchy salad tomatoes.
For more information on Eden Nature Park’s tours and culinary offerings, please visit their website: www.edennaturepark.com.ph.
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16 Jul 2008 • 6:55 am # 1) Jehzeel Laurente
na miss ko to.. ang sarap talaga sa eden
ang daming tilapia dyan.. sarap nung grilled tilapia.. huhuhuu 
16 Jul 2008 • 12:31 pm # 2) Blogie
@Jehz — Eh di umuwi ka muna rito!
26 Jul 2008 • 1:15 pm # 3) Ice 9 Web
yup i have tasted their talapia and yun catFish na inihaw…ang sarap nga talaga yummy… uwi lang yun ni iris when he visited with his wife… in short i have never been to eden and am missing a lot (Y_Y)
26 Jul 2008 • 1:22 pm # 4) Ice 9 Web Co.CC
sabi you have to put feeds in the ponds in order to catch talapia (^_^) kasi kung hindi it will really take time to catch one…
sarap nga noon pinaPutok pumuputok sa sarap
26 Jul 2008 • 1:24 pm # 5) Ice 9 Web Co.CC
I have to schedule and go there with family to enjoy all these stuff (^_^) thanks for this idea
keep up the good posts
07 Aug 2008 • 5:25 pm # 6) winnie
hi, may i ask how much is the cost of fishing tilapia?… do i rili nid to catch for it?…how much all in all including the cooking?…im going to visit eden on aug. 23…thanks..
07 Aug 2008 • 6:37 pm # 7) Blogie
@winnie — Shoot.. I knew I should’ve taken note of how much we paid. But I tell you, the cooking charge wasn’t expensive at all. The fishing itself is included in their tour package.
Have fun!
01 Sep 2008 • 6:20 pm # 8) senorita lakwatsera
me and my friend will be there in dec. 1 night in pearl farm, 1 night in eden and 1 day lakwatsa. im really really looking forward to it
kung pwede nga lang hilain ang mga araw. 
01 Sep 2008 • 6:24 pm # 9) Blogie
@señorita lakwatsera — I know what you mean!
I’m sure you’ll have lots of fun over here! Thanks for reading my blog!
01 Sep 2008 • 6:24 pm # 10) winnie
nakapunta na q ng pearl farm day otur…sobrang ganda tpos kinabukasa sa phil eagle at eden pero d km nkapagfishing kc kumain n km ng lunch along d way papunta ng eden kc gutom na gutom na km pero nakita q ung mga nanghuhuli ng tilapia sa fishpond…nakaktuwa nga…heheh sobrang lakwatsa dn ang gnawa q dun…hehe cge, enjoy ur visit in davao…