Buwad Danggit(Dried fish) From Bantayan

Pasalubong From Bantayan Island🥰
"BUWAD" is what we call a dried fish in the Cebuano!

It has been so long now since I last visited Bantayan Island in Cebu, Philippines. Apart from the pristine white sand beaches that the island caters, they are also known with their "buwad" delicacies. Plenty of vendors from the island have a variety of buwad that buyers could choose from.

Yesterday my husband went to Bantayan Island to visit their projects there.. When he got home, he brought a few packs of buwad that we could enjoy from. There is the most popular danggit, tasty dried fish.

More than just a beach destination, Bantayan Island is also known for its delicacy – buwad or dried fish. From the popular danggit or dried rabbitfish to dried squid and even such exotic products as fish tocino, Bantayan has a wide range of these popular pasalubong items.

The best place to find dried fish is at the Dried Fish and Vegetable Market in Barangay Suba in the town of Bantayan, one of the island’s three towns. The two other municipalities are Santa Fe and Madridejos.

The market displays various types of dried fish or buwad and is popular among tourists who buy them for pasalubong. The danggit and squid are some of the best sellers. Another type is the fish tapa or the filefish’s meat, that compared to the ordinary buwad, is shaped into circles and flavored. The fish tocino is tender and sweet. These are often consumed as snacks or pulutan or to go with drinks.

From the sea to the dried fish market, the process of making buwad is laborious, and a vital part of the process is the role played by the “mamukyaray.”

“Ang pagbuhat sa boneless danggit kay mao’y pinakasayon kay igo ra siya pikason, ihulom kadiyot sa asin, unya ibuwad sa init,” said Rose Ann Ejorango, a mamukyaray. (Boneless danggit is the easiest to prepare because you only need to split the fish open, soak in salt, and dried under the sun.)

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