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Craving for Crispy Fried Daing

As I was about to depart from Chicago Oโ€™Hare Airport (ORD) on my way to the Philippines two weeks ago, I had only one thing in mind: to have Crispy Fried Daing for breakfast on my first day in Manila. Yeah, I know that sounds shallow. I guess that Iโ€™ve been craving for Crispy Fried Daing for the longest time.

I only stayed in Manila for just a week to complete some errand and visit my relatives. It was hard to plan for my itinerary considering the amount of time that I had, but I did the most out of it.

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As I was about to depart from Chicago Oโ€™Hare Airport (ORD) on my way to the Philippines two weeks ago, I had only one thing in mind: to have Crispy Fried Daing for breakfast on my first day in Manila. Yeah, I know that sounds shallow. I guess that Iโ€™ve been craving for Crispy Fried Daing for the longest time.

Daing

I only stayed in Manila for just a week to complete some errand and visit my relatives. It was hard to plan for my itinerary considering the amount of time that I had, but I did the most out of it.

I arrived in Manila almost midnight the following day. I got jet lag and wasnโ€™t able to sleep that night. I lay awake โ€“ waiting for the first break of the morning. I got up as the sun starts to shine โ€“ on my way to the nearest flea market.

That was my first morning in Manila. Iโ€™ve stayed there longer than I stayed abroad, but I canโ€™t explain why everything seemed so new to me โ€“ then I realized that I was starting to appreciate the place again, despite its imperfections.

As I arrived in the flea-market after a short mile of walk, I could not help but admire the richness of our ocean. I have been deprived of fresh seafood here in the Midwest, and it really feels good to know that Iโ€™ll be feasting on delicious fresh seafood even for just a few days. Of course, I grabbed some salted dried fish (daing) which was my main reason for going there.

Normally, I would check on all the stalls for the best dried fish around, but not this time. I went there to grab a few pounds of dried fish and head home immediately. I knew that I can always have someone get fresh seafood at a later time. That is another story.

In order to save some time, I decided to buy steamed rice on my way home. When I got back, I immediately fried the โ€œdaingโ€ until crispy and arranged it in a plate with rice and spicy vinegar dip. The dried fish might not be the best of quality compared to the dried fish in Palawan that we had last summer, but I still enjoyed my long awaited Crispy Fried Daing.

The craving for salted dried fish has been satisfied, at least for now. But a new craving has developed โ€“ the craving to get back home permanently. If there is at least one good opportunity, there might be a possibility. We will never knowโ€ฆ

Vanjo Merano

Vanjo Merano is the creator of PanlasangPinoy.com. His goal is to introduce Filipino Food and Filipino Cuisine to the rest of the world. This blog was the first step that he took.

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  1. Anne Kehn says

    Posted on 12/1/10 at 10:44 am

    I have been craving for dried fish too! There’s an Asian store here in my place but they don’t have dried fish.

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