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“This is fish tendon — the tendon of the tuna. I add some to here with green chilies and rice. Oh man, it's almost like squid — this is the first time texture that I've experienced in tuna. It's amazing — not too tough or chewy but has a little bounciness to it. Definitely if you dropped it on the ground it might bounce back up at you, has that kind of a texture but not rubbery.”
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Filipino Seafood Tour - KING OF TUNA in Mindanao, Philippines!! 🇵🇭 (This Is Crazy!!) · @ 26:15
Rachel's Tuna Grill in General Santos serves incredibly fresh tuna directly from the auction, grilled to perfection — the best grilled tuna meal I've ever had.
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Tuna Sashimi
This is the fresh tuna sashimi — Filipino style with calamansi. You put calamansi onto the sashimi then dip into soy sauce and a little wasabi. That is insane — it just melts and the piece I got has no fibers or muscle tissue at all, it completely dissolves on your mouth. That's phenomenal and actually tastes so good with that squeeze of calamansi as well.
Grilled Tuna Belly
This slab is the tuna belly — as it was grilling it was basted with oil, calamansi, and soy sauce. Look at how fatty it is and how juicy — it's so tender, so oily and fatty. The belly is one of the greatest parts. You can feel those oils in your fingers. That is sensational — perfectly moist and oily. Sometimes tuna can get dried out when grilled, but when it's a belly it has the extra fat content and the way they've grilled it by just really low fire keeping that heat constant. There's a reason it's called the tuna capital of the Philippines — not only because of the quantity but also the quality.
Grilled Blue Marlin Steak
This is a whole cross-section of the blue marlin — you can actually squeeze it and the juices and oils come out. I get a nice dip into the sauce. Oh man, that is so juicy — even has a bit of a fat component to it. The juiciness, the meatiness — it's so good. You can even taste the flavor of the sea, the freshness. It's like chicken breast that white meat. Unbelievable.
Tuna Tendon
This is fish tendon — the tendon of the tuna. I add some to here with green chilies and rice. Oh man, it's almost like squid — this is the first time texture that I've experienced in tuna. It's amazing — not too tough or chewy but has a little bounciness to it. Definitely if you dropped it on the ground it might bounce back up at you, has that kind of a texture but not rubbery.
Tuna Female Egg Sack
This is the female egg sack — I think that needs a green chili with it. It does have that crumbly cooked roe texture to it, it kind of crumbles, then it's cooked down with almost like a sweet and salty soy sauce kind of taste. Man that's good.
