Beware of Roadside (seafood) vendors!

**win** · March 24th, 2008 11:22 AM

naloko din kmi dyan kahapon, coming from Baguio. tsk.tsk. free timba din!

**shadow** · March 24th, 2008 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by win

naloko din kmi dyan kahapon, coming from Baguio. tsk.tsk. free timba din!

nagtataka lang ako significant naman ang difference ng dami ng 5 kilos to 1 kilo..hinde niyo ba napansin?

**wally** · March 24th, 2008 12:15 PM

Same here. I posted a warning on this MO sometime ago, pero sa thread regarding places to stay in Baguio.

Got cheated to the tune of P650.00 hindi pa purong Sugpo at hinaluan ng native na Pasayan! Pro talaga I was part of a 6-car convoy tapos nadaya kaming lahat. Most of the buyers were people whom you could consider street-smart pero nalusutan pa din.

Other roadside vendors to avoid are the crab vendors along the winding road to Subic. Nowadays I carry a mini weighing scale in my car w/c I can use in a jiffy in case I have a hankering for fresh seafoods sold by the roadside.

**BoyBakaL** · March 24th, 2008 12:37 PM

same here naloko na ako ng mga ganyan sa cavite naman after ng coastal hiway.. my dad bought crabs kasi ang lalaki ng mga eto..

pag uwi namin at try namin timbangin eh yung 2 kilos eh 900 grams lang

pag luto namin sa crabs grabe walang laman sa sobrang payat!!!..

may daya ang timabangan ng mga yan!!!

FrankDrebin · March 24th, 2008 01:14 PM

Matagal nang MO yan. Babad sa tubig ang mga crabs kaya mabigat. Hehehe.

**Syuryuken** · March 24th, 2008 02:23 PM

kahit yung mga pusit ibinababad din sa yelo at tubig para bumigat ang timbang

**XTO** · March 24th, 2008 02:55 PM

Sa tagal na nakabitin at nakabilad, malaki tsansa na pumayat na sila sa hirap. May nabili pa kami noon bukod sa payat mapanghe pa. iba talaga galing sa suki mo…kami from pampanga kaya talagang masarap ang laman. Parehas sa timbang at presyo….

Yung kaso ng sugpo, nadaya sila sa yelo, ganyan naman na experience ko sa alimasag sa divisoria, libre na raw ang ice yun pala para di mo mapansin na kulang sa timbang…well, dina sila naka ulit…. Balik na ko/kami sa suki namin…order na lang kung medyo marami kailangan.

**m777** · March 24th, 2008 03:54 PM

i never tried buying from these so called roadside vendors. feeling ko kasi theyre just there to take advantage of motorist na maeenganyong bumili sa kanila

**RedHotBlood** · March 24th, 2008 04:02 PM

we were victimized also by these subic vendors ng crab, actually what were buying were mangos from zambales then one lady ask if we want crabs so my dad check it first then nung mabigat he bought 1 kilo for 750 pesos, she then passed on another set like four pieces for 500 pesos. my dad then took it also and we left home. When we cooked it we found out halos shell na lang at walang laman ni aligi wala na din. Sabi ko it's better to buy at palengke where we have suki at di ka pa lolokohin. Buti na lang yung mangoes ok na ok at 40 petot lang a kilo.

**Galactus** · March 24th, 2008 06:02 PM

Actually, yung mga chefs alam na alam nila na hindi dapat bumili ng talangka, lobsters or shelled crustaceans sa mga roadside vendors. Why? Because matagal ng hindi kumakain yung mga talangka sa kalye (the animal, and not the vendor/s).

Nakatali kasi usually yung mga pincers nun, and as a result, the claws atrophy due to non-use. Lumiliit yung laman, and since hindi nga nakakakain, talagang mauubos yung fat (aligi).

Which is why chefs buy talaga sa palengke or fishport.

I learned that from watching Discovery, hehehe.