Wow! Bakasi Ni Nang Susie… Saucy!
I sampled this exotic delicacy prepared like what my father always used to do, stewed over a simmering liquid with some young moringa leaves (kamungay), green Charleston peppers, red tomatoes, and a dash of salt and msg to add more flavor.
When I was still young, my father often prepared moray eels fresh from the eelers. I had no idea why he liked eels so much that he always went to the wet market by himself as often as he could and came home having a kilo of writhing creatures in a small plastic bag, a bunch of moringa leaves, peppers and red tomatoes. As a kid, you don’t ask the grown-ups why do they eat such foods, don’t you? As long as they’re eaten without any fanfare, you don’t bother to ask why. Just as you don’t bother asking why do we eat goat meat or duck casserole?
Honestly, I didn’t like the fishy odor of this creature, but it tasted damn good!
Nang Susie was an eel connoisseur, so to speak. Not that she tasted all kinds of eels in the ocean but she’s an ace when it comes to her specialty, eel stew with moringa leaves (kinamunggayang bakasi) as what she called it. She owned a small eatery by the roadside near the Ramos Market (now demolished). She bragged that all taxi drivers in Cebu have come to taste her………eel stew.
I once ventured into the place with my friends early in the morning at nine for our breakfast. As we went from stall to stall, we stumbled into this small carenderia, whose owner was her own cook and server rolled into one. She was a plumpy middle-aged woman who always wore a cheerful smile for her loyal and chance customers alike. I didn’t exactly know if she had ever knew that there was this ambiguity in my mind if her eel or ‘L’ ever drew the customers in. A skinny man in his 50’s, seated next to our table, commented half-jokingly rather ambiguously whether on her get-up (a pair of snugly-fitting white shorts topped with equally snug red satin tube) or the spicy eel stew that he just finished, “Lami-a ah!” A silly smirk was plastered on his face.
When I asked Nang Susie if there is any truth about the myth surrounding this prized seafood as an aphrodisiac, she told me, without batting an eye, that it really turns men horny, as she fixed her red tube up which was in danger of slipping down her ample bosom! I didn’t want to believe in her until I recalled the man’s smirk on his face earlier after he finished his hot bowl of bakasi.
But do I think Nang Susie acted saucy because of her bakasi? Wow! Yummy! I mean……..the bakasi!
August 16th, 2005 at 1:34 pm
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August 16th, 2005 at 2:11 pm
i have never tasted bakasi ever.. i wanna try eating it though.. there is a hope for me to really like the stew’s sauciness but for nanag susie’s sauciness.. i think i might have a problem with that..hahahaha..
August 16th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
This is my first time to hear or imagine such delicacy.. I dont know about you guys but a dish made from eel? This is totally exotic. Well, we really cant blame Cebu for having Bakasi..After all, Cebu is known for being so out of this world and weird!!! di ba?? And jorge, if this “horny” thing is true, im surely gonna try and devour this sumptuous meal!!!
August 16th, 2005 at 4:50 pm
Sounds like..hmmmmm……..yummy! I begin to drool just thinking about a hot bowl of these heavenly-tasting aphrodisiac! Thinking about it already titillates my palate and yes, titillates my lust…lust for saucy Susie! Whew! I can’t wait to have a bowlfull of it from Nang Susie!
Saucy Susie, where is she?
Does she sashay over me?
If that saucy Susie really flirty.
Can I savor her tasty bakasi?
August 16th, 2005 at 5:40 pm
eating exotic food always intrigues me.. one thing that i have noticed though: most of the exotic foods are known for its “aphrodisiac” qualities or whatever you call it. whether it is true or it’s just to draw more interest in to it.. whatever it is, i’d like to go and try it out one time.. not for its aphrodisiac thingy but for the experience..
August 16th, 2005 at 6:44 pm
My cousins are always eating that “bakasi” thing somewhere along Jones Avenue, after long hours of “inuman”. I’d never tried it and I’ll never will ;-).
August 18th, 2005 at 4:24 pm
I heard of BAKASI from a friend. I remember him telling me that its some kind of an aphrodisiac and its really tasty. An aphrodisiac? Why not! But until now I really havent tried to eating BAKASI. Maybe on my next visit to Cebu.
August 18th, 2005 at 4:53 pm
Johanne, I know how much you love experimenting things, especially eating or nibbling ample-size bakasi! Nang Susie’s bakasi isn’t that intriguing! My bakasi is! Wanna try mine someday? It’s a lot tastier.Forget about meat tenderizer! Tenderizer isn’t for bakasi!
August 18th, 2005 at 5:30 pm
Hi princess.
Bakasi, I tell you, is such a great food for your body especially on your libido! Try some and you’d surely act saucy!
August 27th, 2005 at 1:46 pm
Come on Jorge! Tell us! It’s NOT true…right? Coz if it were true…..why the Viagra in your drawer?
August 30th, 2005 at 5:11 pm
Experience my one-of-a-kind bakasi and you’ll forget Nang Susie!
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July 10th, 2007 at 7:36 am
for those of u who have not eaten bakasi yet..u have to try it, its really gud and tasty as well….