After spending a limited time during our Honda Bay trip, we rested in the hotel for few minutes then decided to have dinner at Kanila Butch or Kinabuchs.  Kinabuchs is one of the sought after restaurants in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Serving mainly Filipino Cuisines from Sisig to Laing. If you’re traveling with a foreigner or a balikbayan and you want to satisfy your craving for a Filipino fare then dining in Kinabuchs is a treat.

It was described to me as a typical outdoor grill similar to Gerry’s Grill or Dencio’s. At the entrance, you would notice the pool table, bar and the crowd with few foreigners. The ordinary ambiance of an open air grill restaurant was made extra ordinary as I remembered to order their famous delicacy Tamilok it is actually kinilaw na wood worm.

It has dark specs and as I size up the dish before me the smell of tamilok is trenchant. Imagine it as white long and skinny.  I am usually not choosy of the foods to eat but I am very particular of the smell and the appearance.

It was a fun dinner as we feast on the tamilok served in our table as if it we ordered a sweet desert.  I was able to taste it but I could not swallow it, I tried not to chew it, oh please do not ever chew it. It’s slimy. As if I am part of Fear Factor. Everyone ate except me and mom. I gave up. I wasn’t brave at all. According to Jeff the taste was like oyster though it feels like it would stick to his esophagus, it is not ideal to eat with rice but it’s good with a bottle of beer. Hey it’s actually a pulutan! It’s actually a mollusk found inside rotting mangroves.

It has been a long day and was just made perfect of the tamilok experience.

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