BLACKBEARD'S SEAFOOD ISLAND

Ahoy, mate! Blackbeard's Seafood Island is known for the freshest seafood, barbeque favorites and the ultimate in island cooking. Inspired by the famous pirate, Blackbeard, who traveled all over the Atlantic, the Indian and the Pacific Ocean, he's been to Galapagos Islands, the Gold Coast, Africa, Europe and finally, Asia. During his conquest in Asia, imagine Blackbeard docking on island after island and taking their treasures with him. The island treasures that he takes as booty were the island's spices and the different island recipes and cooking techniques. Soon he got tired of being a pirate and decided to settle in the Philippines. Mellowed, he found that he really enjoyed cooking and became a chef. His food became so famous that he decided to put it in one roof, the Blackbeard's Seafood Island.

So to prove that the legend is true, let's start with Pica Pica and taste the crisp Pinoy Nachos generously topped with mango salsa, cheese sauce and flavorful adobo sauce. Or try the Garlic Chicharon Bulaklak with Sinamak, Balut sa Aligue ala Pobre (steamed balut simmered in crab fat sauce garnished with fried garlic) and the crispy Pinsec Frito.

The choices on the menu are abundant. Even the Seafood in Fisherman's Sour Broth, you can choose the sour broth base from Miso, Bayabas and Calamansi and the seafood choice, too - Ulo ng Salmon, Bangus Belly, Tilapia, white shrimps, Ulo ng Maya Maya or mixed seafood. The Seafood Rice selections are full of flavors - Crab, shrimp, bagoong, kalkag, adobo, Chicharon and even three kinds of Paella.

Aye! The Barbeque and Deep-fried Trippings are marinated and cooked to perfection with tender, juicy meat. The Grilled and Seafood Selection are grilled just right, with soft meat and flavored with delicious basting sauce. The crabs, prawns and lobsters are all cooked in various island inspired ways.

Then there's the Blackbeard's Seafood Island's famous Boodle Feast - taken from the boodle fight tradition by soldiers, these boodle feasts comes in nine sumptuous combination - the favorite combinations are Dapitan's Pride (crispy coco gin shrimps, San Mig clams, grilled tilapia and squid, laing, steamed crabs, grilled liempo, kalkag rice and atcharang papaya), Magellan's Landing (danggit chips with pineapple salsa, kinilaw na tanguingue, grilled tilapia, shrimps and squid, steamed rice, chicken inasal, grilled vegetables, and bagoong rice) and the All Crab Boodle (crab maritess, crab fried rice and shrimp fried rice).

If you can't get enough of grilled food, try Blackbeard's Seafood Island Espada Combinations complete with artistry using real sword as skewer and set-up like a bonfire. Choose from All Meat (liempo and chicken inasal) and Seafood (squid, tilapia, prawns). Alas! It is recommended that you refresh your palate after a rich, sumptuous feast with Fresh Fruits Platter or if you want something sweet, Fried Ice Cream.

Blackbeard's Seafood Island are located at the following: