Tamilok

Kinilaw na tamilok

The name "tamilok" come from the words of a foreign visitor in Palawan while they were walking when they saw locals in Palawan eating the raw worms from the woods and they are eating it with just vinegar. The visitor said "Tommy, look!".  Since then, the woodworms from mangrove trees, have been known as tamilok. Despite by its usual name of worm, woodworms are not that usual worms that some people are getting disgusted at, woodworms are molluscs, which is why they tend to have an oyster-like taste and texture like "tulya". The tamilok is served kinilaw style cuisine, meaning it is raw, deep in vinegar with spicy peppers, onions, and calamansi juice.

How to enjoy eating it:

1. On a plate full of tamilok, pick a size that you can swallow.

2. Deep it into the the spiced vinegar.

3. Deep it in a while, get it from the vinegar.

4. Swallow or eat it carefully like a spaghetti. Taste it carefully and feel the it as you get it in your mouth.

5. Say masabor gale! It means "delicious" in Palawan. And when your done with one, repeat it again until you finished it all.