For over two months now, I’ve never seen a big Lapu-lapu fish as big as what I’ve seen on August this year. I’m still amazed. T’was my first time to see a Lapu-lapu that big. I’ve seen this kind of fish over a hundred times in the market but I’ve never seen that big. I’ve been trying to get up early so that I’d be able to revisit the Agdao public market to see if there are big Lapu-lapus.

It’s one of the most expensive fishes in the market. And even on the restaurants, it’s one of the most sold recipes.  At the malls’ wet market in Davao City, Lapu-lapu is sold at least P200 a kilo ( ifI’m not wrong). While in one of the coastal barangays in Mati, it’s just around P100-P120 a kilo. See the difference?