This is also one of the specialties of La Mesa Grill.

It is called Kinulob sa Asin Dagat or rock salt cooking. The fish, either tilapia or apahap (local seabass), is wrapped in rock salt and grilled.

The seafood comes from General Santos City, Aklan and Bacolod.

Rock salt cooking is an old way of cooking fish by the Spaniard when refrigerators were not invented yet.  The magic here is, after grilling the fish and removing the burnt rock salt, the fish is not at all salty. Its skin and flesh are very moist like it has been steamed.

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I actually finished a whole fish!
Interesting trivia for you too: La Mesa Grill (Mall of Asia) is owned by Senator Kiko Pangilinan and Enrico “Rikki” Dee.

SM Mall of Asia, North Bayview Park

Pasay City, Metro Manila

(02) 556-0737