Tinapa in Quezon | Local Icon

Tinapa is a special smoked fish that is made in different areas of the country. In Lucena, Quezon Province, Restituto Ferrer and his family have been making Tinapa since 1974 and is regarded as the pioneers of this culinary art form. Making tinapa is a slow and intricate process that requires patience and expertise in order to make a consistently good batch of smoked fish.
From the Ferrer family’s small factory, their Tinapa makes its way to nearby towns, where regular customers await their usual orders to enjoy in their homes. Join us as we document the full process of making Tinapa!
For Orders:
Elizabeth Ferrer - 09209670720
Leah Ferrer - 09338564806
Special thanks to:
Elizabeth Ferrer
Restituto Ferrer
Leah Ferrer
Jump to:
(0:00) Intro
(1:25) Resti
(2:55) Elizabeth
(3:39) Cooking Tinapa
(6:10) Leah
(7:20) Outro
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This is the best tinapa! Hindi malansa, hindi mabaho, and the fish glistens. Ang linis din ng palengke nila. hehe

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This is my favorite for many years. It's less salty than Tuyo and the smoked taste is yummy.

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Proud to be a Lucenahin. Our tinapa is really the best. Thank you FEATR for featuring this.

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pinaka favorite ko na tinapa yung bangus sobrang sarap

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Not Lucena, but I am reminded of my grandmother bringing me to a small tinapahan in Calauag when I was young. Also, nice touch adding Gymnopedie#1 as background music.

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I remember when I was small, my lola would always bring me to the market and at the very end of our shopping activity we would get this tinapa. I hope they keep the business alive so that the next generation would still enjoy tinapa :)

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Market view, Lucena city is very near to our house.. You will know that you are in market view, when you smell smoke from the tapahan.. ☺️☺️Our tinapa in LUCENA city is probably the most delicious tapa i’ve ever tasted.. Indeed, this video is artisically .. World class, FEATR.. 👏🏻👏🏻…

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May favorite ulam ko yang tapa masarap lalo n dito sa amin sa probinsya. Bagong kaibigan lodz

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My favorite ulam in the whole world ❤ I always choose tinapa over all other dishes, local and foreign. Fresh sliced tomato, steaming hot rice, 2 pcs of tinapa and I'm in heaven 😋

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Saludo ako sa pamilya ferrer,napakasipag nila sa pgtitinapa

[@MrJj604]

I love Tinapa! Miss na miss ko na yan

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PROUD LUCENAHIN SARAP NG TINAPA JAN AA LALO NA SA ALMUSAL SINANGAG AT ITLOG AY KATALO NA

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I found myself missing tinapa when I moved to Cebu. I used to live in Cavite close to Rosario where tinapa is also plenty. Now, I just buy online or yung frozen as grocery, pero iba pa rin yung fresh. As always, superb video Featr!

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Sarap tinapa lalo na isahog sa laing,gatang pusong saging, hinimay pang sahog sa fried rice

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Tinapa is one of my favorite , sawsaw s patis na May kalamansi at sabayan ng nilagang okra at kangkong

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I love the smell of Tinapa in the morning.

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kakamiss yan tinapa fav ko hehe

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I suggest they used bamboo strainers instead of those plastic crates 04:08 because plastic can leach harmful chemicals when it is exposed to a temperature of 65°C

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Quezon Tinapa is the best tinapa so far for me. Smoky, not too salty, not dry.

[@maikerujan]

I only eat smoked fish when it's from Rosario, Cavite. Particularly, their Tinapang Salinas. But I would definitely try this Quezon's tinapa when I go there. Hopefully, it's equally as good as my favorite Tinapang Salinas.

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Hi FEATR! What a great story about Tinapa business. Maybe, you wanna try to know more about tinapa in SAMAR (Calbayog City - Ping-Pings Tinapa) Please try to visit and know more about different type of fish in making the TINAPA. You must try the different creation and taste of TINAPA flavor ❤️

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In Capiz they use sardines & bangus in making tinapa.. sarap eh prito muna ang tinapa bago kainin..😊

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Our house in Nueva Ecija have one of these in the neighborhood. I remember my mother trading bundles of newspaper for some tinapa.

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I love a particular smoke Taal herring or Tawilis tinapa. You can buy them in Bicutan market if you don’t want to go all the way to tagaytay every Saturday fortnightly. Real Tawilis can only be found in lake Taal.

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Tinapa isa sa mga napakagandang pag preserve ng isda mas mainam payan sa toyo.ehhh malayo sa uti

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masarap yan pag may kalamansi.

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Same procedure sa calbayog ng tinapa nyo, equally delicious

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I can eat tinapa with garlic fried rice everyday!

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Try Bataan TINAPA another recommendation

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The best tinapa…

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Calbayog City has the best tinapa. Most of those who are into processing in that place are originally from Cavite. FEATER shld feature it.

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Smoked fish...but no mention of what woods are used? Umm... 🔥🐟

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It's not European smoked fish. The wood used traditionally didn't matter in Filipino tapa/tinapa. In fact, in the pre-colonial era they were just placed on racks (tapahan) over the cooking pit inside houses, getting whatever smoke is coming from the daily dishes. That is still the method used in the Cordilleras for etag (smoked pork) for example. Similar to traditional smoked fish dishes in other parts of Asia. It was a method of PRESERVING extra food so that they last longer. Using specific wood just for smoking fish would be wasting even more precious resources and defeat the point.

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😊❤

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I love the content, history, and story behind the makers of Tinapa. What I disliked was that the narration was in English. Your interviewees were speaking in Filipino. You could have just added English subtitles for it. My point is to make the narrator speak in Filipino.

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The best tinapa for me is in Samar

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I’m surprised they boil it first then smoke. I smoke mackerel whole and I allow the heat of the warm smoker to cook it and smoke at the same time. I’ll try this boil and smoke method now.

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BEST TINAPA CAN BE FOUND IN CAM. NORTE

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How does it taste like?

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have you tried the tinuktuk?