Opol has spectacular line-ups of restaurants along the beach. Panagatan is one of those. It is located nearby the beach but along the high-way, nice spot isn’t it? It’s almost a 30min drive from Cagayan de Oro City.

Panagatan is a great escape from this hassle and bustle city life. The scene is splendor and the air moving your hair while you enjoy your dinner is priceless. Smooth waves of the sea are heard and being illuminated by the moon, just perfect for relaxing and it’s like seeing a Monet’s valuable painting. (Attempting to be poetic here) Lights are busy twinkling adding beauty and enthusiasm in the place. It tells us that December is finally here, a time of celebration and a time for peace. Just lovely!

Since it’s a seafood restaurant, we basically ordered foods from the sea literally speaking. Lol! We have their Tinolang Tanigue that taste like home since I can only sip some soup at home

Calamares, a Filipino dish was also on our table.  I was just curious how it is being made so here are the steps to do together with the ingredients.

• 1 kg medium sized Squid
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup plain (all-purpose) flour
• 1 cup oil
• Juice of 5 calamansi (lime)
• Salt
• Pepper

Cooking Instructions:

· Clean the Squid, remove the head, ink sacs and tentacles discarded, outer purple skin peeled off and do not cut squid open.

· Slice squid into ½ inch rings. Marinate in calamansi juice for about 25 minutes.

· Dip squid rings in egg whites, then dredge in flour.

· Heat oil in a wok and fry squid rings in hot oil a few pieces at a time until they turn golden yellow, about 1 minute. Do not overcook as this will make the squid tough.

· Remove squid rings from the wok and drain on paper towels. Season with salt and pepper.

· Serve with Garlic Mayonnaise Dip as an appetizer.

Bryan and I can’t resist to take some pics at the place. We make use of the lights as our backgrounds.

I suggest you pay a visit at the place

I had a really long day yesterday and I’m not surprised with my 10 long hours of sleep last night! Just a proof that I have been tired for a week of work and a sleep of 5-6 hours per day. Now I can say that my body really restore what I need to restore. It just comes naturally, I believe. Yesterday is a fun-filled day, we end it up with a little celebration at P.Joe’s because  Bryan just bought his new motorbike. P.Joe restaurant is located at SM’s first floor. We enjoyed our dinner starter Caesar’s salad.

Very awesome! I’m not a fan of salad but this one really taste so good! Bryan and Umer had the same dish, barbecue and shrimps as a side dish.

I savor Bryan’s shrimp, I ate most of it haha. Since I’m considering a diet that day, I only ordered spaghetti with fries. Lol! Carbo loaded still. I was hoping to skip rice.

Just to give you an idea of how the day was spent, here are random pics. (Post is full of pics)

While on the cab I took a pic outside, Christmas is really here.

Bryan waiting for Umer to come, this is how an anxious man looks like. Lol! Umer teached him to drive his motorbike.

And so the session start, see the two of them bonding together.

Perfect place to learn how to drive.

Bryan and Umer waiting for the motorbike to be finally unwrapped.