Banana Fish Novels & Stories

“Wow—wow!” “Mommy, look! So many live little crabs…” “And pretty seashells…” “And there are sea snails and rainbow fish too! They’re so pretty!” Rainbow fish? Angela leaned in slightly. She was just wondering—rainbow fish were freshwater fish. How could Leon possibly catch one while tide pooling? It turned out, it was a little clownfish. Angela looked at Leon with a meaningful expression and said in the same tone, “Such good luck, huh? You even managed to catch such a pretty fish. Impressive.”

They quickly got plates, and Burnok called Alas and Butchok. Soon, we were complete. “What’s this?” Jenifer asked about the food. “That’s sautéed vegetables, this one’s dried fish, and this one’s banana blossom cooked with fish and coconut milk,” Gas Gas explained. Jenifer and I looked at each other because the dishes were unusual. We hadn’t eaten food like that before. The dried fish was familiar, but the others were new to us. “Unique,” I said. We took some food, and they followed.

delicious grilled *bangus* (milkfish), washing it down with sips of warm *sinigang na hipon* (shrimp sour soup) broth... Wow! It goes down so smooth, yet it really packs a punch... Rolan shared many stories about his life as the drinks kept flowing, until he was swaying sideways and slumping over from extreme intoxication... yet he kept talking, telling Valerie, "You should head home early tomorrow—go ahead of us, since we’ll surely be late getting back"... "Just hitch a ride with the students on the skates so you can get home easily tomorrow"... "Okay," Valerie replied... By this point, Rolan was barely able to move from the alcohol... and I leaned back in my chair and pretended to fall as