Archive for December 25, 2009

KEELUNG FISH MARKET – AN EYE OPENER   Leave a comment

The rule with eating shark is – only eat small one’s, the smaller the better – less mercury.  How many people realize that fake crab sticks and fake lobster meat (surimi) probably is shark.  Surimi has been highly washed and pulped before flavor and color is added to resemble expensive seafood.  I avoid shark meat. [...]

MAORI WRASSE: KEELUNG FISH MARKET

Maori wrasse (above) I thought this brute might have been a rare Patagonian Tooth fish, but no.  It’s called a Rudder fish.  The big eye and dark color suggests deep water, which is true.  Instead of a gas filled ‘air’ bladder, this predator has a bladder filled with oil which enables the fish to change [...]

Posted December 25, 2009 by fathomTaiwan in Nature, Tasty Seafood

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