The fish was whole (not gutted) on ice when I selected it. The suggestion to me was for it to be barbecued. OK What happened out in the kitchen was a lot of work. Scaling, scrubbing clean, coating with salt. The hidden roe was retained, cooked separate, and presented as shown with a small dish [...]
Archive for July 2010
FISH DISH – MAYBE FRESHWATER SPECIES Leave a comment
SOFT SHELL CRAB – DEEP FRIED, EAT THE LOT Leave a comment
Taiwan is a former colony of Japan with much influence especially in cooking remaining. We returned to a restaurant in ChangAn East Road. Soft-shelled crab is delicious and crunchy. No problem chewing the lot up and amazingly tasty. The large crab is cut into mouthful-sized pieces. They did not last long on the plate. Our [...]
ABALONE SEARCH IN TAIPEI Leave a comment
Many Australian divers went professional abalone diving in the 1960′s – before licenses and regulations. I was one of them. The price we were paid for fresh abalone, in adjusted values is about 50 times less than what the professional divers are paid today. Today’s licensed divers have a lot of overheads. A $5 to [...]
CANTONESE MENU 1950′s SYDNEY Leave a comment
FISH RIGHTS – DO THEY HAVE ANY? Leave a comment
Nearby, live ‘sand clams’ (in Australia – pippies) in a large dish with flowing water spilling over the sides. The Asian obsession with “live” seafood is a guarantee of freshness – to some extent. Search for Seafood Soup Taipei video (on YouTube) shows ulcers on the face of the Queensland-type giant groper. That fish has [...]
CORAL TROUT AND SEAFOOD TIPS
The spotted fish is a coral trout, found in tropical waters throughout the world. You’ll see small one’s in restaurant fish tanks in Taiwan. They are a bright pink fish mostly. They are best cooked by steaming or within a soup – or maybe both ways if the fish is large enough. They are an [...]
WIRED AT DANSHUI
OLD COINS MYSTERY
CORN ON THE COB
A common street food product. I’m beginning to prefer it au natural. Raw sweet corn sold in Australian supermarkets to cook-at-home is a new variety – very sweet and if anything, sickly. It’s nothing like what I remember as a kid in the country. Maybe we were roasting maize for stock feed? Anyway, the corn [...]
SWEET POTATO GREENS
Apparently this is traditional Taiwanese dish. The garlic extra was a nice touch.
