Author Topic: I had a beautiful meal last night, but cannot recall the name of the fish  (Read 9965 times)

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Offline Handsome Jack

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It was white and flaky. It was sublime and delicious, almost like that breast slice of a perfectly cooked turkey on Thanksgiving. It began with a "C", or maybe it was a "K". It was served on a bed of couscous with white asparagus and a hint of white sauce. The shades of pale on my plate made me want to weep with joy, the presentation alone stroking heartstrings I did not know I had.

What was it? I had never heard of it and cannot recall what the waiter told me.



* I posted this in the Open Pub too, but they are not sober enough there to answer.
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Cod. 

:D

Not on the restaurant's website?

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Cod. 

:D

Not on the restaurant's website?

 :D

maybe it was and I got rooked!

It was on the specials menu, no sign of it on the website.
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were the flakes large or small?  do you remember if it was freshwater or ocean fish?

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was it dense? was it thick or thin? 

was the piece fish-shaped or square/rectangular?  (as in, was it a whole fillet or part of a fillet from a large fish?)

did it come with the skin?



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*skin - check
*smallish steak, bit smaller than a swordfish steak "fish shaped", not a thin fillet or square like a piece of Talapia
*flaky in larger chunks, not small bits
*melt in your mouth consistency
*I'd bet good money it was of the ocean, but do not know for sure

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Call the restaurant and ask.
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bream?

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turbot?

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Chilean Sea Bass, originally known as Patagonian Toothfish, but they renamed it because who would order Toothfish? 

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I'll call em up.
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well??

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Years ago I had black cod in a restaurant that was the best tasting fish I've ever eaten.

I've had black cod several times since, but it wasn't the same....sometimes it wasn't even the same fish.

I think the fish naming thing is ...fishy.

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Years ago I had black cod in a restaurant that was the best tasting fish I've ever eaten.

I've had black cod several times since, but it wasn't the same....sometimes it wasn't even the same fish.

I think the fish naming thing is ...fishy.

http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/10/23/on_the_menu_but_not_on_your_plate/
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http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/10/23/on_the_menu_but_not_on_your_plate/

Wow, that's an eye opener and explains a lot of my disappointing seafood experiences, I think. I had no idea.   

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"Golden Corvina fish"
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I've never had corvina... must be a warm-water fish.

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