SC - fish (OP)
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Wed Sep 13 00:02:38 PDT 2000
Jadwiga Zajaczkowa commented:
> I have. But it was fish, and it was in the US. Little crisp salted whole
> fish, fried. The concept sounded good, but they didn't get eaten, even by
> me, and I TRY everything.
I had something like this at lunch today that I wanted to mention
here. This was at a small Asian resturant that has become a favorite
for my lady wife and I. I get to try lots of new things and she can
have her beef and green peppers or Mongolian beef. :-) They have a
wide variety of Pho Boc and other 'meal' soups and I've gradually been
trying other things also.
Anyway, today I decided to try their "fish cooked in a clay pot". When
I ordered it the waiter asked if I liked fish sauce. I said I hadn't
ever had it before and he insisted that he bring some out for me to
try. He did, and I found it to be oily, quite fishy and quite salty.
I had heard about this product from this list. I said to go with it.
The food came out in a very hot, small clay pot with chunks of lightly
fried fish in a sauce of fish sauce and a few other seasonings and such.
There were three mounds of rice to eat it on. It was wonderful! The fish
was very tender.
Hmm. I wonder if there is anything like this in period cuisine?
Thanks, folks. Before hearing the descriptions and comments on 'fish
sauce' here, I doubt I would have considered this dish. I also have a
bottle or two of fish sauce here at home that I bought when exploring
some of the Asian groceries here in town. Again, because of comments on
this list. But I hadn't opened the bottles yet. I did open one of them
tonight when I added some to the leftover rice and sauce I brought
home from the restuarant.
They also have a whole, fried fish that got great reviews in the
newspaper review I saw of the place. But that is more expensive and
wasn't on the lunch menu, so I've been saving that for a special
time.
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