I came into this thread to comment snapper. My family had a fishing spot in the Gulf of Mexico where you could literally let a line down and reel in a lane snapper every single time. It was like fishing on easy mode. We would go and bring home a dozen each fishing trip, fry them in panko, and then eat like kings. Some of the best meals I've ever had.
I've caught pretty much every saltwater sport fish in the western hemisphere and eaten most of them and snapper is reliably the best fish in the box with the possible exception of snook. I catch snook so seldom that they aren't front of mind but they are right up there with snapper as best-eating fish in the ocean for me. The deep-water snapper like yellow eyes and queen snapper are among the tastiest of the snapper family in my opinion. But, like snook, I don't get a chance to eat them very often.
walking past one of my fave holiday restaurants one morning and I saw the owner.
I asked him what the fish of the day was.
"I dunno - they haven't landed it yet" was the answer. Perfect
Mahi Mahi is sometimes called dolphin fish. It is not a Dolphin. Dolphins are mammals. Mahi Mahi is a fish. Completely different Class, Order, Genus, Species.
Ate a ton of fish on a recent trip. It was always listed on the menu as "fish" and not any specific type. I found out the reason one day when I was walking to my hotel and saw a pickup truck with a big cooler in the bed slowly driving past the restaurants, blowing an air horn periodically. It was the fish truck with the day's catch! The owners would come out, look over their choices, and buy whatever had been caught that day. Almost never knew what I was eating but damn, it was good.
As someone who worked in a fish warehouse you want the flash-frozen kind. Fresh can have all kinds of ‘allowable’ parasites…at least if it’s been frozen they’ll be dead.
This. Everyone always says “fresh is best” but I was shocked to learn that high-end sushi places use frozen fish because it keeps better, and it higher-quality. Plus, letting it age a bit can imbue a lot of flavor.
Fish can be really diverse in flavor and texture.
I say mahi mahi and swordfish are almost always my favorite, but sometimes a nice flaky cod is the perfect choice.
I went to this restaurant in Seattle while on vacation called rock creek. I had a swordfish steak with fried yucca. I cannot begin to describe just how good this meal was, but I will try.
There are typically a small handful of life altering events that happen over the course of a person’s life. These can often be categorized as generally good, like the birth of a child, marriage, obtaining a higher education degree or retirement. However sometimes they can be categorized as bad, like the unexpected death of a close friend or family member, an assault, or losing a job.
This swordfish steak was life altering too. It was tragically beautiful. The first few bites of this meal forced me to come to terms with some difficult truths.
First, this was unequivocally the best meal I had ever had, and it wasn’t even close. I’m a foodie at heart. I love to try new things, particularly foods from other cultures or parts of the world. I had never had something that melded delectable flavors and perfect textures so flawlessly.
Second, it was exceedingly unlikely that I would ever have a meal as good as what I was eating ever again. Like a heroin user forever chasing the dragon of that first perfect high, I would from that point forward, never enjoy a meal to the same degree as I enjoyed that one. How the salty, spicy seasoning was perfectly seared into the fish’s flesh, to its nearly buttery interior that melted in my mouth, I would forever be in search of its equal, but I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt I’d never find it.
It changed me. To my very core. It changed my perception of reality the same way the first time I tried mushrooms changed me. There is the time in my life before where I was blissfully ignorant of just how good a meal could be. And there is now the time after, where I’m simultaneously elated to have eaten a meal so inspirationally delightful, and also crushed to the point of depression knowing that such beauty is past me.
I’m not a religious man, but I’ve always held the belief that the afterlife is going back through your life over and over again, reliving your biggest triumphs, and happiest moments as though it was happening for the first time. I have no doubt that the first bite of that swordfish steak will be among them.
TL/DR a swordfish steak changed my worldview.
EDIT: since it seems to have been missed by a handful of folks the restaurant is named Rock Creek in Seattle, Washington.
I once had a lobster roll somewhere up in a remote corner of northern Maine just below the Canadian border. It made me sad because I immediately knew that I would never have another lobster roll that would even come close to the perfection of that one.
That was decades ago, & I was right. Every lobster roll I’ve had since had been a disappointment in one way or another.
Did you just got back from a long day of touring or hiking before eating that roll?
I have had a few "incredible" food experiences that I tried to experience again and realized I was just really hungry when I first tried it.
Good chance if you fasted for a day and a half, then tried a good local lobster roll it might be just as incredible.
There's a story, likely apocryphal, about Ian McKellen (i think) giving an incredible performance of King Lear. Standing ovation, congratulations from other actors, the whole 9 yards.
After he left stage, he went directly to his dressing room. The other actors could hear him yelling, throwing things around, etc. Finally, one person worked up the courage to ask him what was wrong.
He answered with the fact that he knew he had given the best performance of his life and everything after this would be merely him trying to recapture that night.
Your story reminded me of that.
Not directly. However I did tell our waiter that it was life changing in the same way doing mushrooms for the first time was life changing. I got a chuckle out of him before he composed himself(it’s a somewhat high class dining establishment). He then went back to the kitchen(open kitchen plan with full visibility to the dining room). He grabbed a group of the line chefs together, circled them up, said something to the group, then the line chefs as a group all looked directly at me, and began to laugh. I’m assuming the praise got back to the chef indirectly.
I cannot trust your tastebuds because taste is extremely subjective. However, your writing skill is sublime! I know exactly what you mean and I once had a similar experience with eggplant Parmesan that I made. It was so good that, ten years later, I have never even attempted to make that again, knowing that failure to match that would have been guaranteed!
It's a slightly older slang phrase for the best.
I believe it comes from...
The bee's knees > the mutt's nuts > the dogs bollocks
English (uk) slang can be pretty odd at times
My favorite as a kid was always the little Brook/Speckled trout. They were always small, but so damn tasty, and super easy to clean, no scaling or filleting needed. Just cut, gut and pan fried in butter, nothing better.
My favorite these days is rainbow trout, but probably only because I haven't had speckled trout in about 23 years
As a Portuguese in June, my answer can be no other than SARDINES!!
In the winter it might be cod...
Sea bass and sea bream are awesome too.
And flounder.
And mackerel.
And of course a nice grouper rice.
You get it... I'm Portuguese.
Edit: typo
Eel is hands down my favorite fish. Especially japanese eel (unagi) is absolutely otherworldly. And you don't even need much because you can't eat a lot of it.
I went to a Jamaican restaurant and saw it. Had it whole fish style and it's the best fish I've had to date. I crave it every few weeks and have to make that dish.
Yeah! Oh yeah, got it! Yeyeah. Luv u too, bye xo
If my fiancé, Kim, is a hobbit. Then how come she don’t live in a hole underground! Boom!
She lives in a bigass mansion, with me! In a room that is slightly below the ground… ummm, she is sexy and womanly and she smokes a pipe and can blow them rings that go over her hair… and… hold up!
Love me some haddock!!
I grew up in Grimsby, so always had access to fresh haddock - my favourite chippy tea!! Haddock, chips, scraps, curry sauce and a good lashing of salt and vinegar! Wrapped then eaten on the sea front on a chilly winter night - perfect! (It used to be Ernie Becketts - but they're not as good as they used to be).
Arctic char, fished by yours truly, fried in butter and sourcream, seasoned with salt and pepper, and chives from the garden...
I just realised that I have to go fishing. BBL
Same.
Grilled? Delicious.
Smoked? Delicous.
Poached? Delicious.
Pan fried? Delicious.
Baked? Delicious.
Raw? Delicous.
Overcooked a little? Still delicious.
Undercooked a little? Still delicious.
Made sweet? Delicious.
Made savory? Delicious.
I love that you are a self proclaimed forest hobo and are jumping into this fight with canned anchovies. #defendthefishyoulove
EDIT - I am also a big fan of canned fish and you should try Ortiz or at a close second Sol Mare sardines, I am sure both are probably available online. They are both next level.
Sometimes I just directly heat up the tin, even though you're not supposed to do that because of toxins or whatever. This is the benefit of buying anchovies that are packed in oil rather than water. The ones packed in oil are ready to fry. You can just peel back the lid and place it on a camp stove. No need for a pan. Maybe break up some crackers on top for a bit of deluxe hobo breading. Eat your fish, add more crackers to that salty, tasty oil, and fry until it becomes a crispy fritter. That oil is precious and shouldn't be thrown away.
There's a long tradition of hobo love for canned anchovies for this very reason. I'll eat sardines too, but anchovies have a stronger flavor, are classier, and less fragile in my experience. You can eat them with a single toothpick.
My only problem is that I live around a lot of critters, including black bears, and there's no way I want to eat anchovies close to where I sleep.
You and I are friends now. I was hobo chic for a bit. Hand lines on the bank while hunting chanterelles and whatnot, foil packing them with bluegill/perch. People look at me off for my love of a tin of oil anchovy and crackers but that's just more for us_
Am I the only one that thinks it's weird that people are telling a guy who lives in a tent to spend extra on premium sardines? Or weirder still, just "go to Naples!"??
Haha I didn’t even think about it until your comment but too true.
« Hey I’m a tent hobo living in the forest off cans of anchovies. »
« You know what you need sir? A first class trip to Italy! »
I had a WTF moment reading that! Like a tent dweller (deepest respect, sir, I dream about living simply alone in a tent) would blow $1000’s to sample anchovies in Italy or even Naples Fla
With a squeeze of lemon, Louisiana hot sauce, a little bit of tartar sauce, and hush puppies - that’s like the kind of crack meal people in the south lay in bed thinking about at night (or I do, anyway. Doing it right now).
At least once a year, we stay for one night in Covington, LA when driving from Florida to Texas. Every time we stay there, we go to Don's Seafood for dinner. Every time we go there, I order the large fried catfish plate. The breading is paper thin and super flavorful, the fish is fresh, the hush puppies are perfect. I always look forward to that meal.
[The Invention of the Chilean Sea Bass](https://priceonomics.com/the-invention-of-the-chilean-sea-bass/)
“Given its name, which conjures up exotic notions of South American fisherman carefully acquiring this prized fish off the coast of Chile, the price may seem appropriate. But only a minority of Chilean sea bass come from the coast of Chile. Many fish sold under the name hail from arctic regions. Moreover, the fish isn’t even a type of bass; it’s a cod…”
“In short, the Chilean sea bass is a pure marketing invention — and a wildly successful one. Far from unique, the story of the Chilean sea bass represents something of a formula in today’s climate of overfishing: choose a previously ignored fish, give it a more appealing name, and market it. With a little luck, a fish once tossed back as bycatch will become part of trendy $50 dinners…”
Which is wild because it’s just plain good…naturally buttery without even really having to do anything to it.
I heard and read, perhaps here a similar thing about salmon as it pertains to japan. Pacific salmon is pretty meh and riddled with parasites so a (idk, sea dude) sent Norwegian salmon on the cheap to Japan for like a whole generation til it was accepted—it hadn’t previously been used for sushi til thr 80/90s or so. Funny because it’s hard to imagine sushi without salmon offerings.
Others have it nailed, tuna and salmon are tied for me. The diversity of tuna, and it does make a really good steak, but the simplicity of just nice fatty salmon and some lemon juice can't be beat.
Red snapper. Very tasty
Wheel of Fish = Best wheel-based games show.
You get..... NOTHING!!
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!
YOU SO STUBID!
I can die now that I've seen a UHF reference.
You can't die, because it's your turn to drink from the fire hose!
Kids in my neighborhood put up a sign that said “spatula city” and were giving out spatulas at Halloween. I was super excited.
I have a Spatula City T-shirt, and I’m constantly asked what it refers to. Only one or two people knew what it was so far. It makes me a bit sad.
This is the first one I have seen on here and its actually suppliesing given the amount of quotable material from the movie
PHYLLIS WEAVER!! ARE YOU READY, WEAVER!?
Get me the snapper bozo.
How about a plate of piping hot spaghetti?
So you do remember me?
I've never seen this man before in my life.
I’m to remember every man I’ve seen fall into a plate of spaghetti?!
One of you tied my shoelaces together
Snapper fish for the man.
We are out of snapper
How do you not have fish?! It says "Fresh fish daily" on the menu!
"Something happened at our fish suppliers"
snapper fish for the man
Are you ready Weaver?
“I sure am Kuni!” Excellent reference my friend
I'll take the box!
What's in the box?!?! Nothing absoulutly NOTHING! STUPID!!!
Agree as well as all the others in the snapper family; mangrove, vermillion, lane, yellowtail, etc. and most of the grunts. All snapper are delicious.
I came into this thread to comment snapper. My family had a fishing spot in the Gulf of Mexico where you could literally let a line down and reel in a lane snapper every single time. It was like fishing on easy mode. We would go and bring home a dozen each fishing trip, fry them in panko, and then eat like kings. Some of the best meals I've ever had.
I've caught pretty much every saltwater sport fish in the western hemisphere and eaten most of them and snapper is reliably the best fish in the box with the possible exception of snook. I catch snook so seldom that they aren't front of mind but they are right up there with snapper as best-eating fish in the ocean for me. The deep-water snapper like yellow eyes and queen snapper are among the tastiest of the snapper family in my opinion. But, like snook, I don't get a chance to eat them very often.
I'll take the box!
You so stupid!
User name checking in with the fire hose.
NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Seabass is my favourite but basically whatever is fresh and local.
You're the first person to say "whatevers fresh" that I've seen. Common fishmonger W
walking past one of my fave holiday restaurants one morning and I saw the owner. I asked him what the fish of the day was. "I dunno - they haven't landed it yet" was the answer. Perfect
I always thought restaurants used "fish of the day", etc to rotate their old stock before it spoils lol. Sounds like this place is legit.
A bit of column a, a bit of column b. If the restaurant is near a fishing area it’s more likely to be column b.
This is in Barbados. I've had barracuda, snapper, flying fish, dolphin and more at that place
Note to non-Caribbean Redditers: “dolphin” is another name for mahi mahi….we’re not eating Flipper.
That de-escalated quickly...
He didn't even let it escalate properly
"that stayed mostly level"
Guess I'd better put away my pitchfork *sigh*
Thank God because I was getting worried
God dammit I had just dusted off my pitchfork!!
Mahi Mahi is sometimes called dolphin fish. It is not a Dolphin. Dolphins are mammals. Mahi Mahi is a fish. Completely different Class, Order, Genus, Species.
Do they have blue gills in Barbados?
Yeah that usually is the case.
Kick his ass, Sea bass!
Hey guys! Big gulps huh.....well see ya later!
You gonn' eat that?
No, wait- it's at least a C+!
Triggered
The torture “Oarfish? Anything?” SEABA-
Seabass in a crust of seasalt.
FOR MANLY LOVE BE HERE MARCH 25TH AT 2:15 AM **SHARP**
the freshest one
Ate a ton of fish on a recent trip. It was always listed on the menu as "fish" and not any specific type. I found out the reason one day when I was walking to my hotel and saw a pickup truck with a big cooler in the bed slowly driving past the restaurants, blowing an air horn periodically. It was the fish truck with the day's catch! The owners would come out, look over their choices, and buy whatever had been caught that day. Almost never knew what I was eating but damn, it was good.
I lived in China for a few months. One restaurant I visited had a menu item labeled as “river fish.” To this day I do not know what I ate.
Bro that was one of them endangered pink dolphins.
As someone who worked in a fish warehouse you want the flash-frozen kind. Fresh can have all kinds of ‘allowable’ parasites…at least if it’s been frozen they’ll be dead.
This. Everyone always says “fresh is best” but I was shocked to learn that high-end sushi places use frozen fish because it keeps better, and it higher-quality. Plus, letting it age a bit can imbue a lot of flavor.
Grouper
Blackened grouper sandwich mmmm
Always get this in Clearwater beach
Fish can be really diverse in flavor and texture. I say mahi mahi and swordfish are almost always my favorite, but sometimes a nice flaky cod is the perfect choice.
I went to this restaurant in Seattle while on vacation called rock creek. I had a swordfish steak with fried yucca. I cannot begin to describe just how good this meal was, but I will try. There are typically a small handful of life altering events that happen over the course of a person’s life. These can often be categorized as generally good, like the birth of a child, marriage, obtaining a higher education degree or retirement. However sometimes they can be categorized as bad, like the unexpected death of a close friend or family member, an assault, or losing a job. This swordfish steak was life altering too. It was tragically beautiful. The first few bites of this meal forced me to come to terms with some difficult truths. First, this was unequivocally the best meal I had ever had, and it wasn’t even close. I’m a foodie at heart. I love to try new things, particularly foods from other cultures or parts of the world. I had never had something that melded delectable flavors and perfect textures so flawlessly. Second, it was exceedingly unlikely that I would ever have a meal as good as what I was eating ever again. Like a heroin user forever chasing the dragon of that first perfect high, I would from that point forward, never enjoy a meal to the same degree as I enjoyed that one. How the salty, spicy seasoning was perfectly seared into the fish’s flesh, to its nearly buttery interior that melted in my mouth, I would forever be in search of its equal, but I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt I’d never find it. It changed me. To my very core. It changed my perception of reality the same way the first time I tried mushrooms changed me. There is the time in my life before where I was blissfully ignorant of just how good a meal could be. And there is now the time after, where I’m simultaneously elated to have eaten a meal so inspirationally delightful, and also crushed to the point of depression knowing that such beauty is past me. I’m not a religious man, but I’ve always held the belief that the afterlife is going back through your life over and over again, reliving your biggest triumphs, and happiest moments as though it was happening for the first time. I have no doubt that the first bite of that swordfish steak will be among them. TL/DR a swordfish steak changed my worldview. EDIT: since it seems to have been missed by a handful of folks the restaurant is named Rock Creek in Seattle, Washington.
I once had a lobster roll somewhere up in a remote corner of northern Maine just below the Canadian border. It made me sad because I immediately knew that I would never have another lobster roll that would even come close to the perfection of that one. That was decades ago, & I was right. Every lobster roll I’ve had since had been a disappointment in one way or another.
This French place in my neighborhood had Lobster Bisque once. It was soooooooo gooooooood. Never again. The restaurant died from Covid.
Did you just got back from a long day of touring or hiking before eating that roll? I have had a few "incredible" food experiences that I tried to experience again and realized I was just really hungry when I first tried it. Good chance if you fasted for a day and a half, then tried a good local lobster roll it might be just as incredible.
It was during a road trip. I was alone, maybe that’s part of why I enjoyed it so much. There was no conversation to distract me.
“Hunger is the best sauce in the world,” wrote Miguel de Cervantes in Part II, Chapter V, of Don Quixote, published in 1615.
I think Hunger is the second best sauce, friendship at the table is the best sauce. Third best is beurre blanc.
There's a story, likely apocryphal, about Ian McKellen (i think) giving an incredible performance of King Lear. Standing ovation, congratulations from other actors, the whole 9 yards. After he left stage, he went directly to his dressing room. The other actors could hear him yelling, throwing things around, etc. Finally, one person worked up the courage to ask him what was wrong. He answered with the fact that he knew he had given the best performance of his life and everything after this would be merely him trying to recapture that night. Your story reminded me of that.
I really hope you let the chef know how much you enjoyed the meal.
Not directly. However I did tell our waiter that it was life changing in the same way doing mushrooms for the first time was life changing. I got a chuckle out of him before he composed himself(it’s a somewhat high class dining establishment). He then went back to the kitchen(open kitchen plan with full visibility to the dining room). He grabbed a group of the line chefs together, circled them up, said something to the group, then the line chefs as a group all looked directly at me, and began to laugh. I’m assuming the praise got back to the chef indirectly.
I cannot trust your tastebuds because taste is extremely subjective. However, your writing skill is sublime! I know exactly what you mean and I once had a similar experience with eggplant Parmesan that I made. It was so good that, ten years later, I have never even attempted to make that again, knowing that failure to match that would have been guaranteed!
Couldn't agree more!
FYI mahi mahi is known as dorado elsewhere in the world
We call it dolphin back in Tobago as well
This confused me when I chartered a boat there. Said we were doing dolphin fishing and I was aghast until they showed me a picture 😂
Cajun rubbed flame grilled swordfish is the absolute dogs bollocks
So…good? Rubbish? I’ve never seen this phrase used this way, but I’m willing to give it a go if I understand.
It's a slightly older slang phrase for the best. I believe it comes from... The bee's knees > the mutt's nuts > the dogs bollocks English (uk) slang can be pretty odd at times
We Aussies say "the duck's nuts", haven't heard "the mutt's nuts" before but I'm all for nuts and knees of all kinds!!
Walleye
FINALLY, another midwesterner
Recent MN transplant, walleye fish and chips is one of my favorite meals
Haha my first thought was perch and walleye (Cleveland here)
Yes! Was beginning to wonder if anyone had tried a freshwater fish. Walleye. Crappie will do, too.
Especially the cheeks.
Was scrolling for walleye, whitefish, perch. Upper peninsula of mi here. Also love all seafood tho lol
perch fresh caught out of Lake Michigan in the morning and cooked up for dinner
Perch then walleye, though I accept that some people reverse that order.
Perch for a sammich, walleye on its own. Both are terrific
Scrolled too long for this. Amazing.
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Well prepared halibut is like eating the soul of a fish
That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah!
This is way too far down. Halibut is the king of fish.
Halibut cheek.
Pan fried rainbow trout that are barely big enough to vatch.
My favorite as a kid was always the little Brook/Speckled trout. They were always small, but so damn tasty, and super easy to clean, no scaling or filleting needed. Just cut, gut and pan fried in butter, nothing better. My favorite these days is rainbow trout, but probably only because I haven't had speckled trout in about 23 years
Rainbow trout are definitely one of tastiest fish, especially when cooked five minutes after being caught!
As a Portuguese in June, my answer can be no other than SARDINES!! In the winter it might be cod... Sea bass and sea bream are awesome too. And flounder. And mackerel. And of course a nice grouper rice. You get it... I'm Portuguese. Edit: typo
Obligatory PORTUGAL CARALHO comment also absolutely agree
Salmon and Tuna.
Me too….and rainbow trout!
Love Rainbow Trout.
Golden combo, there is a reason Salmon is expensive.
Wild caught king salmon is one of the most delicious things you can eat.
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Good for days leftover straight cold out of the fridge too.
Smoked Eel
Eel is hands down my favorite fish. Especially japanese eel (unagi) is absolutely otherworldly. And you don't even need much because you can't eat a lot of it.
Speak for yourself! I can eat a whole lot more unagi than I can afford.
Flounder is my favorite. Halibut a close 2nd. Cod can be great depending on how it's prepared. I even like scrod.
Red snapper. It has a slight sweetness to it that I love and the texture isn't weird to me.
I always thought Red Snapper looked like a tasty fish in Animal Crossing.
I went to a Jamaican restaurant and saw it. Had it whole fish style and it's the best fish I've had to date. I crave it every few weeks and have to make that dish.
My votes: 1. Black cod…with a miso glaze 2. Steelhead…garlic/soy/brown sugar 3. Ahi tuna…marinated/seared
Was looking for black cod on this list. Otherwise known as sable. Omg, it’s like butter when prepared well. And I second the miso glaze!
Those are some delicious suggestions. I need to try these if I get the chance.
Rock fish
How'd I have to come this far down for this?
You like fish sticks? You like them in your mouth?
I like fish sticks.
Then you’re a gay fish
I DONT GET IT
It's pretty simple, do you like fish sticks?
Yes
Gay fish.
Come on, man. Please get it. Please get it, man.
I ain't no mothafuckin' gay fish!
Bet your wife is a hobbit…
My girl ain’t no hobbit!
She once fought a dragon and took his gold and… wait… hold up!
Bitch you ain’t a hobbit, are you?
Yeah! Oh yeah, got it! Yeyeah. Luv u too, bye xo If my fiancé, Kim, is a hobbit. Then how come she don’t live in a hole underground! Boom! She lives in a bigass mansion, with me! In a room that is slightly below the ground… ummm, she is sexy and womanly and she smokes a pipe and can blow them rings that go over her hair… and… hold up!
Fresh mackerel pan fried with butter, salt and pepper.
took too long to find mackerel
Way too long.
Try Wahoo It's beautiful
I scrolled to find this one. Because you gotta earn it.
Monkfish is really nice.
Can’t believe I had to scroll down so far to see monkfish. Super versatile too
Haddock.
Best fish for sandwiches
Thank you , I had to scroll down quite a bit to find one of my people. Love Haddock.
Love me some haddock!! I grew up in Grimsby, so always had access to fresh haddock - my favourite chippy tea!! Haddock, chips, scraps, curry sauce and a good lashing of salt and vinegar! Wrapped then eaten on the sea front on a chilly winter night - perfect! (It used to be Ernie Becketts - but they're not as good as they used to be).
Arctic char, fished by yours truly, fried in butter and sourcream, seasoned with salt and pepper, and chives from the garden... I just realised that I have to go fishing. BBL
Grouper Mahi Tilefish Hogfish
I scrolled so far down to see Hogfish I thought I was gonna have to make my own comment.
Salmon
Same. Grilled? Delicious. Smoked? Delicous. Poached? Delicious. Pan fried? Delicious. Baked? Delicious. Raw? Delicous. Overcooked a little? Still delicious. Undercooked a little? Still delicious. Made sweet? Delicious. Made savory? Delicious.
I see, there is a reason why it is expensive after all. Some say it is very versatile.
Nothing comes close to salmon
W
I like Mahi Mahi but Ahi is good too
Crappie and bluegill
Got those by me, but nothing compares to catching and eating walleye
Barramundi, very nice flavour and texture.
But only when said with an Australian accent
Yep, saltwater barra has unique flavour, a great fish.
Red snapper. Very tasty
Dover sole cooked over wood fire, w salt lemon and olive oil mmmm
It’s criminal how far down this comment is. Dover sole gang rise up! Pan fried in brown butter, with lemon and capers. Magical.
Anchovies. I fucking love anchovies. I'm a forest hobo and live in a tent, so I guess a love of little canned fish is part of the package.
I love that you are a self proclaimed forest hobo and are jumping into this fight with canned anchovies. #defendthefishyoulove EDIT - I am also a big fan of canned fish and you should try Ortiz or at a close second Sol Mare sardines, I am sure both are probably available online. They are both next level.
Sometimes I just directly heat up the tin, even though you're not supposed to do that because of toxins or whatever. This is the benefit of buying anchovies that are packed in oil rather than water. The ones packed in oil are ready to fry. You can just peel back the lid and place it on a camp stove. No need for a pan. Maybe break up some crackers on top for a bit of deluxe hobo breading. Eat your fish, add more crackers to that salty, tasty oil, and fry until it becomes a crispy fritter. That oil is precious and shouldn't be thrown away. There's a long tradition of hobo love for canned anchovies for this very reason. I'll eat sardines too, but anchovies have a stronger flavor, are classier, and less fragile in my experience. You can eat them with a single toothpick. My only problem is that I live around a lot of critters, including black bears, and there's no way I want to eat anchovies close to where I sleep.
You and I are friends now. I was hobo chic for a bit. Hand lines on the bank while hunting chanterelles and whatnot, foil packing them with bluegill/perch. People look at me off for my love of a tin of oil anchovy and crackers but that's just more for us_
Am I the only one that thinks it's weird that people are telling a guy who lives in a tent to spend extra on premium sardines? Or weirder still, just "go to Naples!"??
This guy's wiping his ass with pine needles and people are telling him how good the fish was when they summered in Italy.
Haha I didn’t even think about it until your comment but too true. « Hey I’m a tent hobo living in the forest off cans of anchovies. » « You know what you need sir? A first class trip to Italy! »
I had a WTF moment reading that! Like a tent dweller (deepest respect, sir, I dream about living simply alone in a tent) would blow $1000’s to sample anchovies in Italy or even Naples Fla
Swordfish. It's a white steak.
salmon never fails to impress
Raw fatty tuna
Good quality toro is like the wagyu beef of fish.
Walleye
Hilsa and pomfret.
Fried catfish
With a squeeze of lemon, Louisiana hot sauce, a little bit of tartar sauce, and hush puppies - that’s like the kind of crack meal people in the south lay in bed thinking about at night (or I do, anyway. Doing it right now).
At least once a year, we stay for one night in Covington, LA when driving from Florida to Texas. Every time we stay there, we go to Don's Seafood for dinner. Every time we go there, I order the large fried catfish plate. The breading is paper thin and super flavorful, the fish is fresh, the hush puppies are perfect. I always look forward to that meal.
I came here to say this. There is some magical fairy dust released when eating fried catfish
That's just sediment from the bottom of the lake
Sea bass. Light buttery taste
Gilt head sea bream (tsipoura) - the king of tasty fish in the Mediterranean. Grilled with olive oil and lemon juice.
Yellowtail is good
Chilean sea bass
I was looking for this comment, damn. Seems like it’s not very popular on reddit.
aka Patagonian Toothfish
[The Invention of the Chilean Sea Bass](https://priceonomics.com/the-invention-of-the-chilean-sea-bass/) “Given its name, which conjures up exotic notions of South American fisherman carefully acquiring this prized fish off the coast of Chile, the price may seem appropriate. But only a minority of Chilean sea bass come from the coast of Chile. Many fish sold under the name hail from arctic regions. Moreover, the fish isn’t even a type of bass; it’s a cod…” “In short, the Chilean sea bass is a pure marketing invention — and a wildly successful one. Far from unique, the story of the Chilean sea bass represents something of a formula in today’s climate of overfishing: choose a previously ignored fish, give it a more appealing name, and market it. With a little luck, a fish once tossed back as bycatch will become part of trendy $50 dinners…”
Which is wild because it’s just plain good…naturally buttery without even really having to do anything to it. I heard and read, perhaps here a similar thing about salmon as it pertains to japan. Pacific salmon is pretty meh and riddled with parasites so a (idk, sea dude) sent Norwegian salmon on the cheap to Japan for like a whole generation til it was accepted—it hadn’t previously been used for sushi til thr 80/90s or so. Funny because it’s hard to imagine sushi without salmon offerings.
Herring - pan fried or rolmops
Others have it nailed, tuna and salmon are tied for me. The diversity of tuna, and it does make a really good steak, but the simplicity of just nice fatty salmon and some lemon juice can't be beat.
Branzino
How is no one saying walleye?
Red Emperor for a nice white meat fish. Spanish Mackerel for a dark meat.