Favorite Fish

[foodguy]

mmmmm, pork blood! even better! Pork Bung! (still haven't figured out what exactly that is)

 

[mordecai]

wait, seafood village is actually in that target/chuck e cheese mall? never would have guessed there'd be a good seafood place there.

 

[Baron]

Originally Posted by foodguy

yeah, it's a super place; astonishing fish, both quality and variety (somewhat surprising because filipino markets aren't typically like that). Fish King is good, also, but you're really paying a premium price there for a much narrower selection.

That's very exciting news. I live in Mt. Washington so that's just a few minutes away. I had no idea. Yes, I thought Fish King was kind of pricey and they didn't have what I was looking for (Sardines!) either time I went.

McCall's in Los Feliz is probably the extreme example of that - price premium for tiny selection. Last time I went there I realized it would have been cheaper to eat out.

 

[foodguy]

i taped a radio show with John Rabe there. it was the first time i'd been. i've been to seafood markets all over (i'm a geek), and this was MOST impressive.

 

[Baron]

Originally Posted by foodguy

i taped a radio show with John Rabe there. it was the first time i'd been. i've been to seafood markets all over (i'm a geek), and this was MOST impressive.

Sorry, which place are you talking about?

 

[mordecai]

Originally Posted by Baron

McCall's in Los Feliz is probably the extreme example of that - price premium for tiny selection. Last time I went there I realized it would have been cheaper to eat out.
they can get almost anything, and will, given a days notice. not sure if that's commonplace.

 

[foodguy]

sorry, correct name is Seafood City

 

[Baron]

Originally Posted by mharwitt

they can get almost anything, and will, given a days notice. not sure if that's commonplace.

Yes, I do like those guys a lot and the quality is outstanding, but it's very expensive. They also have oddball things, often not in the display. I got a Brazilian picanha roast from them once that was fantastic, though they've never had it when I've asked for it since.

 

[mordecai]

Originally Posted by Baron

Yes, I do like those guys a lot and the quality is outstanding, but it's very expensive. They also have oddball things, often not in the display. I got a Brazilian picanha roast from them once that was fantastic, though they've never had it when I've asked for it since.

same here. they were my motivation for starting an overpriced meats thread. the quality and the cuts that they have are fantastic though. i invariably spend 20 minutes there even though it's the size of my closet.

 

[Baron]

I went in looking for something to cook for a dinner party for 4. I wanted a bird but they insisted that the birds were too small. They turned me on to the Kurubota pork roast - it ended up costing $56! It was really ******* good, I must admit, but I was a little put off by the price. She'd cut my portion and wrapped it before I had any idea what it would cost.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by foodguy

mmmmm, pork blood! even better! Pork Bung! (still haven't figured out what exactly that is)
It is what it sounds like, though I think you already knew. Biggest part of the casing. Blood is good. I still can't figure out why the blood in chinatown markets looks like red jello.

 

[Cary Grant]

Originally Posted by Douglas

I think this is a really important point. I live in Baltimore, supposedly a coastal, seafood-y kind of town, and I can't tell you how impossible it is to get good, fresh fish around here of any variety. Even the places that purport to be fish markets really get their product just about the same way as Safeway. It's a real shame. As a result, I really don't cook much fish at all. I mean, it's hard enough just to get a fresh ******* ROCKFISH, which comes right out of the Chesapeake, leave alone any of these more "exotic" species y'all are talking about.

Gotta say this mirrors my last few trips to Baltimore... every seafood place we went to was featuring fish from half a globe away... even one of the crab shacks was using west coast stuff...

 

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by Cary Grant

Gotta say this mirrors my last few trips to Baltimore... every seafood place we went to was featuring fish from half a globe away... even one of the crab shacks was using west coast stuff...

perfectly understandable. anyone in their right mind would prefer to eat dungeness to blue crab

 

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by foodguy

perfectly understandable. anyone in their right mind would prefer to eat dungeness to blue crab

ouch

 

[Douglas]

Originally Posted by foodguy

mmmmm, pork blood! even better! Pork Bung! (still haven't figured out what exactly that is)

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