Thursday, March 08, 2007

'Chilean Sea Bass' anyone?


Brunei Sheraton is promoting a delicious fish which swims in the sea of antartica. It is a Pantagonian toothfish?? (if my memory tells me right) and definitely not a bass and not from Chile. Why is it called Chilean sea bass? I dont know. It is said to taste buttery, tender and not so fishy. It has white texture like cod.

I dont think i could find this fish on the menu today in the uk. Perhaps some restaurants do. This fish is coming to an extinct since its been overfish. I never cook this fish before but i could imagine by just pan-seared fry it and a trickle of hot thai lemon dressing and a teriyaki sauce would be delicious.

I bet the fish would arrived in Brunei frozen. hehe of course. The "executive chef" of the hotel didn't quite promote this fish to why he should try and sell it to Brunei but fair enough he did not forget to mentioned the fish is cholestrol free and healthy to eat. I still think salmon has more omega nutrient.

If you honestly ask me whether i would go for $38 of frozen fish or $35 buffet rate at Empire hotel? what do u reckon? Be Bruneian yourself you would know the answer. Personally to me it's so undermining to our own 'local' catch. For example, Tuna fish caught from our own sea. Im sure there's alot of recipes got to do with tuna, an executive chef should know that. I could name few list of fish which we can get locally, the 'brahan' (ikan merah), local sea bass, 'ikan putih', ayam laut?? , siakap, the catfish and tons more.

One more thing, It is just cynical when tiramisu comes into place after a chef talked about healthy fish free from cholestrol. So would it be the dessert or the fish you are after? I wonder.


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hello pol,
how r u??kewl blog lah found it arah simpur blogging nation,btw i wonder kalau ko pandai masak japanese food,not sushi,all the unagi stuff or whatever u called,if you do share2 eh...anyway keep updating it mate,again kewl blog...

Chef Pol said...

Hello Shag,
Im good. mana kau masa ani. Shag mana kan ni? I saw Elmy. Kawan sedarjah tu. Kirim salam ya.

Recipe melayu ada, sanang eh. For japanese to can buy Unagi at japanese store in London. Just behind Regent Street. I don't know elsewhere. Makan YO shushi saja, nut i bet they put MIRIn in it. Alcohol :) like sake.

Malas ku update time ani, Blog was for my parents initially. so.. blog blog lah. UR mini pun cool. Ur site pun cool.

Im sorry, but tell me who u r.

kalau jumpa aku tagur k