Feast of the Seven Fishes - Seafood lovers.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    A kind of mundane fried shrimp dinner at a hole in the wall restaurant near the hotel after arriving on our first day of holiday.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Dinner at a seafood restaurant. Stir fried sea bass, squid fried with garlic which is essentially how my prawns were cooked last night. Sunflower shoots which were similar to pea shoots.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Seafood salad.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,267 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    Seafood salad.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Fast food on the beach.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Fried prawns in tamarind. Hubby ordered chicken satay.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Not sure if we will eat at the local BBQ restaurant because it looks like a tourist trap. The seafood spread, especially the swordfish, looks pretty impressive though.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,267 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    Not sure if we will eat at the local BBQ restaurant because it looks like a tourist trap. The seafood spread, especially the swordfish, looks pretty impressive though.
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    Wow that’s some swordfish display! Is this in SE Asia?

    I may have to have some seafood for dinner now @acpgee !!
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    @SafariGalNYC
    We are in Thailand on Koh Mook near the city of Trang in the Deep South. I would recommend the Trang Islands for snorkelling from the beach (we haven’t been yet—hiring a longtail for that today to reach sites that are not road accessible) if you don’t require buzzing nightlife. There are a few bars but they are quiet. But stay on an island with a fishing village as the islands with resorts but no local inhabitants miss infrastructure such as roads and shops. Trang has an airport and is a 90 minute flight from Bangkok. The islands are 20 minutes by boat from the mainland. You can take a ferry or hire a private longtail which is what we did. Worth the $22 splurge to save a 2 hour wait for the next
    ferry. Trang city to the piers is an hour by taxi for $25, but cheaper by public transport.

    We love snorkelling and have consequently been to a lot of Thai islands. Trang Islands are great in terms of accessibility, low scale tourism, but adequate infrastructure on the ones with local inhabitants. You can reach the coral reefs off uninhabited islands by boat excursion as they are about 20 minutes apart. Affordable too. A plate of pad thai is 120 baht on Koh Mook compared to 150 in Bangkok, or 50 in Trang.

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Pier to Trang islands also reachable from Krabi airport which is a provincial capital two hours away.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Seafood soup and a side of fried pumpkin.
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  • nrtggnp7pb
    nrtggnp7pb Posts: 1 Member
    Yes, I have a recipe for eel.
    Dish famous in Azores islands.
    First, cut eel into steaks. Split each steak to make it thinner. Marinade in white wine garlic salt and chilli flakes for overnight.
    Next day, pat dry the eel and dredge in corn flour and fry till crispy. Enjoy it warm with a salad…..😀😀😀
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    BBQ red snapper.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Steamed prawns and a side of papaya salad.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    BBQ tiger prawns.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    BBQ barracuda and stir fried mixed veg.o8dry5xvyotc.jpeg
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,267 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
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    Wow 🤩 @acpgee I do not see barracuda often!! That looks amazing!
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    I had grilled prawn with Thai seafood dipping sauce and the hubby had steamed fish with lime. Side of green mango salad. Washed down with watermelon and mango smoothies. Streetside restaurant chosen because a big table of locals were eating there.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,267 Member
    My breakfast fish! ☺️

    Those prawns look amazing @acpgee!!!!


    Been sampling different varieties of Wild Scottish Highland Salmon.

    This smoked one is from the northwest highlands. North of the Hebrides.. 🥃 🐟

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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,267 Member
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    Homemade seafood stew 🍲

    Seafood: shrimp, clams, octopus, mussels, scallops
    Broth: Thai chili coconut - bone broth base
    And a ton of veggies!

  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Lunch at the market in the village.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    This is likely to be my last seafood post as we are heading inland tomorrow. I ordered grilled shrimp but got breaded and deep fried. Language problems.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Grilled fish at the night market in Chiang Mai.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,267 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    Grilled fish at the night market in Chiang Mai.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Shrimp and glass noodle salad.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    BBQ river prawns and Japanese seaweed salad.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Salt BBQ’d fish with Thai seafood sauce and side of green mango salad redolent with lemongrass.
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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    Deep fried sea bream and Thai seafood sauce. I need to start making that sauce.
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  • SafariGalNYC
    SafariGalNYC Posts: 2,267 Member
    @acpgee / that sea bream looks delicious!!
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,296 Member
    @SafariGalNYC
    I make this at home though usually covered in a sauce instead of on the side, if I can find whole fish at the supermarket. Splitting the fish through the stomach cavity and removing the spine is easier than I thought. I googled for the butchery technique. About a half inch of oil in a wok is sufficient for frying the flattened whole fish.

    Here is a homemade version smothered in tamarind sauce
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