Buying fish in Singapore

[Lisafuller]

For cod, I like to use the Kikkoman teriyaki honey sauce available at Cold Storage to steam it.

Sounds yummy! Do you marinate it first or just brush some of the sauce on after? I use the teriyaki sauce to make stirfried udon, my daughter loves it.

[Lisafuller]

Isn't cod also used in like Fish n Chips and fish sticks? Both of which are basically some fish meat and a bunch of batter/oil? Didn't seem like it would make sense to use a high end fish in this stuff?

With a dish like fish and chips, it's pretty important to use a good quality fish because you can't mask a bad fish with some sauce like you could in a steamed fish dish.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Most commercial fish & chips use Cod.

[Lisafuller]

Most commercial fish & chips use Cod.

A new F&B trend is having diners choose their fish and charging accordingly.

[Lisafuller]

Speaking of which, has anybody tried Big fish, small fish? I've passed by a couple times, but they seem to be treading the line between fast food and sit down restaurant, seems to be filled with students, so I'm not sure where the food stands.

[YYCole]

I like buying from Chinatown Wet Market. Its one of the biggest and in town. Prices are competitive and its one of the biggest wet market around. Find the prices cheaper than supermarket (less the promotional priced items at Sheng Siong or Giant)

If I'm not mistaken, it's closed for renovation, I was there about a month ago and the whole market and food center was shut down.

might be shut for cleaning. but its open now

[sundaymorningstaple]

I reckon how close you are to the market will have a lot of bearing on the opportunity costs and the carbon footprint of going there to purchase same. For somebody like me who lives in the north or those in Tuas/jurong or Changi, It might be more expensive if you have no other reason to go there. Just sayin'.

[Wd40]

Today I went and bought a whole Batang(spanish mackerel) from the wet market. It weighed slightly more than 1kg, the price was $12 per kg and the whole fish cost $14. Batang is a very good fish for Indian style cooking.

Actually we dont do the elaborate Indian curry on a regular basis, more of a fast food fry on a frying pan with very little oil after coating it with masala.

This link shows a western style frying of the fish, which looks very similar to the Indian style

https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/1833152- ... atang-fish

This one is Malay cooking, but actually entirely derived from Indian style of cooking

https://www.kuali.com/recipe/fish-dishe ... ried-fish/

[abbby]

For cod, I like to use the Kikkoman teriyaki honey sauce available at Cold Storage to steam it.

Sounds yummy! Do you marinate it first or just brush some of the sauce on after? I use the teriyaki sauce to make stirfried udon, my daughter loves it.

Marinate it first.

[abbby]

Today I went and bought a whole Batang(spanish mackerel) from the wet market. It weighed slightly more than 1kg, the price was $12 per kg and the whole fish cost $14. Batang is a very good fish for Indian style cooking.

Actually we dont do the elaborate Indian curry on a regular basis, more of a fast food fry on a frying pan with very little oil after coating it with masala.

This link shows a western style frying of the fish, which looks very similar to the Indian style

https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/1833152- ... atang-fish

This one is Malay cooking, but actually entirely derived from Indian style of cooking

https://www.kuali.com/recipe/fish-dishe ... ried-fish/

Thats cheap! One piece fillet is almost $14!

I love batang for making fish porridge..healthy and tasty and doesn't give off a fishy smell.

[Wd40]

Today I went to the wet market and bought Lady fish. This is the picture I took. It cost $10 for this much, almost 1kg pretty cheap. Although, they dont descale or clean it. My wife spent like half day to descale clean and cook it



This is a delicacy in the part of India I belong to. This is how we fry it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMiRFFA ... ingchannel

[Lisafuller]

Today I went to the wet market and bought Lady fish. This is the picture I took. It cost $10 for this much, almost 1kg pretty cheap. Although, they dont descale or clean it. My wife spent like half day to descale clean and cook it



This is a delicacy in the part of India I belong to. This is how we fry it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMiRFFA ... ingchannel

Wow! They look like a larger version of the capellin fish we usually see in Japanese restaurants.

[Lisafuller]

I like buying from Chinatown Wet Market. Its one of the biggest and in town. Prices are competitive and its one of the biggest wet market around. Find the prices cheaper than supermarket (less the promotional priced items at Sheng Siong or Giant)

If I'm not mistaken, it's closed for renovation, I was there about a month ago and the whole market and food center was shut down.

might be shut for cleaning. but its open now

Really? I'll have to visit soon then. They've got some of the best fried kway teow I've ever had, and the juice stall there is amazing. I get the strawberry milkshake with evaporated milk and it's so refreshing.

[Lisafuller]

I reckon how close you are to the market will have a lot of bearing on the opportunity costs and the carbon footprint of going there to purchase same. For somebody like me who lives in the north or those in Tuas/jurong or Changi, It might be more expensive if you have no other reason to go there. Just sayin'.

Very true, it's nice to go once, but if you're getting your fish there regularly, you'll have to start to account for the cost of the journey.

[Lisafuller]

For cod, I like to use the Kikkoman teriyaki honey sauce available at Cold Storage to steam it.

Sounds yummy! Do you marinate it first or just brush some of the sauce on after? I use the teriyaki sauce to make stirfried udon, my daughter loves it.

Marinate it first.

I'll have to give it a shot.