Buying fish in Singapore

[Wd40]

I recently restarted eating meat after like 15 years, thanks to my health screening results of low vitamin B12 and D, which is common among vegetarians
I am like instead of taking supplements which anyways contain fish oil etc, I might as well eat the real thing.

My wife can cook fish. So I went to the wet market in Taman Jurong to buy fish and since we are not experts we are sticking to just pomfret, we tried sea bas but my daughter finds it too soft and insists we only buy pomfret.

The pomfret I bought today, I found costs $23 per kg. It is like the small pomfret white and I got 4 fishes for $23. We don't eat the head like locals do, so I asked him to cut off the head and tail and the fins etc and clean it and he did it very nicely.

So all good, I was just wondering do people really spend $23/kg on fish? I am guessing pomfret is the rich man's fish, I would imagine food courts wouldn't be able to afford to sell pomfret and price it cheap.

We plan to eat fish like only once a week so spending $23/kg is not a big deal. But just wanted to know your thoughts. Cheers!

$23/kg for fish with the head and other stuff is almost like the price for filleted, farmed salmons ($30-36/kg). Why don't you try what kind of fish, for example, amazon fresh has to offer? You could at least get some idea what sort of fish is what and there are many filleted options far below $23/kg. Personally I feel buying always from wet market provides neither better quality nor is cheaper, leaving convenience aside. At least for many cases.
https://www.amazon.sg/s?k=fish&i=amazonfresh

1st time trying out online delivery, of salmon. Although not via Amazon, I am ordering via fairprice online they have a $10 off promo although there is a $4 fee. Amazon I would need prime subscription, I have India Amazon prime which comes with Amazon music as well, so I can't get myself to sign up to SG Prime.

Anyways here is the link https://fairprice.com.sg/product/catch- ... g-90151067

This same seller is available on Amazon as well and they have 2hr delivery while fairprice I will receive only on 23rd Feb 2 days later.

Looking forward to this salmon. It seems like a good deal. I will update here how it turns out.

[Lisafuller]

Today's adventure:

I brought Tilapia from the wet market. $8 per kg, these 2 fish cost $7.50



This is how we fried it.



The meat is very soft, even softer than Sea bass, but the flavor is nice, almost tastes like Paneer(Cottage cheeze). Sea bass is bland in comparison.

Wow, looks delicious! Can't help but wonder, is there a reason why Indians tend to serve their food on those metal plates? Is it for portion control/tradition or is there another reason?

[Lisafuller]

I was wondering when you were going to try one . You filet it yourself or have the market do it?

Happy New Year!

The fishmonger descaled it and cleaned it and cut it. We never fillet it for Indian style frying or curry. Always steak

Happy New Year!

I've only had fish filleted once when cooked indian style, and that was tandoori fish. Delicious!

[Lisafuller]

I recently restarted eating meat after like 15 years, thanks to my health screening results of low vitamin B12 and D, which is common among vegetarians
I am like instead of taking supplements which anyways contain fish oil etc, I might as well eat the real thing.

My wife can cook fish. So I went to the wet market in Taman Jurong to buy fish and since we are not experts we are sticking to just pomfret, we tried sea bas but my daughter finds it too soft and insists we only buy pomfret.

The pomfret I bought today, I found costs $23 per kg. It is like the small pomfret white and I got 4 fishes for $23. We don't eat the head like locals do, so I asked him to cut off the head and tail and the fins etc and clean it and he did it very nicely.

So all good, I was just wondering do people really spend $23/kg on fish? I am guessing pomfret is the rich man's fish, I would imagine food courts wouldn't be able to afford to sell pomfret and price it cheap.

We plan to eat fish like only once a week so spending $23/kg is not a big deal. But just wanted to know your thoughts. Cheers!

$23/kg for fish with the head and other stuff is almost like the price for filleted, farmed salmons ($30-36/kg). Why don't you try what kind of fish, for example, amazon fresh has to offer? You could at least get some idea what sort of fish is what and there are many filleted options far below $23/kg. Personally I feel buying always from wet market provides neither better quality nor is cheaper, leaving convenience aside. At least for many cases.
https://www.amazon.sg/s?k=fish&i=amazonfresh

1st time trying out online delivery, of salmon. Although not via Amazon, I am ordering via fairprice online they have a $10 off promo although there is a $4 fee. Amazon I would need prime subscription, I have India Amazon prime which comes with Amazon music as well, so I can't get myself to sign up to SG Prime.

Anyways here is the link https://fairprice.com.sg/product/catch- ... g-90151067

This same seller is available on Amazon as well and they have 2hr delivery while fairprice I will receive only on 23rd Feb 2 days later.

Looking forward to this salmon. It seems like a good deal. I will update here how it turns out.

If you're trying to capitalize on any promo, I'm pretty sure they offer free trials, so you can just sign up and then cancel before they charge you.

[Wd40]

Wow, looks delicious! Can't help but wonder, is there a reason why Indians tend to serve their food on those metal plates? Is it for portion control/tradition or is there another reason?

Thanks. Indians still mostly do the dishes by hand, so the stainless steel plates are easy to clean and they last for ever and anti fragile and don't get scratches or stains and they are lighter in weight than bone china crockery or whatever it is called.

We actually like everything stainless steel, ever the juicer blender jars, lunch boxes everything. But in Singapore the blender jars are all plastic, they stain very fast same for lunch boxes. So we bring them from India.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Wow, looks delicious! Can't help but wonder, is there a reason why Indians tend to serve their food on those metal plates? Is it for portion control/tradition or is there another reason?

Thanks. Indians still mostly do the dishes by hand, so the stainless steel plates are easy to clean and they last for ever and anti fragile and don't get scratches or stains and they are lighter in weight than bone china crockery or whatever it is called.

We actually like everything stainless steel, ever the juicer blender jars, lunch boxes everything. But in Singapore the blender jars are all plastic, they stain very fast same for lunch boxes. So we bring them from India.

Yep, I hear that. But I still get chuffed at the wife when she uses them. I always kid her about using the dog dish for dinner. LOL (we just have fun with it but no way in hell will I eat out of them as they make your food go cold very fast. But, we do have our fair share of them in the house after almost 40 years of marriage.

[Lisafuller]

Wow, looks delicious! Can't help but wonder, is there a reason why Indians tend to serve their food on those metal plates? Is it for portion control/tradition or is there another reason?

Thanks. Indians still mostly do the dishes by hand, so the stainless steel plates are easy to clean and they last for ever and anti fragile and don't get scratches or stains and they are lighter in weight than bone china crockery or whatever it is called.

We actually like everything stainless steel, ever the juicer blender jars, lunch boxes everything. But in Singapore the blender jars are all plastic, they stain very fast same for lunch boxes. So we bring them from India.

Oh! I've noticed that many Indians here carry the multilevel tiffin containers. Such a great way to carry your food around. Does it really not scratch though? The plates seem really thin.

[Lisafuller]

Wow, looks delicious! Can't help but wonder, is there a reason why Indians tend to serve their food on those metal plates? Is it for portion control/tradition or is there another reason?

Thanks. Indians still mostly do the dishes by hand, so the stainless steel plates are easy to clean and they last for ever and anti fragile and don't get scratches or stains and they are lighter in weight than bone china crockery or whatever it is called.

We actually like everything stainless steel, ever the juicer blender jars, lunch boxes everything. But in Singapore the blender jars are all plastic, they stain very fast same for lunch boxes. So we bring them from India.

Yep, I hear that. But I still get chuffed at the wife when she uses them. I always kid her about using the dog dish for dinner. LOL (we just have fun with it but no way in hell will I eat out of them as they make your food go cold very fast. But, we do have our fair share of them in the house after almost 40 years of marriage.

Yeah, metal is a great conductor of heat so I'd imagine even very hot food would go cold quite quickly. In my home we use a lot of porcelain - looks nice, but is very fragile and heavy.

[Wd40]

Wow, looks delicious! Can't help but wonder, is there a reason why Indians tend to serve their food on those metal plates? Is it for portion control/tradition or is there another reason?

Thanks. Indians still mostly do the dishes by hand, so the stainless steel plates are easy to clean and they last for ever and anti fragile and don't get scratches or stains and they are lighter in weight than bone china crockery or whatever it is called.

We actually like everything stainless steel, ever the juicer blender jars, lunch boxes everything. But in Singapore the blender jars are all plastic, they stain very fast same for lunch boxes. So we bring them from India.

Oh! I've noticed that many Indians here carry the multilevel tiffin containers. Such a great way to carry your food around. Does it really not scratch though? The plates seem really thin.

The good quality stainless steel lasts for generations. The scratches are very light and not really noticable.

[Wd40]

The salmon arrived and it was good. I realized that there are 2 kinds those, frozen and air flow fresh from Norway.

I wonder what is the difference? The small packets of salmon in fairprice don't look like frozen. But this one is frozen so maybe that's why this was slightly cheaper?

[NYY1]

The salmon arrived and it was good. I realized that there are 2 kinds those, frozen and air flow fresh from Norway.

I wonder what is the difference? The small packets of salmon in fairprice don't look like frozen. But this one is frozen so maybe that's why this was slightly cheaper?

The frozen ones tend to be drier whereas the fresh ones appear to have a lot more oils/fat when panfried (although the fresh ones vary in fat content depending on exactly where from the fish it was cut).

[smoulder]

Norwegian and Chilean are the 2 types of salmon I'm aware of.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Those of us from the USA are more familiar with Chinook salmon, however there are 7 species of commercially available/harvested salmon.

[Wd40]

The salmon arrived and it was good. I realized that there are 2 kinds those, frozen and air flow fresh from Norway.

I wonder what is the difference? The small packets of salmon in fairprice don't look like frozen. But this one is frozen so maybe that's why this was slightly cheaper?

The frozen ones tend to be drier whereas the fresh ones appear to have a lot more oils/fat when panfried (although the fresh ones vary in fat content depending on exactly where from the fish it was cut).

You are right, the frozen one was drier compared to the fresh one we bought from the wet market. Do you have any particular preference or it doesnt matter?

[Lisafuller]

Thanks. Indians still mostly do the dishes by hand, so the stainless steel plates are easy to clean and they last for ever and anti fragile and don't get scratches or stains and they are lighter in weight than bone china crockery or whatever it is called.

We actually like everything stainless steel, ever the juicer blender jars, lunch boxes everything. But in Singapore the blender jars are all plastic, they stain very fast same for lunch boxes. So we bring them from India.

Oh! I've noticed that many Indians here carry the multilevel tiffin containers. Such a great way to carry your food around. Does it really not scratch though? The plates seem really thin.

The good quality stainless steel lasts for generations. The scratches are very light and not really noticable.

Very interesting to see how different cultures have different preferences, in terms of cookware and crockery.