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Dreaming of Shanghainese little lobsters…

March 11, 2009

Have I mentioned I have a slight obsession with crustaceans? I love them in every form and if it appears on a menu, I’m going to order it. I have now eaten various crustacean species all over the world, from the delicious Alaskan King Crab in Miami, to the alien insect-like mantis prawns in Hong [...]

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Here fishy fishy fishy…

January 6, 2009

Deciding that we’re a bit too fond of our red meat and don’t have enough seafood in our diet we made poached ocean trout with tomato and olive salsa and caramelised roasted new potatoes for dinner last night (recipe here: http://www.cuisine.com.au/recipe/Poached-ocean-trout-with-olive-salsa). The salsa is seriously absolutely delicious – but unless you’re trying to wage garlic [...]

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Hot summer days calls for refreshing ceviche!

January 4, 2009

We had some pretty tasty ceviche on our travels through Central America. The stand out experience was at the ceviche stalls at the Panama Fish Markets (photo on left). So delicious and so many varieties! We decided to get some ingredients from the fish markets to make our own ceviche. Our ceviche recipe contains prawns [...]

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Roe obsessions

December 22, 2008

What’s not to love about caviar? Or all fish roe for that matter? The delectable crunchy tobiko, the rich pearls of flavour that is salmon roe and of course the obsession-worthy, sigh inducing caviar. Having a tin of caviar all to one self is one of my little pleasures I indulge in (sadly, not often [...]