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surprised me because the seafood in Australia is usually great.
Personally I have had mixed results.
Prawns usually great, oysters not even close to Bluff but I'm not a fan of the "Pacific" variety anyway. Some of the fish is O.K. but the favourite "Barra" was best summed up by my nephew when he moved over to Straya as a kid - "Mum it tastes like mud" were the words to my sister. You would need to know my nephew to understand how he knew what mud tasted like, but I think his assessment would be accurate.As for phucking scallop pies, I have no words. That says more about the people than the produce.
Yeah, I don't find Aussies seafood that great, obviously they do pretty good prawns. But agree with you on Barra, also the stock/standard fish here is Basa compared with Hoki back home. Basa is an awful fish.
The mussels are midgets too.
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@Nepia Basa tastes like egg white. It's a bottom-feeding fish out of the Mekong river. The pollution in the Mekong has turned the water black and killed just about every other living thing, except the Basa. DO NOT EAT IT.
We eat Flake or Hoki. Don't mind Barra when its good. But when its bad its horrible.
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Barracks straight out of a river is beautiful. Farmed is shit. And fresh water is like any fresh water fish, tasteless.
Coral Trout, Red Emporer, Nanigai. Beautiful
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@mariner4life said in Straya!:
Barracks straight out of a river is beautiful. Farmed is shit. And fresh water is like any fresh water fish, tasteless.
Coral Trout, Red Emporer, Nanigai. Beautiful
I've eaten barra and coral trout. Give me NZ tarakihi, blue cod, hapuka, gurnard, flounder and all the rest thanks
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@raznomore said in Straya!:
Snapper seems pretty serviceable here but I find it pretty hard to get anything that tastes good to cook at home. Had loads of good fish in restaurants though.
What these people call snapper just isn't. Looks like snapper. Tastes like ... not snapper.
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@raznomore said in Straya!:
Snapper seems pretty serviceable here but I find it pretty hard to get anything that tastes good to cook at home. Had loads of good fish in restaurants though.
What these people call snapper just isn't. Looks like snapper. Tastes like ... not snapper.
A quick internet search suggests the fish is the same species. I reckon our colder waters make it taste better
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I live in Bali now, the home of the very worst type of Australian tourist. So I'm currently with the kids at a climbing place (all to ouselves) then will grab a ton of food on the way home to our villa to hibernate for the afternoon/evening away from the bogans. Many beers, much swimming, some good tunes and a feast to follow.
Straya!