Straya!

[raznomore]

@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.

[mariner4life]

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

[canefan]

@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

[raznomore]

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.

[booboo]

@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.

[canefan]

@booboo said in Straya!:

@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

[taniwharugby]

@canefan expect so...were discussing the north island Blue Cod being a bit average in comparison to the SI Blue Cod at the pub work yesterday, so entirely plausible.

[MajorRage]

Snapper average, terakihi, barramundi bloody awful.

Whiting, Hoki both fabulous.

[Tim]

It's all about the John Dory.

[booboo]

Happy Straya Day fluffybunnies.

Anything planned?
BBQ?
Lamington burgers?
Riots?

[canefan]

@booboo said in Straya!:

Happy Straya Day fluffybunnies.

Anything planned?
BBQ?
Lamington burgers?
Riots?

Pavlova is ours you butches

[mariner4life]

@booboo said in Straya!:

Happy Straya Day fluffybunnies.

Anything planned?
BBQ?
Lamington burgers?
Riots?

Leaving the kids with the in laws, and invading a restaurant for a long lunch.

[Nepia]

@booboo said in Straya!:

Happy Straya Day fluffybunnies.

Anything planned?
BBQ?
Lamington burgers?
Riots?

I organised to go the beach, forgetting it was Australia Day and it will be a mad house.

[antipodean]

@booboo said in Straya!:

Happy Straya Day fluffybunnies.

Anything planned?
BBQ?
Lamington burgers?
Riots?

Watching the footy, taking a dip, working on a bike and car. Wife has friends over, so I'm making myself scarce.

[voodoo]

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.

[Nevorian]

[Nepia]

Went to Narrabeen beach, not busy, just families and young teenagers, so no beach totty ... what a disappointment.

[jegga]

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[voodoo]

@Nepia what were you expecting at Narrabween mate??? You may as well have gone looking for topless chicks surfing at Balmoral.

[Nepia]

@voodoo said in Straya!:

@Nepia what were you expecting at Narrabween mate??? You may as well have gone looking for topless chicks surfing at Balmoral.

I don't know the North, not my area of Sydney ... Balmoral would at least have some age appropriate totty without kids, just not topless.