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Originally Posted by Columbine
Hey Yuujirou,
I've eaten tilapia a few times, not as sashimi or sushi, but cooked. It's very nice if it's done right (grilled cichlid and chips! yum!); a little like flounder or gurnard with a very mild flavor albeit the farmed stuff can sometimes taste muddy. I agree that it's not a scratch on tai though! On the other hand, tilapia IS lower in sodium and mercury and I hear a lot of people who normally dislike fish will eat it, as it's so mild and cheap. I suppose, if I'm being generous, that it could be also be an ethical alternative to some species of snapper, as only red snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus) and Malabar blood snapper (Lutjanus malabaricus) aren't on the MCS' 'Do Not Eat' list, but I'm not sure what kind of snapper is generally being dished up.
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you know what?! xDD
damn the fish!!
i'll fish them all till they're extinct!!!
because i HUNGER for quality, endangered species! =PP
and ya~ i have no problem w/ tilapia really...
what pisses me off about it is not the fish itself... but the fact that many restaurants try to pass it off as 'tai' instead of 'izumi-dai' =.='''
so basically.. when i order snapper... i expect to get snapper.... NOT tilapia, lolz
oh and... grilled tilapia??? =P
it's good~ buuut.... it's just way overdone...
because it's such a cheap fish.. most restaurants here that serve tilapia are steakhouses... and other such places w/ 'all-round' menus >.>'''
and sadly... i believe even some seafood restaurants serve it as well...
the american fish selection is basically "salmon, tuna, swordfish, halibut/flounder, tilapia, snapper, and i guess cod"
i haven't seen many fish beyond that scope being served in your typical non-sushi eatery >.>''
and as for what kind of snapper most sushi-ya serve up.....
i believe that most places that serve 'tai' and not 'izumi-dai' are serving new zealand snapper. when places get in red sea bream, they'll usually make it a point that they have 'madai' because it's considerably more expensive that new zealand snapper =P
and spicy tuna xDD
i suppose the saying goes...
whatever floats your boat =P
i'm personally against much of the flair that most people try to make w/ sushi these days~ but that's just me xD
although that bit w/ mixing in mentaiko does sound quite interesting o.O"
i don't normally add tobiko nor masago to spicy tuna.... but mentaiko sounds like it might actually work >.>'''
and i'm wondering... but....
is there mayo in that tuna?
o.O"