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Originally Posted by yuujirou
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
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*laughs* My uncle works for the Ministry of Fisheries so I can't help but care. His whole job is about finding new ways of farming quality fish rather than wiping out the wild stocks.
I agree that's pretty off, trying to sell tilapia as snapper. I'd certainly be pissed, especially if I was paying full price. I haven't seen that anywhere i've been eating though.
Tilapia is much rarer in the UK, so I've hardly seen it on restaurant menus. Mostly I've bought it myself fresh and cooked it. I don't think the British fish selection is much better. Standard fare is cod, haddock, salmon, trout, tuna, sole, mackerel and a smattering of shellfish.