“What is skate?” Asked the young girl standing in the queue in front of me at our local fish and chips shop. “It’s a type of flatfish,” replied her dad. Evidently, there’s a need for a beginner’s guide to skate – and here it is!
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“What is skate?” Asked the young girl standing in the queue in front of me at our local fish and chips shop. “It’s a type of flatfish,” replied her dad. Evidently, there’s a need for a beginner’s guide to skate – and here it is!
Walk into any restaurant, grab the menu and check out the price of any flatfish. Megrim sole, sand sole and plaice will be over £20, with lemon sole and Dover sole considerably more – and that’s not to mention brill and turbot. But where is the humble flounder?
A tale of weever woe not centred around a fiery foot, but rather a bland bouillabaisse.
With major tilapia supplier Regal Springs hailing the success of a six-month trial with British pub chain Greene King in using tilapia in its fish and chip meals we take a closer look at the pros and cons of this versatile, yet divisive fish.
High-quality Scottish mackerel is proving popular in Japan with sales surging and more demand expected.
As a small boy I used to hate being dragged around a supermarket. The cramped, busy aisles seemed endless – much like the lengthy list of sweet treats I wasn’t ever going to be allowed to have. However, fast forward 30 or so year, and propelled by a passion for seafood, that has all changed.
Swapping red meat for ‘forage fish’ such as sardines, herring and anchovies could save up to 750,000 lives a year newly-published data suggests.
Many travel bloggers write about the breath-taking beauty of Railay, Thailand and its turquoise sea, powder-sugar sands and picture-postcard setting. However, we weren’t in town in search of yet more advertiser-friendly superlatives. No, we were on a mission to discover more about the area’s seafood.
Bangkok is a swirling, sweltering, chaotic mass of people, noise and colour. Discover why for seafood lovers there’s no destination quite like it.
Bangkok is a swirling, sweltering, chaotic mass of people, noise and colour. Discover why for seafood lovers there’s no destination quite like it.