Friday, May 16, 2008

Eggs!

The cafe owner convinced me to try their fish roe. I wasn't entirely sure that it would be deep fried in the way I like it. Anyway. Decided to try it. Gulped when the entire palm-length (two inches in width) egg sac plonked onto my dining plate. They didn't deep fry it. It was just boiled. Oh dear.

Even though it wasn't vile tasting, the little cafe didn't exactly have the right sauces for it. Tabasco and strange-tasting naam plaa didn't quite cut it. This needed to be eaten with sambal belachan or something. The veiny thingies along the sac membrane did nothing to enhance the appetite. After eating a quarter of it, I gave up. Ummmm...does anyone know what sort of fish this came from?

7 comments:

FML said...

mullet fish roe? like 烏魚子
the one on your plate doesn't seems to be well prepared, they should at least devein

Anonymous said...

okay. that is damn gross lor.

Anonymous said...

Donch look that appetizing eh..?? can't blame you .. for leaving it .. after some.

Anonymous said...

yuck. that's big! probably a good size fish??! i don't what kind though!

Anonymous said...

you ate a quarter of the thing before surrendering? oh yucks. and i generally adore roe!

Anonymous said...

eh. this one really doesn't look well cooked. not haute cuisine. it looks kinda literally just blanched or something. not going to smell great.

imp said...

findingmrlazy: mullet fish! sounds right!! you're right! to taste, it wasn't cooked great.

jazzgal: the veins lah.

mamabok: not with the whole sac like that!

kit: should be pretty good sized.

sinlady: hehehehe. i gotta try. it really didn't taste too bad. it can taste better with good sauce and all.

seth: yah lor.