billykid

56# myversa


Malayisan Pamelo!!!

somewhereintime

Um...in my mind the ones in HK are better. Perhaps I'm actually tasting my childhood memory lah. ;) Plus, the "clam sauce" is special mah! I don't think you can get it here.
chickenwingprin 發表於 2009-6-5 15:53

The dace fish balls in Vancouver is not worth eating, too much filler and the fish taste like sawdust.  However the clam sauce you interested in, is available here at some supermarkets.

ACC-HE

The dace fish balls in Vancouver is not worth eating, too much filler and the fish taste like sawdust.  However the clam sauce you interested in, is available here at some supermarkets.
somewhereintime 發表於 2009-6-5 18:21

so... any chance of making these dishes tasty in vancouver? or... is it the ingredients availability problem again?

jpang

崩大碗....好好飲架.....!!!

somewhereintime

so... any chance of making these dishes tasty in vancouver? or... is it the ingredients availability problem again?
ACC-HE 發表於 2009-6-5 17:50

Some of them, you can make really cuttlefish balls at home, but not dace fish balls because we do not have suitable fish.
We do not have mantis prawns, so it is out of question.
Good wonton can be made at home too, if you do not mind to go through steps
Blowfish? no luck, not even Grass Carp, and the Canadian Carps are really crappy
I missed the fish & seafoods in Hong Kong, since I'm not a big fan of meat

ACC-HE

how come we have no good seafood here even though we're so close to the ocean?

too cold or something?  or all exported?  weird.

somewhereintime

how come we have no good seafood here even though we're so close to the ocean?

too cold or something?  or all exported?  weird.
ACC-HE 發表於 2009-6-5 18:00

We do have some good seafood, it is the  good oriental  fishes lacking. I like  Black Cod, Pickerel,  Halibut, Mako Shark,Arctic Char,Rainbow Trouts from Canadian water, Parrotfish from Hawaii, Mahi Mahi,  Fresh Water Bass from Australia, the local Groupa are inferior to what we accustomed to, and the sole , turbot etc are ,well mediocre.
We do have better luck with shellfish though

ACC-HE

What shellfish?  What do we have?

The fish u listed above.. I only tried Black Cod, Halibut and Groupa .. but they're quite tasteless.

You didn't mention Rock Fish "sack barn"?

peter236

Chinese risotto, not available in dim sum restaurants here.

somewhereintime

68# ACC-HE
Black cod, aka Sablefish is quite popular in high end restaurants.
For shellfish we have 8 varieties of clams,  PEI and Kiwi Mussels,
Periwinkle,  Spotted Prawns, 20 or so varieties of oysters, Atlantic and
Pacific Lobster, King Crabs, Bluecrabs,  Goeduck etc.