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Best tasting whole fish?

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  • 01-08-2014 11:10pm
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    kevincool
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I am new to Ireland. I want to buy the best tasting fish in Ireland. I need a whole fish and want the shop person to cut into pieces across. So which is the best tasting fish(salmon etc.) which I can get in Dublin and can I get the whole fish? Thanks.
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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Its too subjective to say which is the best tasting fish in Ireland.
    We have a wealth of seafood here and some seasonal fish like Tuna which some people like and others don't.
    Its probably best for you to get a sampler of all the different types of fish, John Dory, Salmon, Haddock, Hake etc and see which suits you best.
    It will depend on how you cook the fish as well.


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    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    IMO Sea Bream cooked whole is tres magnifique


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    sullivlo
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    Sea bass whole are immense BBQ'd / steamed / oven baked.


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    Swampy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭Swampy


    Sea trout ain't too shabby.


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    CJhaughey
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    Both Bream and Bass are imported, Personally I'd rather buy Irish fish than imported farmed fish.
    Maybe its just me but its like coals to Newcastle buying imported fish here when we have such as amazing variety just off our EU's shore.


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    foodaholic
    Registered Users Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭foodaholic


    Have you tried mackerel - oily fish.
    Love it and it's very cheap


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    kevincool
    Registered Users Posts: 283 ✭✭kevincool


    Thanks all. I have just tried salmon until now. I will try others from now on. Going to howth for sightseeing on Sunday, so will buy some nice fish over there.


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    h2005
    Registered Users Posts: 1,383 ✭✭✭h2005


    Hard to beat fresh mackerel. Ling is pretty good too.


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    Awkward Badger
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    Nice bit of pan fried Lemon Sole.


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    Kat1170
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    Mackerel, Hake and Ray would be my favourites.


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    CaptainAhab
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭CaptainAhab


    For me it is fresh mackerel.. the most important factor is the freshness IMO however so if you can get it straight off the docks and cooked on the pan within the hour it will be amazing!


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    Carawaystick
    Registered Users Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    Gurnard is a big impressive fish, but you only get 2 small fillets off it, but they are tasty


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    Kat1170
    Registered Users Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭Kat1170


    Forgot to mention Whiting. When fresh it's hard to beat.


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    Curry Addict
    Registered Users Posts: 1,273 ✭✭✭Curry Addict


    Black sole or Halibut are top of the fish pile :pac:


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    aidan24326
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    In terms of flavour probably Halibut or Monkfish. Both are pricey though.

    For a fish that is relatively cheap and delicious if you get it fresh I'd go +1 for mackerel. An underrated gem.

    And be sure to try seatrout, it's a fish that is similiar to salmon in appearance and texture but is nicer than salmon (in my humble opinion anyway, others may not agree).


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    Ark rose glenn
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Ark rose glenn


    Black sole is tops


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    duploelabs
    Registered Users Posts: 11,134 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    Really surprised people mentioning monkfish as a fish you'd eat whole, best of luck with that. My vote goes to Black Sole, with an honorable mention to Whitebait, which you eat literally whole (I though I did see one diner trying to fillet one when a bowl full was served to him)


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    pwurple
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    Fan of Sole here too, although I've cooked a whole turbot once and it was unbelievably good. One of the best meals we've ever had.

    It really is all down to the freshness.... That turbot was caught that morning and I was eating it a few hours later.

    Mackeral this time of year are very best when you catch them and stick them straight on the bbq at the beach.


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    MissFlitworth
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    duploelabs wrote: »
    Really surprised people mentioning monkfish as a fish you'd eat whole, best of luck with that.


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