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Tag Archives: seafood
Salmon mousse rolls
I had them in a frenzy over salmon mousse and scallop spring rolls. I took a recipe from chef Ming Tsai and modified it over time. He does a salmon mousse (Tea Spiced Smoked Salmon Mousse) that contains crushed lapsong … Continue reading
Rainbow trout
The troops have been hankering for rainbow trout, so we had them today. I picked up four fish (cleaned) at Costco and served them whole. This is an easy dish to make and delicious but it can be a mess … Continue reading
Smoked whitefish makes its way to Richmond Costco!
HUGE smoked whitefish news today. I again have a reason to live: Costco in Richmond, CA, is carrying 2-pound tubs of Acme Fish Corporation’s smoked whitefish salad. It was all about serendipity this afternoon as I sampled some kind of … Continue reading
Salmon in parchment
Salmon fishing on the West Coast will be drastically reduced soon, so I made some tonight as sort of a “last hurrah,” since I won’t be buying it much if it goes significantly up in price. As a nod to … Continue reading
Thai-style lettuce wraps
Make something easy and refreshing, like I did. I had a 1 pound container of lump crabmeat from Costco on hand that I needed to use, as well as three heads of romaine lettuce. What else would there be to … Continue reading
Sushi spring rolls
In the interest of something light and fresh, I made sushi spring rolls this evening. This is something I have been making for years, essentially rolls with rice paper and lettuce instead of rice and seaweed. You need: butter lettuce … Continue reading
Smoked whitefish at Costco
Joy of joys, they started selling smoked whitefish at my Costco. This is a cleaned whitefish that has been fully deboned, though the skin remains. They put the two halves of the cleaned fish together in the package so it … Continue reading
Make your own gravlax
Stayed up late yesterday to start the gravlax so now it’s tomorrow. Gravlax is cured salmon that you eat sort of like lox – but it is not smoked. It’s easy to make, but you need some basic equipment to … Continue reading
Genki in Berkeley
Sushi today at Genki. Genki (1610 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley) is an unassuming place in an ugly area (San Pablo Avenue – enough said) that we passed daily – sometimes multiple times – since 2000. Today we stopped. Matthew and … Continue reading
Matthew in Hong Kong with seafood
Matthew was in Hong Kong for a couple of weeks this summer visiting his cousin, Aaron, who works in the garment industry there – I think. Aaron studied Chinese in college and has been living and working in various Mainland … Continue reading
