pantaiema wrote
I agree to some extent that fresh seafood from the North Sea, Atlantic (if it has not been deep frozen) tastes better than that from a tropical country. But it also costs you a fortune. How much do you pay for caviar? Compare it with flying fish eggs. Is the taste worth the difference? The price difference might be irrelevant for a few people, but not for the ordinary Joe.
Typically, if it is rare and expensive, it will taste better based on human taste. The reason for that is simple because you do not eat it quite often. A long time ago, chocolate and sugar were only for the king and noblemen, but not anymore today as now it is affordable for everyone. Similarly, with various types of bottles of Champagne, handbags, watches.
But even from the North Sea or the Atlantic Ocean, if it is already deep-frozen, it is also tasteless. Buy the deep-frozen fish, lobster, prawn, mussels, octopus, calamari from the frozen outlets in the supermarket and compare it with freshly caught seafood from the fish market in Jimbaran Bay.
Typically, if it is fresh seafood that has not been frozen, it tastes miles better than the deeply frozen seafood, even it is from Nortsea, atlantic. At least based on my personal experience. I have tried both numerous times - cold and warm water seafood - in different countries I could compare it."
Agreed with the frozen vs fresh thing.
As a kid we never ate seafood, except for a bit of fish on rare occasions.
Reason was money.
Later on I mainly lived near the sea. Brest, Lorient (in Brittany) and 2 years in Tahiti.
I settled down on the Bassins d'Arcachon later on.
In all those.places one could easily buy fresh fish / seafood directly at the small fisherman's boats when they arrived in port.
Lived in Pusan (South Korea), HCMC, and HKG again places were fresh fish is easily available.
Price wise, a platter like on the picture, for 2 persons in 2005 on the Bassin d'Arcahon would be 50 to 60 Euro, add to that an apperitif, a starter, a bottle of Muscadet or Entre Deux Mer a dessert, and you'r at 120 euro easily.
Nowadays sure much more.
But most of the time.we just bought all the ingredients at the port or market and prepared it at home.
The place I last lived in France, and the fishing port.
If it was summer all year round and prices halfed (or my pension doubled), it beats Bali easily.
