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AuroraB
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Fail when attempting to open old threads, will just stick to the new stuff.
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Shadrach
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Didn't I see those guys hanging out in Canngu?
Shadrach
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Didn't I see those guys at a taxi stand?
Markit
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Or your last family get together?
Markit
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Or your last family get together?
Jimbaran Bay Fish/Seafood Market allows you to select and purchase fresh fish and seafood from the market yourself. You can then pay someone to prepare and grill it for you, and it will be served on the table with all the traditional Indonesian/Balinese dipping sauces. For less than US$50, it is more than enough for two people. With its fresh, pleasant outdoor view and atmosphere, it provides an affordable and abundant lunch/dining experience. It's truly a paradise for seafood foodies
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AuroraB
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A paradise? I had a look at some photos on google map. A lot of seafood nicely laid out in trays filled with water. I guess the ice must have melted. So I will give it a wide berth.
For the daily catch, freshly delivered by the fishermen on that day, you don't even need crushed or flake ice before heading to the grill. Watch these seafood foodies, hooligans ....
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Ooooooo yum.
Hate to think how much that would cost.
Dunno about the cold water thing though, our West Australian Rock Lobster is pretty damn tasty but only when you get it straight off the boat. Once it's been frozen then forget it.
PS I STILL can't open old threads so all the wealth of information ( insert Markits musings and before that Roys ramblings) is lost which is a DAMN shame !
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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. When you eat it, you treat it like a luxurious gourmet food. You will want to taste every bite you make. A long time ago, chocolate and sugar were only for the king and noblemen, but not anymore nowadays 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 North sea, 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.
Also it is good to look at whether it is coming from the shallow sea or deep sea. The seafood coming from the shallow sea (area dependent) could have been contaminated by toxic waste. The seafood coming from northsea, Atlantic is less likely to be contaminated to a degree that you encounter on seafood coming from a shallow sea.
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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.
