Thursday 25 April 2019

At the fish market

 I was in our favorite fish market the other day and noticed this ugly mug. Since I had my camera out anyway, I thought that I'd take a few more pictures and show you some of the other items that are offered. 


 Whitebait run periodically and are very popular made into a fritter. And yes, you eat the entire fish.









 Kina pots hold the gonads (male) or roe (female) of sea urchins. 


The tuatua have big heavy shells, but the clam is really delicious. Endemic to NZ. 





 I didn't get a photo of tarakihi, which is Jeanne's favorite fish. The boys like the lemonfish, which is actually a rig shark. Lemonfish and hoki are the ones used in most of the fish and chip shops. 





I hope you've enjoyed walking through the market with me. I love walking into this store on a hot day because it is always so delightfully cool. And this fish shop actually smells good. The fish are always very fresh and it is kept spotless. (Can't say that about every fish market I've been in)   -djf

And here is a bonus picture. I took it last night, 4/25/19, at about 11:55 p.m. It's your birthday moon Pat. 



















4 comments:

  1. Wish I could have gone with you to this fish market while I was there a month ago. I also enjoyed going with you and Jeanne in 2014 & 2017 to your favorite meat market where you got those indescribably yummy cracklins.

    The prices on lots of what you're showing seem to be very reasonable except for the whitebait at $139.99 per kg - that's nearly $64 Kiwi or $42 US a pound! no wonder that very small amount you're showing us is $8.40 ($5.57 US in current exchange rates)!

    Thanks so much for sharing your visit to the fish market!

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    1. Yeah, there were just too many things to do when you were here. Couldn't possibly do it all.

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  2. Amazing Variety! Agree with Dianne on prices tho. Wow!

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  3. Yeah, food is expensive here. Rent is even worse.

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