I enjoy eating grilled fish at Kuriya restaurant. They bring out a whole fish, covered in salt, and grilled, skin-on, with some lemon and grated radish. The best fish in the world, Kinki, is brilliant this way, but damn expensive. (At the height of the season (now) it can be $140SGD for a small fish) Recently I enjoyed Nodokuro (a rare fish even to Edoites and Google, according to a Japanese friend) and the less-expensive Threadfin.
Ling was out tonight, so she bought me a Threadfin from the grocery store. Now admittedly it had probably been frozen earlier, and wasn’t airflown from Japan, but it looked fine. Total cost? $2.
So what’d I do? Turned the oven on top broiler element, to max heat. Preheated a La Creuset iron roasting pan. Then I split the fish’ belly so that it would sit upright in the pan, rubbed it down with sea salt, and threw it in the oven for, maybe, 15 minutes.
Turned out brilliantly. Nice tasting flesh, few bones, and crispy, salty skin. Really good, really cheap, and impressive (even though it’s cheap and easy). What else can you buy for 2$ that tastes so good and is so healthy?
I’m going to get an infrared grill and broiler from Rinnai for the 41 Springleaf Height, so this will be perfect for preparing these kinds of simple, good dishes.
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