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Fish2drink · Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: Fried Fish

What is the most common fish used by restaurants along the Texas coast when they sell you fried fish? I know they vary according to what they are advertising like flounder or such, but my question lies more on the localy owned seafood place that has access to local fish what are you more than likely going to get if you order a fried fish plate?
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flounder daddy · Guest

Sadly, probably Alaskan white fish on a typical fried platter. I know laguna reefs fried platter is Alaskan white fish. You can get the fresh catch and its normally locally caught fish.

ironmanstan · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:15 am Post subject:

It's illeagal to sell trout and redfish in Texas. It has to be imported from LA. Alot of returants like in SA will sell drum. It is caught locally but sellers can get a higher price away from here. Alaskan white fish is common in resturants like the Big Fisherman. I always order the fresh catch of the day ( which is usually not that fresh ) it will normally be Snapper or Mahi.
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gdavis · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:08 am Post subject:

I had a friend who worked at Two Georges a long time ago and they talked about buying redfish and drum from people behind the store to cook fresh for the customers. I know it's probably illegal but they used to do it. Might be why they aren't open anymore hah.

On a separate, but similar, note: The Captains Catch is a mahi mahi sandwich at Moby Dicks in Port A. Best fish sandwich I've had in the CC area.

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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:43 am Post subject:

I always ask where ever I go across the country, and Tilapia has become ubiquitous in many areas, unfortunately. More profit!!!!!

TILAPIA????? Heck man, that ain't even saltwater fish, so it's certainly not "seafood"!!!!! Shocked

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fishaddict · Horse Mullet Joined: 04 Aug 2009 Posts: 150

Talipia is now also being used at the Big Fisherman. In reading their reviews no one seems to like their fish. Now I know why. You go to a saltwater type resturant and get fresh water fish that isn't that good. They still sell flounder but you have to ask for it by name and pay the price. They have good shrimp deals there and thats usually what I get.

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ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

Flounder, drum and tilapia are the usual suspects. Mahi mahi also popular believe it or not, Snoopies used to use it but now they use something different as the price went up. Catfish also popular, but its usually advertised as such. I would bet most of this does NOT come from local sources.

A word on tilapia as restaurant fare.... Most of the time people eat it, enjoy it, and are never the wiser. A recent study on the east coast, using DNA barcoding, found that over 45 % of restuarants were guilty of selling a different species than what was advertised on the menu. The most common species that found its way onto the plate was tilapia. Also, flounder was also commonly switched with other cheaper flat fish. Grouper was hardly ever the species advertised. Red snapper was frequently a different species of snapper, often not even from the same ocean. Cod was frequently a different bottom fish, usually pollock. Most of the time the restaurant gets the wrong fish from the distributor, but there were several reports of the owners deliberately cutting corners.

Moral of the story is - most people don't know and can't tell what kind of fish they are eating. Now, us fishermen are probably the exception as some of us (Dave, Stan, myself) eat A LOT OF FISH. But Joe Consumer usually can't tell the difference between fried pollock/black drum, or fried flounder/tilapia. I actually don't mind tilapia (hiding from the stones).

JayandCoyote · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject:

I asked the person working the drive-thru window at Tailfins what kind of fish they used and I was told it is Pangasius. It would be nice if it was a more upscale fish but then the price for a drive-thru meal would probably be above their ~$10 target price for a meal. If you want real tuna, mahi or snapper they want you to go to Water Street since it is all owned by the same person.

flounder daddy · Guest

Id rather eat fried chicken than eat at Tailfins again. It was not very good the only time I went there. On the same level as boat N net to me. Tasted like cardboard

ccfishingcoach · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject:

give it a second chance flounder...i live near there and it's definitely better than boat n' net. It's a branch off of water street food and there sauces are pretty good. Are there any bad fried fish?
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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:22 pm Post subject:

As always with fish, the most important thing is freshness. Then you have to cook it JUST TO OPAQUE when frying!!!!! Anything else is just plane overcooked, and on thin fillets and especially on non oily fish, 30 seconds can be the difference between scrumptious and hardly worth messing with!!!!!!

I'd much rather have my fried fish just a hair on the non done side than the other way around. A little fried Sashimi is good now and then as long as it's FRESH!!!!! Very Happy

Tilapia is another one of those species they give to the dillweeds who come up to the fish counter and ask "what do you have that's not fishy"???? Rolling Eyes

Kind of like Orange Roughy!!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_roughy
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John Wasmuth · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:32 pm Post subject:

if it does not taste like fish, why eat it if you want to eat fish? Another thing I dont get. Maybe its just me but I like to eat fish because they taste like fish. Growing up in the Florida Keys and the everglades spoiled me I suppose. Granted, Texas is a second begining for me but I still like to eat fish that tastes like fish, shrimp that tastes like shrimp, gator that tastes like gator, crab that tastes like crab etc.,. There is always beef for people that dont eat seafood............

Fish2drink · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:38 pm Post subject:

I figured on the Flounder and Tilapia there but to be honest when they make it well at times you just enjoy the fact you are eating fish and do not worry about what it is. I happen to love the fact that down here in Brownsville at most local seafood places I can get tortillas so that is my weakness Embarassed

heck I even like tortillas with my fried chicken Cool

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landlocked beachbum · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:40 pm Post subject:

Dude, you're preaching to the choir!!! Wink

Honestly, more than once in my life I've heard that quip when walking past or standing in front of the seafood counter!!!! Shocked

People are crazy..............................
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