David R Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Spotted at the local asian supermarket... :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 They are sooo tasty! :lol: Wild types are soooo much better as well. Same with Tilapias! But - :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 I bet they taste like carp........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 They also had "goldfish" next to them, you can see one in the bottom left of the pic, they didn't look like actual goldfish, more like another invasive species that I've seen on a poster but can't remember the name... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 They also had "goldfish" next to them Rudd? or tench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Eww. Aren't you from Pakuranga? I'm thinking maybe Tai Ping? Wang Mart? How very concerning. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 I wouldn't eat one they make good fertilizer though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 How good are you at picking around all those bones with chopsticks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 I'm thinking maybe Tai Ping? Wang Mart? Yeah Tai Ping. Great for cheap fruit and vege, and a good range of noodles, sauces and spices. Usually I'd walk past their butchery/seafood while holding my breath trying not to vomit, but the bright orange fish stood out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Lol. I pop in once in awhile for cooking stuff (asian food is the best after all), and they have great lollies, but next time I will pay more attention to the seafood section. Madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Not sure where that shop is - The Hub? Are those fish eatable? Our previous tenants (several times removed) used to own one of the foodcourt shops out there. We had a complaint from them about a leak in the bathroom. The plumber we called out there duly reported that it was the eels in the bath splashing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephanie Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Gooch Place in Meadowlands. Eels in the bath is nuts haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Haha! Eels in the bath.... As a kid i remember running the bath and getting smelt run out of the cold tap... Apparently water was pumped straight out of Lake Taupo through a series of filters. We were permanent residents in a small holiday location called Hatepe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Not sure where that shop is - The Hub? Are those fish eatable? Shop is at the end of the South Eastern Highway on Ti Rakau drive. And yeah I guess they're eatable, as Henward said, Asians will eat anything.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 saw some bullhead catfish in an asian supermarket on the shore - yum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Yeah Henward told me about them, I'm never ordering anything with fish in it at Yum Char...... :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Oh come on, where is your sense of adventure David? What makes you think you know what is in anything else you eat at yum char... The saying is:The Cantonese will eat anything with wings but an aeroplane, and anything with legs but a table... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Oh come on, where is your sense of adventure David? What makes you think you know what is in anything else you eat at yum char... The saying is:The Cantonese will eat anything with wings but an aeroplane, and anything with legs but a table... Love it Zev I thought yum cha was mostly fish anyway. In fact what makes us think that we know what we are eating in any restaurant anywhere in the world (unless we chose the item live and watched it being cooked) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 The saying is:The Cantonese will eat anything with wings but an aeroplane, and anything with legs but a table and only because the aeroplane and table take too long to cook the other saying i have heard is : that anyhing that moves with its back to the sky can be eaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Didn't wok say they either eat it or bet on it? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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David R Posted September 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Oh come on, where is your sense of adventure David? Yeah I'll try just about anything land-based, but for some reason when it comes to seafood I'm not that keen. I love fresh fish [snapper, tarakihi etc] and scallops and calamari, but thats about it. Don't like salmon, don't like sashimi or anything raw (apart from the stuff in coconut cream)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Love it Zev I thought yum cha was mostly fish anyway. In fact what makes us think that we know what we are eating in any restaurant anywhere in the world (unless we chose the item live and watched it being cooked) Yum cha is not generally a lot of fish, mostly pork, squid and shrimp, chicken feet, durian, tofu, beef tendons bean paste - dammit, now I am hungry... Never mind the restaurants - I would be more concerned about what is in most processed frozen food that you get from the supermarket. I don't recall ever filleting fish and ending up with a pile of exactly the same sized slightly off rectangle shaped bits:-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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