Fishy Dishes

Looks like we have internet .  It was a bit patchy yesterday but good enough let us do all the online work that had to be finished.  We paid the phone bill as well, now they have finally got us functioning again. 

 When at a fish taverna, order fish

Here's Captain Pano again with his shrimps and spaghetti

A favourite dish in Greece.  K cooks it for us now and again though the shrimps he cooks aren't quite as big as these

K's downhome 'taverna'

Fish night on our balcony

One crab fed two.  They didn't eat only crab obviously but you can see the size of it from the claw.  K steamed it and dug out the meat, piled it into the shell with a little olive oil and lemon juice.  The meat in the claws was broken out with a walnut cracker

Seabream lightly cooked in wine with carrots and zucchini

Grilled octopus

Fish souvlaki.

Marinated and grilled once again by K

The fish is called 'morona'

The english translation appears to be 'sturgeon'.

K and his cousin of the same name tucking into that fresh cod

45 euros a kilo.

Just a note on ordering fresh fish.  K and his cousin K went into the kitchen and looked at the fish available.  Pressed and prodded and looked at the eyes to see how fresh it was.  Then they told the chef exactly what they wanted, how many fish and how to cook them.  The chef weighed out the fish in front of them and after everything was agreed on they came back to the table happy campers.

You can order one fish or one kilo and usually they will fry or grill, bake it or even turn it into fish soup if you're prepared to wait

My traditional Greek husband loves cooking and eating fish.  He even prefers it to pork.