My Dad's visiting Bali and I took him on a round-about chase to try and find a decent fish market. Like most things in South East Asia, if someone doesn't grab you by the hand and lead you to whatever location - you will have a hard time finding anything. I'm not sure if it's the 6 foot concrete walls that surround everything, or if it's just getting used to the various landmarks: "so I turn left at which temple with the old woman in front of it?" Either way, we found a pretty cool place, unfortunately they were cleaning up and closing down for the day. However, we did manage to grab a nice big fillet of sea bass (please see the Bassomatic 76 for more details) for about 11$ per kilo. Not bad for an afternoon of driving.
A while back I purchased a cooking basket for my BBQ and I haven't had the chance to use it until now. I'm hoping to get back to that fish market and get me a proper whole fish to try it out, but I was very impressed! The clamp worked great, although I bought this particular basket specifically because it did not have a hinge; instead you can adjust the height depending on what you are planning to grill. In the past, cooking fillet on the BBQ, especially a big one, always presented the issue of "stick-age." Usually, we get around this problem by using a cedar plank, or some aluminium foil - so when it come time to life the thing off the grill, it doesn't fall apart. Basically, because all the bones are gone, there's nothing holding the fillet together. But with a grilling basket, you also get the opportunity to flip your fish and give it some colour on the top side. Now I'm curious what else I can clamp in there and grill away...
Labels: Coal, Fish, local meat