街市THE WET MARKET
Silver perch
銀鱸
A farmed Australian freshwater fish, 450 g to 900 g, sold live at Chinese fish shops and whole at Sydney Fish Market. The closest thing Australia has to a freshwater steaming fish at the right size: oily, few bones, a touch earthy, best bought live.
Cautions: read first
- Fish is a mandatory-declaration allergen in Australia; steam until the flesh lifts from the bone and the bone is white, not pink.
Preparation
Clean and dry; 600 g steams 8 minutes.
Origin
Farmed in NSW. Live at Chinese fish shops (Haymarket and Cabramatta in Sydney, Box Hill in Melbourne, for example); whole at Sydney Fish Market.
Availability in Australia
Easy to find
Australian name · silver perch (live at Chinese fish shops)
Where · Chinese fish shops (Haymarket, Cabramatta, Eastwood, Hurstville, Box Hill, Springvale)
What to ask for · Buy it live
If it is not there · Two or three small bream
Where · Chinese fish shops (Haymarket, Cabramatta, Eastwood, Hurstville, Box Hill, Springvale)
What to ask for · Buy it live
If it is not there · Two or three small bream
