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June 26, 2008

A Fishy Tale

Fried Whitebait Tapas, Madrid, SpainFried whitebait consumed at a tapas bar in Madrid, Spain.

I just love fried fish, little fish, to be precise. The best ones were my family's specialty--small fish lightly marinated with turmeric powder, deep-fried to crispy goodness, with a vinegar-soy dipping sauce loaded with chopped bird's eye chilies.

Heavenly!

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Blogger FooDcrazEE said ... (5:40 AM) : 

try stir frying them with some sliced chilli, onion and a lil sugar. Better still if u can get day old YAU CHAR KUEH ( sliced thinly and deep fried ) and sauteed them all together . . .

DELISH !

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Blogger Precious Pea said ... (6:59 AM) : 

Yumz..the smaller they are, the sweeter the meat!

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Anonymous Anonymous said ... (8:09 AM) : 

I don't like big fish, I love small fish too, they are crispy and can eat the whole thing, LOL.

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Blogger Kalyn said ... (9:12 AM) : 

They do look heavenly!

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Blogger WokandSpoon said ... (9:42 AM) : 

I could eat loads of this! Simple but tasty finger food!

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Anonymous matt wright said ... (10:11 AM) : 

I had this in spain for breakfast actually - almost every day I was there! Just amazing aren't they!

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Blogger Annie & Nate said ... (11:37 AM) : 

Gimme a beer and keep 'em coming!

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Blogger Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) said ... (11:40 AM) : 

Your family's favorite recipe sounds like the cha ca we had in Hanoi -- I think I still have some turmeric stains on the clothes I was wearing the night we ventured to Cha Ca La Vong, but it was worth every bit of spilled sauce to have fish fried that way.

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Blogger "Joe" who is constantly craving said ... (7:57 PM) : 

unless it has edible bones or no bones..if not a BIG no!

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Anonymous We Are Never Full said ... (8:30 PM) : 

delicious! what tapa bar did you eat these in? just curious, i was recently in madrid.

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Blogger FranMag said ... (9:08 PM) : 

I love this kind of fish! Just a sqeeze of lemon and they're perfect.

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Anonymous PenangTuaPui said ... (3:52 AM) : 

hi,

can u brought along some to me when u have ur home trip back to Penang?

they look delicious....

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Blogger Paz said ... (11:45 AM) : 

Oh, wow! I like the sound and looks of this! Heavenly is right. ;-)

Paz

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Anonymous Anonymous said ... (3:55 PM) : 

these are most likely BOQUERONES FRITOS... they're fresh little white anchovies fried in a batter. Really delicious with just a squirt of lemon juice... not to be confused with the preserved really salty anchovies people are most familiar with...

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Blogger wmw said ... (2:51 AM) : 

I don't mind fried small fish...like the silverfish!

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Blogger SteamyKitchen said ... (6:08 AM) : 

I snack on fried little fish like french fries!

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OpenID chiff0nade said ... (8:36 PM) : 

I like fish but everyone knows that I do not eat fried stuff.

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Blogger tigerfish said ... (10:52 PM) : 

Is it this fish that Chinese restaurants usually do the 椒盐 style?

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Blogger Midsummerprism said ... (5:05 AM) : 

I usually marinate this in lemon then dust with cornflower mixed with a dash of pepper and salt - deep fried then eaten less than a minute after. Delicious!

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