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When it comes to fish, I usually hit a Whole Foods, Bristol Farm or Fish King (in Glendale).

However, the reality is that these upscale markets only offer a limited number of the most popular fish like salmon, halibut, trout and a few others. Nonetheless, you can be assured of excellent fresh fish.

But, if you want a fish adventure and good product at good prices, the place to go is an ethnic market.

Have heard a few people mention that there was a hot new affordable seafood market in the old Eagle Rock Plaza.

A Google search tells me that Seafood City in Eagle Rock Plaza has been there since September 2006.

I saw many folks scooping up bags of shrimp.

I have to keep an eye on the cholesterol but I did get some!

But clearly, the fun is the fish …

I could play it safe and select a type of fish I recognize but what is the fun in that?

So I picked a fish I had never seen before as it looked pretty fresh. I selected a Yellowtail Fusilier that the tag says is from Thailand.

The fish in the above cited web link has the right tail (yellow!), the right body shape but, as you can see, the body color wasn’t quite the same as what I bought.

Since the fish is from Thailand, I figure the way to go is the Asian way of steaming it.

Cut up matchstick size pieces of ginger and similar sized pieces of green onion. Stuff some into the body and around and on top of the fish. I sprinkled on some garlic powder and in a hat tip to Thai cooking, I put a few slices of lime on top.

Bring the water to a boil and place the dish in the pan and cover so the steam can cook the fish in about 10 minutes.

Drain off most of the liquid that winds up in the bowl. The finishing touch my parent’s taught me was to splash some soy sauce on the fish and then pour some hot oil and voila, moist and tender fish for dinner.

By the way, if you aren’t into fish, the meat section at Seafood City was also doing extremely brisk business and the selections looked good!

Seafood City Supermarket
2700 Colorado Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90041

By Rene (see more of his posts). You can find more of Rene's writing at his own website Rene's Ramblings