I fish, I cook, I eat
Finally, the long awaited rain has settled on our little sunny island. Praise God for the showers which finally broke a two month dry spell. It has been raining every day this week. It couldn't come at a better time than when the kids are having a one-week March holiday break. It's nice, cool and less hazy.
The funny thing about being in sunny island Singapore is while some parts of the island is drenched, another part is bright and sunny. This March holiday, my son wanted to go fishing. So we headed down to Bedok Jetty yesterday early in the morning. While there was warning of thundery showers in the late afternoon, the sun was relentlessly beating down on East Coast beach which made it perfect for fishing.
I haven't fished for over 2 years so our fishing rods were dusty and our skills were rusty. But nevertheless armed with sunblock, hats, sandwiches and reels, we parked ourselves three-quarter way down the 250m jetty.
Here's Gabriel in the hot sun in his cool anime hat which doubled up as a fishing hat.
We fished for tamban - a local name for a species of herring, about 10 to 15 cm in length. We spent the morning under the blazing sun and we were quite happy with our catch. Yeah! It was a great feeling fishing again. We would have continued except we were getting fried under the noon sun.
So fresh, you can taste the sea! That's the good thing about cooking what you've caught that day. Here's a very simple recipe for this simply delightful fish. Here's a closer look.
Ingredients
- Tamban fish (fresh!)
- Corn flour
- Salt
- Oil
That's it!!!!
Method
- Clean and gut fish
- Pat dry
- Sprinkle with salt and lightly coat with corn flour
- Heat enough oil for deep frying
- Fry fish
It tastes like what you would get with the fish in nasi lemak. Alternatively, you can also add some curry powder to coat the fish - something my mom likes to do. It's a simple easy dish to cook and it tastes all the better when you know you've caught it fresh on that day!
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galiliee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fisherman. "Come follow me," Jesus say, "and I will send you out to fish for people." At once they left their nets and followed him. (Matthew 4:18-20)
The funny thing about being in sunny island Singapore is while some parts of the island is drenched, another part is bright and sunny. This March holiday, my son wanted to go fishing. So we headed down to Bedok Jetty yesterday early in the morning. While there was warning of thundery showers in the late afternoon, the sun was relentlessly beating down on East Coast beach which made it perfect for fishing.
I haven't fished for over 2 years so our fishing rods were dusty and our skills were rusty. But nevertheless armed with sunblock, hats, sandwiches and reels, we parked ourselves three-quarter way down the 250m jetty.
Here's Gabriel in the hot sun in his cool anime hat which doubled up as a fishing hat.
We fished for tamban - a local name for a species of herring, about 10 to 15 cm in length. We spent the morning under the blazing sun and we were quite happy with our catch. Yeah! It was a great feeling fishing again. We would have continued except we were getting fried under the noon sun.
So fresh, you can taste the sea! That's the good thing about cooking what you've caught that day. Here's a very simple recipe for this simply delightful fish. Here's a closer look.
Ingredients
- Tamban fish (fresh!)
- Corn flour
- Salt
- Oil
That's it!!!!
Method
- Clean and gut fish
- Pat dry
- Sprinkle with salt and lightly coat with corn flour
- Heat enough oil for deep frying
- Fry fish
It tastes like what you would get with the fish in nasi lemak. Alternatively, you can also add some curry powder to coat the fish - something my mom likes to do. It's a simple easy dish to cook and it tastes all the better when you know you've caught it fresh on that day!
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galiliee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fisherman. "Come follow me," Jesus say, "and I will send you out to fish for people." At once they left their nets and followed him. (Matthew 4:18-20)
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