Anyone eaten orata?
 

Had this fish at a nice Italian restaurant in Brentwood, CA this past week. Roasted whole and done with minimal treatment.

It was really excellent and fortunately also cooked to perfection.

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-spence

No but it looks like a scup. I love scup pan cooked whole like that.

Taste was closer to a black sea bass than a scup. Not boney and not stringy. Great sweet and delicate meat.

-spence

yes, i had it at bartalotta in vegas. excellent fish.

It is simialr to scup, but much more meat and a more delicate flavor.

A once considered mediteranean trash fish. Now a delicacy thanks to over fishing and depleted fish stocks.
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likewise scup in Greece according to my Greek neighbor!

When will choggie be embraced as the new mini grouper?
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i can tell you the number one best seafood dish I had last year was a pan roasted sea-robin dish I had at Nicks on Broadway this past fall. Mind bogglingly good.

I love orata tater tots, french fries and curly fries!

LOL! That's too funny
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yes, and i eat a lot of high end seafood at a lot of high end places!!

There is nothing wrong with eating a blackfish sized choggie... tastey!

Sure hound. But I'm talking about seeing choggie served in restaurants.
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