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Which restaurants serve fresh fish #116526
01/08/2017 12:01 PM
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Please name restaurants that serve fresh, not frozen fish

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Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: leo] #116527
01/08/2017 12:26 PM
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Lee's Roadside Grill, SkipJack's.

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: leo] #116528
01/08/2017 01:10 PM
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Salt and Pepe , Mario's Bistro , Temptations Restaurant, Dreams and Le Sand. Enjoy.

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: leo] #116529
01/08/2017 01:42 PM
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Lots of places sell fresh fish but if you check their menus many often flesh them out with frozen choices, too. We learned from a true St. Maartener to ask for their fresh catch of the day, and we've never been disappointed. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />


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Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: leo] #116530
01/08/2017 02:40 PM
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Bluefin in Cupecoy !! The co-owner is a fisherman an they only cook local fresh fish !! Lobster too !

http://www.bluefinsxm.com/





Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: leo] #116531
01/08/2017 04:53 PM
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Kakao on Orient.

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: GaKaye] #116532
01/08/2017 05:31 PM
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GJ, CO S/V Long Overdue
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Skipjacks is excellent

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: leo] #116533
01/08/2017 06:09 PM
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Jam Rock in Cul de Sac. The cook serves what her husband (also the owner) catches that day.

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: weeks5051] #116534
01/08/2017 09:51 PM
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I think just about all the restaurants on island serve fresh fish.

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: leo] #116535
01/09/2017 10:39 AM
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I have seen boxes containing frozen fish at several restaurants, including one mentioned in this thread. Not all fish on SXM is fresh/not frozen or local.


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Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: ruralcarrier] #116536
01/09/2017 11:15 AM
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A little fish knowledge I have learned cooking in the islands the last 15 years or so. I am in coastal Texas now, and we have an abundance of awesome local fish

The Caribbean is not loaded with pelagic fish. Much of the Mahi and Grouper you see actually comes frozen from Mexico or the South Pacific as noted above.

Bass, specifically Sea Bass, is a generic term, not a defined fish. Grouper, Ocean Perch, Toothfish, and others are commonly sold as Bass. The factory boats are pretty good at getting it frozen quickly. "Chilean Sea Bass" is a restaurant term that used to be Patagonian toothfish. Lots of other fish being sold as Chilean Sea Bass today.

If you see a particular fish printed on the menu, it is not likely local.

The local guys catch Mahi, Kingfish, some tuna, Mackerel, Amberjack, snapper, jacks and others.

Lionfish have become popular but they and other reef fish have a likelihood of carrying Ciguatera, a nasty disease in humans.

Hope this helps.

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: sailbynight] #116537
01/09/2017 11:36 AM
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Kind of like Tilapia, you have no idea what you are actually eating.


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Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: ruralcarrier] #116538
01/09/2017 12:50 PM
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Seeing frozen fish at a restaurant doesn't mean that they never serve fresh fish. Fresh fish only comes in on certain days. We find fresh fish at Kakao on Saturday and Sunday. On other days, they don't advertise that the fish is fresh. Kakao's fresh fish is displayed on ice in a case in front of the restaurant, so there's no question that what you're getting is fresh.

Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: GaKaye] #116539
01/09/2017 12:55 PM
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I never said or implied restaurants never serve fresh fish, just not ALL fish served on the island is fresh/never frozen.

Depending on the particular fish and transportation method, frozen may actually be a better choice than "fresh".


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Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: GaKaye] #116540
01/09/2017 01:10 PM
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Sometimes Kakao has fresh fish that has flown in on Air France...lol
We joked that our meal had a plane ticket. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />


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Re: Which restaurants serve fresh fish [Re: BeachKitten] #116541
01/09/2017 02:00 PM
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I have fished many times and even with the owner of a well known seafood restaurant,, he even told me that rarely do any restaurants serve "fresh" fish,,


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