A modest evening snack...

Bonito filet

We stopped by in the Arab town Fureidis today on the way home from the aikido seminar, to buy fish for the dinner at Anati's place tomorrow evening. I have offered to make a ceviche from white fish, and a bunch of maki rolls. In Fureidis, there is a fish shop that is famous throughout Israel. All big chefs and food critics honour this guy. The place is a hole in the wall, and all the fish lay in drawers in a closed fridge and he asks you what you are interested in. We said that we wanted a white fish for ceviche and one with red meat for sushi. In Sweden I would have bought cod and salmon for these two dishes (maybe tuna, if the price was not too high), but none of them are available here, so in my new life I enjoy getting acquainted with completely new species, with funny new names.

He quickly took two whole fish out of the fridge, told us about them and weighed them. Then he filleted them very skilfully. I already forgot the name of the white one, but the one with red meat is called Palamide, but the English name is Bonito. Bonito is a small mackerel-related species, but the meat is red and meaty, just like tuna.

This evening we did not any need dinner, since we went for a nice afternoon meal with Jan in Herzliya. However, around 21 we felt an urge for something, and we had already figured out that I will not use both big Bonito filets in the sushi tomorrow, so I added black pepper and salt and sautéed one of them quickly in olive oil. Then we ate it straight up, no accessories. That's life quality...