Steamed President Fish (清蒸總統魚/清蒸总统鱼)
Dinner @ '阿榮邵族麵' (0492856876.mmmtravel.com.tw/?ptype=info) at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭).
The Thao aborigines called it "Aruzay" {Culter erythropterus} and it is one of the much prized culinary specialties from Sun Moon Lake. The original Chinese name is '曲腰魚', until President Chiang Kai Shek managed to steal a taste on his visit to the Lake and fell in love with it and the locals, sniffing a commercial opportunity, renamed it '总统鱼' or President Fish.
A piece arrived by virtue of the rice set my mate has ordered. He was intrigued to have a taste of the fish that impressed a President.
I grabbed a nibble too. Yes, the white clean flesh was tender and not reekingly fishy although it still has a slight muddy twang to it, which is quite typical of freshwater fish.
Steamed President Fish (清蒸總統魚/清蒸总统鱼)
Dinner @ '阿榮邵族麵' (0492856876.mmmtravel.com.tw/?ptype=info) at Sun Moon Lake (日月潭).
The Thao aborigines called it "Aruzay" {Culter erythropterus} and it is one of the much prized culinary specialties from Sun Moon Lake. The original Chinese name is '曲腰魚', until President Chiang Kai Shek managed to steal a taste on his visit to the Lake and fell in love with it and the locals, sniffing a commercial opportunity, renamed it '总统鱼' or President Fish.
A piece arrived by virtue of the rice set my mate has ordered. He was intrigued to have a taste of the fish that impressed a President.
I grabbed a nibble too. Yes, the white clean flesh was tender and not reekingly fishy although it still has a slight muddy twang to it, which is quite typical of freshwater fish.