Open letter to Elizabeth Falkner

[tongodeon]

I'd like to congratulate you on a new restaurant, but I've got a small concern about one of the items on your menu. The Daily Candy mentions that you've got "butterfish brûlée":

If the "butterfish" in question is escolar, aka Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, your diners might be in for an unpleasant surprise. The Escolar accumulates indigestible wax

Comments

[loic]

It is however delicious!

And the waxy seepage is common, but not universal.

[tongodeon]

the waxy seepage is common, but not universal

I would be content if the menu included this sentence as a disclaimer.

[loic]

I think the phrase waxy seepage should appear on more menus. When I had the Walu (the Hawaiian name for Escolar) at Pacific Cajun and they failed to disclose the potential implications.

[kraquehaus]

I think we have discovered what to serve at your New Toilet Seat Party™, neh?

[matrushkaka]

We only have one toilet in the house!!

[rwx]

the solution to all overfishing problems may be transgenic fish that also accumulate these esters.

[swingland]

honestly, you shouldn't ruin the surprise.

[matrushkaka]

Although this sounds rather tasty:

Try the Pigwich (maple bacon ice cream sandwich)

(Paging kitos to this thread.)

[tongodeon]

Hot crispy bacon is excellent. Cold bacon where the grease is kinda congealing into something the consistency of Vaseline is not. Thus I remain concerned.

[kitos]

Bacon ice cream can be really tasty if done right. I'm not even going to claim precedence, because it's been done so many times by so many people. It's no longer avante garde, and does not push boundaries. Diarrhea causing fish is more hard core, although it could just be viewed as direvative of olestra. Although "butterfish" might also refer to Peprilus triacanthus.

Wait a minute--I wonder if there's a way to make a tasty fish-flavored ice cream? Maybe with bits of crunchy crab cake, and a hollandaise sauce topping?

[tongodeon]

I wonder if there's a way to make a tasty fish-flavored ice cream?

Here is a man who has not watched enough Iron Chef.