Fly by…

I did mention in my blogpost the other day that despite the fact that we were staying at home, not doing anything much, time seemed to fly by so quickly and I also said that we were down to the last two or chio/ikan bawal hitam (black pomfret) that we had in our freezer and I would have to make my way to my favourite fish & seafood stall in our neighbourhood and stock up on some more.

Well, I did not hop over in the end. It happens all the time! I will tell myself I will go in the morning and the next day, I will change my mind and decide to just stay home and do without what I intend to buy.

No, we did not go without fish a fortnight ago on our no-meat Friday. I managed to grab hold of two slabs of salmon…

…from Chile…

…for RM62.00 at my regular shop in the next lane and we baked one of them for lunch and dinner. There was still some left over so the next day, my missus used the flakes to make some salad.

We did finish off the can of sardines, Marina, that I said was sitting in the pantry and the other day, when my missus had to go out, she stopped by one of the shops in the next lane and came home with two cans of this…

We actually prefer mackerel in tomato sauce to sardines and my missus likes Ayam more than Marina.

No, we did not open one on Friday last week nor did we finish off the remaining slab of salmon that was still in the freezer. Instead, I asked my girl if she would like to have some prawns…

I bought a kilo of those big ones in June and they were still in the freezer. She was keen on the idea and she particularly requested for them to be cooked with the otak-otak ingredients that we had for the ikan sultan and the aforementioned ikan bawal hitam. She obviously enjoyed that so much to want it again and again.

That was what we had for our meals that day…

…and yes, the recipe worked absolutely well with prawns…

It was so delicious, more delicious than the two times we had this recipe with fish, I would say. The prawns were very fresh, as good as new, so firm, so succulent!!!

Now, we do not have any more prawns in the freezer, just the small “cho liao” (use as ingredient) ones and no fish other than that solitary slab of salmon. I really must make my way to the fish & seafood stall soon.