The beach house we stay at when we go on holiday to the Tanzanian coast ...
Smoked Sailfish served with lemon, parsley & black pepper (Ooops ... another '70's inspired garnish there !) People don’t usually associate Tanzania with deep sea fishing as much as they associate it with safari’s, game and the bush but the truth is that we have some stunningly beautiful stretches of coastline with powdery white sands and swaying coconut palms that rival the beaches of well known African island destinations like Mauritius and Zanzibar.
Some of the fish found in our oceans include Tuna, Marlin, Sailfish, Kingfish and Barracuda. Game fishing is practiced in some of the coastal areas here like Pangani and Tanga.
When we go to the Tanzanian coast on holiday, we always go to the Pangani/Tanga region which is really beautiful and still relatively untouched. (It is really hot and humid in these coastal areas and malaria is rife so it is not a place we tend to rush to on a regular basis !)
Anyway, a few weeks ago I found some smoked Tanzanian sailfish in our local butchery in the ‘big city’ and decided that it would be nice served for lunch one day with a salad.
Aside from serving it in a salad, the only way I could think of serving it was with lemon juice and black pepper - rather like you would serve cold smoked salmon. So here it is above, in all it’s glory ! I quite enjoyed it, although my husband said that it had the texture of puncture repair patches. (Which made me wonder when he’d eaten THOSE ?)
Some of the fish found in our oceans include Tuna, Marlin, Sailfish, Kingfish and Barracuda. Game fishing is practiced in some of the coastal areas here like Pangani and Tanga.
When we go to the Tanzanian coast on holiday, we always go to the Pangani/Tanga region which is really beautiful and still relatively untouched. (It is really hot and humid in these coastal areas and malaria is rife so it is not a place we tend to rush to on a regular basis !)
Anyway, a few weeks ago I found some smoked Tanzanian sailfish in our local butchery in the ‘big city’ and decided that it would be nice served for lunch one day with a salad.
Aside from serving it in a salad, the only way I could think of serving it was with lemon juice and black pepper - rather like you would serve cold smoked salmon. So here it is above, in all it’s glory ! I quite enjoyed it, although my husband said that it had the texture of puncture repair patches. (Which made me wonder when he’d eaten THOSE ?)
