I thought all fish in Cantonese is just called “garoupa” – at least that’s how it seems sometimes in HK restaurants. Big garoupa. Small garoupa. Yellow garoupa. Leather garoupa. Gweilo garoupa …

I think promfet is called “Baak Chong Yu”. Ikan bawal ?

spike: Would be interested to know what is gweilo garouper…esp a ginger one!

lisa: Yes, ikan bawal putih. I think the bawal hitam is another type of fish – more suitable bakar/curry rather than steamed.

the canto translation make sense..
hokkien= Peh cheow
canto=Baak Chong

I wish I can just point to some aquarium and get them to slaughter the fish there and then.

What is pomfret in Cantonese? – there are two types, black and white (white one got the “bad cholestrol” apparently)

What is eel in Cantonese? – Man yu

Haha soli wrong person to ask for canto… i’m hokkien remember? (hin hua to be specific) you need hinhua translations?

wtf is hinhua?

Eel – hokkien = tua hu (sounds like belt in hokkien, ko tua) canto = man yu, jap = unagi

Turbot – canto = duo po yu

hmmm…garoupa – canto = se pan yu?
hokkien = kueh kao

what other fish do you want to know?

You just came to my restaurant and eat those hinhua cuisines… now you totally forgot about it already?

elv: shit la why got so many meanings wan..i thot you were from amoy – you know, the brand of the soyasauce/black bean sauce ect that they sold in states?

so now you are actually from hin hua?

Actually I do miss your restaurant.It was damn nice. I will do a post mortem review here (like died of food poisioning liddat)

mandy: What is yellow croaker?? I very curious

and why the waitress tell me there is no more turbot in cantonese, she calls it turbot??And what is it? I’d probably had eaten it before.

I also curious abt yellow croaker. I will ask the fish lover around.