where to buy your Fresh fish

willregistersoon · November 2008

I have to say - the fish at C-Town is pretty damn good. I usually get salmon and sometimes its been better than anything from Fresh Direct or Fairway. Not as big a selection as those places but I think it's quite good.

albertitto · November 2008

I wonder why FreshDirect doesn't use re-usable plastic bins. I used to see deliveries from Stop and Shop in Boston (I think it was called Peapod), and they used these plastic bins that they take back and re-use again and again.

I have had mixed experiences with the Union Market fish, same thing with Park Slope Fish, though the latter had been more reliable. These days I pick up my fish from Chinatown. I picked out a live one last week, a decent sized sea bass, and it was soooooo cheap (and of course fresh!)

carmen · November 2008

albertitto wrote:

I have had mixed experiences with the Union Market fish, same thing with Park Slope Fish, though the latter had been more reliable. These days I pick up my fish from Chinatown. I picked out a live one last week, a decent sized sea bass, and it was soooooo cheap (and of course fresh!)

So I've been scared of doing this in chinatown- how does this work? You just walk up, point at the fish you want and they slice it up foryou? do you have to buy the whole thing or do they fillet it for you? How much, aprox per lb, is i? I'm not scared of it being live or anything, more that I don't know the procedure and I dont want to look like an asshole and end up with a bag full of fish heads

carnivore · November 2008

Carmen wrote: So I've been scared of doing this in chinatown- how does this work? You just walk up, point at the fish you want and they slice it up foryou? do you have to buy the whole thing or do they fillet it for you? How much, aprox per lb, is i? I'm not scared of it being live or anything, more that I don't know the procedure and I dont want to look like an asshole and end up with a bag full of fish heads

Point to what you want. They weigh the whole thing and charge you by the pound. Then you can have it gutted and scaled, or filleted for free- just tell them how you want it. Prices are way cheaper than anywhere else in the city. Look carefully at what you're buying though, because the quality can vary a lot. If you don't know how to tell if a fish is fresh, you probably shouldn't buy there.

khuntiennang · November 2008

i love fish. and cheapest place to get is in chinatown, that includes shrimp etc. price varies depending on the types.

someone told me that the way to tell if the fish is fresh is by looking at the eye. if the eye is red (blood), it's not fresh.

idlewild · November 2008

If the following is present do not buy the fish:

Cloudy eyes

Soft and/or slimy skin and scales

The fish smells like fish.

albertitto · November 2008

Carmen wrote:

So I've been scared of doing this in chinatown- how does this work? You just walk up, point at the fish you want and they slice it up foryou? do you have to buy the whole thing or do they fillet it for you? How much, aprox per lb, is i? I'm not scared of it being live or anything, more that I don't know the procedure and I dont want to look like an asshole and end up with a bag full of fish heads

Yeah you just need to point out which fish you want. Well in general just say big or small because they swim around and you might not get the exact one you pointed to. So just indicate if you want a bigger or smaller one. Then they will use a net to bring one up and you just need to confirm whether it is a good one for you. Then they clean it up for you (guts gills and scale). I haven't asked them to filet it for me. I am not sure if the vendors in Chinatown do that. I either cook the fish whole or I filet them myself. I think the one I bought last time was something like $2.99 or $3.99/lb (weighed before cleaning).

albertitto · November 2008

Carmen wrote:

So I've been scared of doing this in chinatown- how does this work? You just walk up, point at the fish you want and they slice it up foryou? do you have to buy the whole thing or do they fillet it for you? How much, aprox per lb, is i? I'm not scared of it being live or anything, more that I don't know the procedure and I dont want to look like an asshole and end up with a bag full of fish heads

Yeah you just need to point out which fish you want. Well in general just say big or small because they swim around and you might not get the exact one you pointed to. So just indicate if you want a bigger or smaller one. Then they will use a net to bring one up and you just need to confirm whether it is a good one for you. Then they clean it up for you (guts gills and scale). I haven't asked them to filet it for me. I am not sure if the vendors in Chinatown do that. I either cook the fish whole or I filet them myself. I think the one I bought last time was something like $2.99 or $3.99/lb (weighed before cleaning).

scarlett · December 2008

So I went into both stores on 7th avenue last Monday afternoon and they both said they get deliveries every day but the one with the stairs had fresher looking and smelling fish. Plus they had other staples. The one without the stairs had sushi and a bigger selection of fish, but was pretty smelly.

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