Comments on: Dapa (Flatfish/Flounder/Sole) http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole A food blog that talks about food, produce, recipes, ingredients, restaurants and markets here in the Philippines and around the globe. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:15:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Johan http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-116409 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:10:39 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-116409 By the way, they have the smaller cousins with lighter brown and with spots , I heard they are tastier!!! By the way, they have the smaller cousins with lighter brown and with spots , I heard they are tastier!!!

]]> by: Johan http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-116408 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:08:55 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-116408 Well that looks like the common Indian Halibut or Pseutodes Erumei, in Australia they are Queensland Halibut. Tasty fish when fried. Regarding the left eye, they are the most common but they do have the right eye. When I was in College, I was told that for every 1000 young left eye halibut , there will be one right eye halibut. In fact they are babies, they were normal like regular fish just like any proper fish look.As they grow older , they began to tilt , anti clock wise or clock wise direction ( But I forgot the which is which contribute to the left eye or right eye ). If I was not wrong most flat fish has similar kind of characteristics when they are young, like as if they were given a choice to go anticlock wise or clock wise. Weird !! but nature gives them the choice !! , anyway they are tasty fish.!!! Well that looks like the common Indian Halibut or Pseutodes Erumei, in Australia they are Queensland Halibut. Tasty fish when fried.
Regarding the left eye, they are the most common but they do have the right eye. When I was in College, I was told that for every 1000 young left eye halibut , there will be one right eye halibut. In fact they are babies, they were normal like regular fish just like any proper fish look.As they grow older , they began to tilt , anti clock wise or clock wise direction ( But I forgot the which is which contribute to the left eye or right eye ). If I was not wrong most flat fish has similar kind of characteristics when they are young, like as if they were given a choice to go anticlock wise or clock wise. Weird !! but nature gives them the choice !! , anyway they are tasty fish.!!!

]]> by: Marketman http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-111103 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:40:02 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-111103 mar, if I am not mistaken, halibut is a cold water cousin among flatfishes, so it might be difficult to call dapa a halibut. mar, if I am not mistaken, halibut is a cold water cousin among flatfishes, so it might be difficult to call dapa a halibut.

]]> by: mar http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-111099 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:10:43 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-111099 Thanks for the info, i was browsing the net for the right name of this fish i also bought in alabang market - 160=1 1/2 kilo (whole fish) i had no idea how it would be best cooked, it's seems too late reading your blog for that lemon butter sauce, because the fish market man already prepared my fish-sliced (i thought of cooking it sinigang or pesa) well even with skin and bones on, i think it could still be cook the same. I reckon, it would be best named as halibut rather than flounder or sole? (you think so?) Thanks for the info, i was browsing the net for the right name of this fish i also bought in alabang market - 160=1 1/2 kilo (whole fish) i had no idea how it would be best cooked, it’s seems too late reading your blog for that lemon butter sauce, because the fish market man already prepared my fish-sliced (i thought of cooking it sinigang or pesa) well even with skin and bones on, i think it could still be cook the same.

I reckon, it would be best named as halibut rather than flounder or sole? (you think so?)

]]> by: Bubut http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-223 Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:52:30 +0000 http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/dapa-flatfishfloundersole#comment-223 I heard a tale from my late Mom that this 'dapa' fish was created during Jesus time at the miracle of multiplication of the bread. There are 3 loaves and 2 fishes that the boy gave. Jesus got only and a half of the fish to feed the crowd. The remaining half was thrown back to the river and swim. It was not in the Bible though or I'm not sure on where did she got that story, but could be true. I heard a tale from my late Mom that this ‘dapa’ fish was
created during Jesus time at the miracle of multiplication of the bread. There are 3 loaves and 2 fishes that the boy gave. Jesus got only and a half of the fish to feed the crowd. The remaining half was thrown back to the river and swim. It was not in the Bible though or I’m not sure on where did she
got that story, but could be true.

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