Seafood Tasting at Loblaws
On Friday night I went to a seafood tasting at the local grocery store and what a worthwhile thing it was too. Firstly it was free, and secondly it was seafood, not the cheapest thing to buy around here. That being said this was the most inexpensive way to try lots of new and different kinds of seafood without breaking the bank as it were.
They had the room that we'd be in setup with tables, each with a stack of little plates, 2 plastic forks and a spoon for each person; there were 4 people set up per table all facing the front of the room. At the front there was a full kitchen, complete with cooktop and refrigerator. Normally this room is used for cooking classes and demonstrations like this one.The store brought in a chef from Newmarket to do the cooking.
The aim of the night was the chef would show us various ways to cook with different types of fish and we would get to try some when he was done. For 2 hours we sat, listened, learned and ate. There was quite a variety of seafood too! Here's a list of the different kinds of seafood we had:
After going to this demo I'd have to say that dinner before going was definitely unnecessary. And at the end of the night, the new second favourite for me was Orange Roughy (I like salmon the best). I had a lot of fun doing it and I'd like to go to another one again sometime. So anyone living in the city that's interested in going to these kinds of things let me know and I'll let you know if I find that there's another one coming up in the future.
They had the room that we'd be in setup with tables, each with a stack of little plates, 2 plastic forks and a spoon for each person; there were 4 people set up per table all facing the front of the room. At the front there was a full kitchen, complete with cooktop and refrigerator. Normally this room is used for cooking classes and demonstrations like this one.The store brought in a chef from Newmarket to do the cooking.
The aim of the night was the chef would show us various ways to cook with different types of fish and we would get to try some when he was done. For 2 hours we sat, listened, learned and ate. There was quite a variety of seafood too! Here's a list of the different kinds of seafood we had:
- Shrimp
- Orange Roughy
- Sea Bass
- Salmon
- Catfish
- Scallops
- Mussels
- Monkfish
- Red Snapper
- Arctic Char
After going to this demo I'd have to say that dinner before going was definitely unnecessary. And at the end of the night, the new second favourite for me was Orange Roughy (I like salmon the best). I had a lot of fun doing it and I'd like to go to another one again sometime. So anyone living in the city that's interested in going to these kinds of things let me know and I'll let you know if I find that there's another one coming up in the future.