Legitimate Cooking

This past Saturday, being the first Saturday I didn't have to go SCUBA diving in two weeks, I had a lot of time to try something I had wanted to for the longest time. Instead of immediately rushing away from morning practice, I had time to take some pictures of the boathouse/the view from the dock, and then walk over to the fishmarket, get something cheap, and cook it for real.

The boathouse here is directly on the water, with the dock extending from it onto the water. The bridge in this picture is the Anzac Bridge, which I row under every morning we go out.


This next picture is of the boathouse itself, from the very far corner of the dock. So here I'm standing with the water behind me, looking up at the boathouse. Evidently the top floor is a very very formal restaurant (actually called The Boathouse on Blackwattle Bay), which I would like to try at some point.


After practice on Saturday, I went to the fish market. The coolest part about it is that I could actually see the fish market from the boathouse, here it is in the distance, it's the blue flat building. This picture is from the dock, but to the right, as opposed to the left where the Anzac Bridge is.


Finally, when I got back to the apartment from little adventure I was ready to cook. It was still early, so I did some research and went out and picked up all of the little various ingredients for the recipe I found. The guy at the fish market recommended I get Rainbow Trout for a first time fish cooker. I took his advice, and decided on a Macademia Orange Honey Trout (with potato) recipe. If you think it sounds delicious, you should have tasted it. These are all of the ingredients before I started cooking. The orange juice in the background was just for me as I prepared/cooked.


And this is the finished product. Boiled potato with chives, and the fish with the macademia orange honey sauce poured on top (plus of course, more orange juice). From here on out, every new saturday is going to be a new fish and a new recipe. At least that's the plan.


I'd normally be much better about posting for the blog, but its been a long week, plus tomorrow is my first test of the semester, and I've been spending a lot of time making sure it goes exactly how I like. The good thing is that it's in Critical Thinking, which I think I have a pretty good grasp on, so hopefully it'll be a good confidence boost to start the wave of tests and papers coming up soon.