FISH BALLS – need I say more
For those of you who are big fans of fish balls, I’ll apologize. I don’t mean to offend. However, I now consider myself to be an expert on these pingpong ball sized orbs of “fish” and I can say without hesitation that they taste like…fishballs!!
What an awful idea! A ball of “fish?” You’ll notice that I keep putting the word fish in quotes. I do that for the same reason that I would write “beef” hotdogs or the same reason they spell KRAB with a K and call “hamburger” on Pizza Hut pizzas “meat topping.” You get my drift? Don’t get me wrong. I don’t doubt that there is some type of fish related substance in these small, rubbery mounds of fun but if you’re thinking…
“mmm fishballs, sounds like a small round version of FISH from the FISH AND CHIPS fame,”
as Judas Priest sang “You got another thing comin.”
Fish…perhaps. Balls…definitely. Unfortunately, this is one of those inventions that should have stayed on the floor of the fishhouse but surprisingly enough bounced right back up after it was discarded.
Fishballs are loved in SE Asia. I was telling the R.Dizzle the other day that you can buy FishBalls in shrink wrapped packs of 12 at 7-11. Nothing says yummy like hitting the 7-11 on your way home from a night out and picking up 12 balls of your favorite fish substance. Don’t believe me? Look in my pics of Thailand (may not be up yet) and you’ll see.
We were in a great little Satay diner in Malacca, Malaysia. Terra, myself and two travel friends (Mark from England and Malin from Sweden) couldn’t wait to lose our Fishball neophyte status. When I was getting ready to ingest my first score of fballs I figured it should be easy. After all, their were going to be dipped in something, deep fried and then dipped in something else before they made it to my mouth.
Well, I could’ve used a few more dips in something. This would’ve been a good time to test my friend Eric Pierce’s theory that ANYTHING deep fried and dipped in Wing sauce is edible. FBalls may be exempt Pierce.
Unfortunately, I can’t really describe what they tast like. You’ll have to taste for yourself. I’d rush out to your nearest asian diner (Thai most likely) and order yourself up a batch. You never know until you try!
I will say, however, that I lived to tell this story so they can’t be to bad. Or can they…..
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Weiser Wander
Fish balls are one of the most reprehesible “food” products ever created. The second worst would be New Zealand meat pies. Every takeaway restaurant had a sign outside advertising them. When I first got there I thought ” These Kiwi’s really love their pies. I wonder which they like best. Apple??? Cherry?? Peach??” Turns out it was Lamb. So then I thought “I love Turkey Pot Pies. These freshly made ones will be even better.” Totally wrong. The crust was golden brown and flakey, but the middle was identical to the consistency of snot. Apparently they crack a raw egg in there with the cooked meat and just barely heat it up. So the lesson here is, never go to a fast food restaurant called GEORGIE PIE after 6 hours of drinking thinking it will be as good as slamming down two Swanson/Banquet Beef Pot Pies. You have been warned.
Deep fried balls of fish and Judas Priest references? This blog has something for the whole family! A dozen fish balls at 7-11 in Malaysia. 50 sliders at White Castle in Chicago. I guess every culture has food for drunk people.
I enjoyed the read and the pics. BTW, if Wilcox can say Happy Easter! to Latvian Orthodox Jews, you should feel totally at ease saying Merry Christmas! to a few unsuspecting Sunnis.
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