Threadfin from Balai is grandma’s choice for babies: umami white flesh, high omega-3, low mercury, easily made boneless. And threadfin from Tanjung Balai in the Riau Islands is king, the most tasty, with a distinctive yellowish skin. Often counterfeited, ours is the genuine Balai threadfin with traceability. We procure the best 4kg whole fish for you, and have 3 custom-processing options. The Balai Threadfin that you will be purchasing will be around 4kg gross weight (please note that there will be a variance of 10% for this item), before processing and packaging. Fish will be delivered chilled from Thursday night’s catch, freshest possible! *To have head and bones returned to you, please choose the option with head and bones returned. By default, we will cut head into half and bone into pieces --- Recommended cooking method: steaming, soup, porridge Steam: with Teochew fermented soy beans & ginger; or HK steam with superior soy sauce. Soup: stir fry the bones and head on high heat with ginger and scallion, before adding water and optional Shaoxing wine and bringing to a furious boil for 30 mins to extract the threadfin collagen. Strain. This is the famed threadfin collagen broth. Poack threadfin slices in this broth. Porridge: cook with threadfin collagen broth, dashi stock, or water.
