The 5 Best Sea Food In The World

Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 17:12

It is a misconception that seafood is only a part of the coastal cuisines of the world. It is in fact the crowning glory of the top cuisines of the world. This is because seafood is one of the most expensive ingredients to cook with. Not only is it a mark of of how how much variety the cuisine offers but also how posh it is. So it definitely is interesting to discover which are the best five seafood items of the world. The popularity of seafood items can be deduced from how frequently they are ordered.

Here are the best 5 seafoods of the world based on their popularity

Top 5 Best Seafoods Of The World:

1. Prawns: They are easily the first choice when it comes to choosing the most popular seafood in the world. Prawns here is a blanket term we are using for all the types be it lobsters or tiger or jumbo prawns. You find them in all kinds of cuisines, in all sorts of permutations and combinations. In Punjabi cuisine or Chinese, prawns figure prominently because it is very eatable unlike some of the obscure varieties of seafoods that are best enjoyed regionally.

2. Crabs: They are not exactly shell fish but what amazing taste these crustaceans have. Crabs give a cuisine an air of specialisation. Everybody can cook prawns by trial and error because they are readily available and easy to cook. But if you can cook crabs then you are a specialist. Crabs too are being incorporated into all kinds of menus these days. Be it crab meat soup or crabs in butter garlic sauce or tandoori masala crabs Indian style, crabs are here to stay.

3. Pomfret: One of the most famous seafood items in the subcontinent, they add a touch of finesse to the cuisine. It requires special skills to cook this flat sea fish because it gets easily overcooked and looses its delicate taste. That is probably why it is also one of the most expensive seafood items on a menu. Grilled or smoked pomfret is one of the most popular dishes in any multi cuisine restaurant.

4. Squid: If you did not have roasted squids on a beach holiday then your vacation is incomplete. Squids are one of best seafoods that come in a huge range of sizes. The smallest squid is slighted larger than a pomfret and can be cooked whole. But the giant squid is one of the largest fish in the sea. Usually smaller squids are tastier so go for them.

5. Salmon: You may have this misconception that it is some sort of a fast food because canned salted salmons are very popular seafood these days. But salmon can be baked, roasted, minced, filleted for sandwiches and also made into a curry.

These are the best 5 seafood items in the world but there are more fish in the huge oceans waited to be discovered.