Citrus-Soy Fish with Soba Noodles
I love using halibut or salmon fillets for this dish. Your timing really depends on how thick your fish is. If you are using fish 1/2" thick, you'll cook 2 minutes each side. For thicker fish, like a salmon steak, it might take an additional minute or two on the second side.
Ingredients
- 6 ounces dried soba noodles or substitute with your favorite Asian noodle or pasta, like angel hair.
- 4 fillets fish like salmon, halibut, sea bass, etc.
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons butter divided
Citrus Soy Sauce
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
Instructions
- Cook the soba noodles in generously salted water, according to the package instructions. Drain, and set aside.
- While the noodles are cooking, Combine the sauce ingredients in a small sauce pan, and simmer until slightly thickened, about 2 minutes.
- Season fish with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Heat a large frying pan over medium high heat. When the pan is hot, add the cooking oil and just 1 tablespoon of the butter. Add the fish fillets. Cook for 2 minutes, or until a nice, golden crust forms on the fish. Flip, reduce the heat and cook until fish is just about cooked through. Remove the fish to a plate to rest.
- In the frying pan, spoon out the cooking oil and discard. You can also use a paper towel and tongs (or chopstick) to mop and wipe out the cooking oil. Return the pan to medium-high heat and add in the remaining butter.
- When butter is bubbling, add in the soba noodles and the sauce. Snuggle the fish back into the pan and let cook for 30 seconds to warm everything through.
Nutrition
Calories: 266kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 7gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 1126mgPotassium: 126mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 300IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 1mg
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I love fish, I love sushi! I’m going to surprise my husband with this dish.
A very yummy dish to have. My wife tried cooked this for me. I really enjoyed this dish. Thanks a lot for sharing this.
I read your article (and saw the pic – wow!) in the Tampa Trib and have been salivating since!!!!
I have a passion for fish and can’t wait to try a piece of Kampachi.
Thank you! Thank you!
Freddy
oh boy!
Until lunchtime,
Ahhh I haven’t missed it yet!
Oh yeah baby!
I am adding my comment for the contest. Love your blog! MMMMMMM good!
The recipe for Kampachi sounds delish–like it would turn ordinary fish into lip-smacking wonerfulness. It is simple, we’ve got everything on hand, and will try it soonest.
Holy …. most comments I’ve ever seen…
ahem.
Moi! Moi! Moi!
This sounds like the perfect recipe to introduce my children to fish!
ALOHA,I AM A TAMPA TRIBUNE READER.I SPENT A MAJORITY OF MY LIFE IN HAWAII. .I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN FLORIDA FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH HAWAIIAN FOOD WITHDRAWALS.MY SEARCH FOR A HAWIIAN RESTURANT HAS BEEN IN VAIN.WINNING THE KAMPACHI FILLERS WOULD TAKE ME BACK HOME FOR A BRIEF MOMENT,MAHALO FOR TAKING TIME TO READ MY ENTRY.
ALOHA,I AM A TAMPA TRIBUNE READER.I SPENT A MAJORITY OF MY LIFE IN HAWAII. .I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN FLORIDA FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE,I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH HAWAIIAN FOOD WITHDRAWALS.MY SEARCH FOR A HAWIIAN RESTURANT HAS BEEN IN VAIN.WINNING THE KAMPACHI FILLERS WOULD TAKE ME BACK HOME FOR A BRIEF MOMENT,MAHALO FOR TAKING TIME TO READ MY ENTRY.
When I was in Kauai a couple of years ago, Kampachi was offered on the menu at Roy’s. One of my dinner companions ordered the Kampachi and it was reported to be “wonderful”. I am a Tampa Tribune reader and would love to be chosen to receive this awesome prize… I don’t want to miss out again!
I finally have a few minutes to read Wednesday’s FLAVOR of the Tampa Trib…it is now Saturday evening, and I have pulled FLAVOR out of my husband’s paper pile headed to recycle.
FLAVOR says you are holding a drawing for Kampachi, and to comment by Sunday AM post-coffee time for you.
Yum, fresh Hawaiian Kampachi is one of my favorite fishes to eat. I was spoiled living in SoCal. Thanks for getting the word out on where I can find it, for when I want to spoil my husband and I with a fresh seleltion.
I hope I win Kona Fresh’s generous offer. What a nice Spring gift that would be!
Leigh
Sounds incredible–farm raised fish that actually tastes good! I’d love to try it.
Hello Jayden, I just read your article and love the recipe. I’m into Thai food and this Citrus-Soy fish fillet with soba noodles sounds wonderful. Like you I am never sure of any other fish but salmon and grouper. All the lower priced frozen fish is from China and I’m afraid of what’s in the counter might have come from there too. I would love to buy grouper, but the price in too high for our SS check. We used to catch our own fish but that time has passed. Please pick me, it would be such a great treat. Thank you, One old fisherman and his best catch ever, ME!
Oh yum!!
that sounds and looks so much better than the tuna fish i am eating right now!
YUM!!!!! Can’t wait to try even if I don’t win!
Tampa Trib reader…:-) new fan!
I read with interest your article. I am also an Asian woman living in the Bay area who loves to cook, so I wonder if you have any tips of stores that carry more options of fish beyond the salmon, tilapia, grouper, tuna, swordfish and occasional mahi mahi fillets. I am interested in buying fresh whole fish and different species! There are so many different kinds of fish and seafood available in other places, it’s such a shame we only eat the same 10 or so, it cannot be good for the natural balance either.
Today is my wedding anniversary and it would be perfect if we could plan on a kampachi dinner, a belated special dinner of sorts.
Thank you!
Love it and hope I get to try it sometime 🙂
Wow, have a contest and look at all the responses you get. At least I’m a devoted fan. I don’t need a contest to visit your site!
We had Kampachi at one of our gourmet club dinner parties. Good stuff. Love the pic too!
I have been reading your article in the Tampa Tribue, but haven’t seen a recipe calling for Calamondins. Is it just a Filipino fruit? AJ
Can I tell you how much of a godsend you are?! I came to your site looking for recipes for my midterm (I’m taking a Current Cuisine class in culinary school. Read: Contemporary Asian) and the first thing I see: fish recipe! Great, because I’m going to have to make two Asian- style dishes, one fish (I think I have to use striped bass) and once chicken. This one looks so good it’s front runner for my midterm! I looove your blog so much, it’s my go-to for asian cooking (which means I’m permanently on it this quarter)!
Did I win yet? 😀
Have you had your coffee yet?
Coming from the somewhat more ‘foodie’ (read: better restaurants) area of Denver/Boulder…I am cooking here much more. I love Florida for its bounty of fresh produce and seafood (and love Hawaiian seafood, too…hint, hint). Flavor is the one section of the Trib I make sure to read each week.
Too funny. I had no intentions of trying to get something from Jaden at Steamy, when I just blogged about her. In fact I only saw this wonderful fish dish as I was getting the hyperlink to add to our posting. Then I said to myself, you must read the post after you blog about dinner last night. This dish sounds fantastic, it may have even worked with my sea bass if I would had looked last night. I love citrus with Soba Noodles. We love Soba noodles, so many things you can do with them; have never considered serving this way, though. I love the fact this fish is sushi grade as well, I am sure it would be great sashimi style with some ginger – slurp!
Anyhow, great dish and recipe, Jaden. I am going to have to check with my fish monger at Whole Foods out here and see if they have it or can get it. Sounds fantastic!! Look forward to trying it out!
Kampachi is a real crown jewel in the sometimes shabby tiara of farm-raised seafood. If you think this stuff is expensive, figure out what you’re paying when you replace the ink cartridges in your printer ($8-11K/gallon). I always look forward to your recipes—challenging without being intimidating, inventive but not bizarre, and with props to their Asian roots.
Oh I hope that I am not to late. Please pick me ooh I want to win! My state wasn’t even on the list!
Oh No! is it too late?!! I want my Kampachi now!!!
Now I know what to do with my soba noodles!
# # 555 Dan Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:22 pm e
Jaden: I enjoy reading your column in the Tribune…This recipe sounds (…and looks!) FANTASTIC…I really want to prepare it with kampachi, so I have decided to sleep on my doorstep in anticipation!
I would love to win! 🙂
Ooohhhhhhhhh! I’ve been dying for some fish from home to make ahi poke. I hope I win! I miss the island food.
I have everything ready for this recipe but the fish! Sounds like another one of your dishes my husband will love.
Mmm, I can’t wait to try this recipe, with or without kampachi. 🙂
It looks yummy. I hope I win!!
My wife and I have caught yellowtail using dough balls as bait in the Florida Keys. Best with champagne butter sauce. Delicious and wife’s favorite fish dish. I have not yet taken her to Hawaii (note sentence tense – I do have good intentions), but winning the drawing would, according to her, be the next best thing to going. I have also always thought that Kampachi would an excellent name choice for our nextborn and would be a great name for a restaurant or a band.
Would love some Kona Blue! It would compliment my sushi-experimenting perfect!
Been lurking here for a while and that fish enticed me to come out…
Love your blog.
Les poissons, les poissons, how I love les poissons!
…Feeling…weak. Lights…are going…dim. Please…send…KAMPACHI.
Jaden: I enjoy reading your column in the Tribune…This recipe sounds (…and looks!) FANTASTIC…I really want to prepare it with kampachi, so I have decided to sleep on my doorstep in anticipation!
Holy comments! :o) I am an avid reader, but was out of town & away from a computer for a week and came home to 553 comments!!!!!!!! WOW!
This recipe looks delish and I shall for sure try it. I have eaten kampachi at Roy’s in Jax, FL. Yummy!!!! Hope a package is headed my way!!
Wow, your recipe looks delectable- I love soba noodles with anything. Hope the Kampachi is coming to my door! Yum!
Love your website!
# 546 Terri Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Jaden This recipe sounds great. We love new fish recipes and would love to try Kona Blue kampachi. Also I am Tampa Tribune subscriber and reader.
Thanks for all the great recipes.
# 545 Mame Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Jaden, I look forward to your receipes and articles. I’m definitely a Tribune
reader. Have found lots of good receipes in Trib, but yours are the best.
# 544 Paula Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Loved the article on Kampachi…..going to TY&CC tonight…..hope it is on
menu. We LOVE good seafood, especially fish!!! We have been Trib readers
for 31 years.
# 536 Lou Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
4/4/2008
Dear Ms. Hair,
I enjoyed your article in the East County Observer about Kona-Blue on April 3, 2008. A while back I think you taught a sushi class that my wife and I attended before your store started a renovation.
We enjoy good company, food and wine. We especially like Sushi and Sashimi and enjoy classes and suggestions that help us improve our menu. Thank you for informing us about Kona Blue and the Hawaiian Yellowtail. Orlando is a bit too far to drive to the grocery store but maybe we can convince a Lakewood Ranch grocery store to carry it.
Thanks again for the tip on Kona Blue.
I love your site – my most favorite post is the list of reasons your children should eat their vegetables “Steamy-Style”. I have exactly the same philosophy!
I completely agree that it only takes 60 seconds to ruin what could be a memorable fish dish off the pan. Nobody wants to chew on err rubber which is exactly the result of overcooking fish. I am fortunate to have lived in Asia for most of my life where there is an abundance of fresh fish, the kind you buy from hardworking fishermen and rush home to grill over open fire.The taste of fresh fish is HEAVEN…sweet…the kind of flavor that sticks to the memory. I have never tasted Kampachi and knowing it is in fact yellow tail, then I could imagine it be wonderfully sweet when eaten fresh. I love yellow tail sushi for its sweetness but it makes me wonder now what could possibly be the difference between the yellow tail usually order from my favorite japanese resto and Kampachi the Hawaiian version of it. Judging from the photo you took, I could almost taste it. Another beautiful dish, perfectly captured and enticing as ever. Here’s to fresh fish, Kampachi and your wonderfully steamy kitchen..cheers!
Jaden This recipe sounds great. We love new fish recipes and would love to try Kona Blue kampachi. Also I am Tampa Tribune subscriber and reader.
Thanks for all the great recipes.
Jaden, I look forward to your receipes and articles. I’m definitely a Tribune
reader. Have found lots of good receipes in Trib, but yours are the best.
Loved the article on Kampachi…..going to TY&CC tonight…..hope it is on
menu. We LOVE good seafood, especially fish!!! We have been Trib readers
for 31 years.
Here fishy fishy fishy…I saw your picture on tastespotting and was immediately entranced….
Wow.. that looks amazing! I haven’t had soba noodles yet, but I’ve made homemade udon noodles, they are amazing. My sis found the recipe for me. http://cookandeat.com/2008/01/18/udon-with-no-shoes-on/
Thanks for sharing the Citrus-Soy Fish Fillet recipe. I’ve been looking for a different way to cook fish than my usual steaming, so this is perfect.
Hope you draw me for the winning of this Kampachi fish!
It would be great to try this Kampachi!
I usually cook tilapia because Costco sells it for a decent price.
I would love to try a new fish. Salmon is pretty much the only type of fish we eat on a regular basis, which gets boring!
I’m international (but in May I’ll be in the States) I’d love to try some Kampachi!
Kampachi me!
4/4/2008
Dear Ms. Hair,
I enjoyed your article in the East County Observer about Kona-Blue on April 3, 2008. A while back I think you taught a sushi class that my wife and I attended before your store started a renovation.
We enjoy good company, food and wine. We especially like Sushi and Sashimi and enjoy classes and suggestions that help us improve our menu. Thank you for informing us about Kona Blue and the Hawaiian Yellowtail. Orlando is a bit too far to drive to the grocery store but maybe we can convince a Lakewood Ranch grocery store to carry it.
Thanks again for the tip on Kona Blue.
Goodies, eh? Perhaps I should just say I’m from Canada to score a used buddha bowl…
I’d love to try out the kampachi. Maybe I’ll win!
# 510 Marilyn Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
JADEN….YOU HAD ME AT ALOHA!!! COULD NOT BELIEVE I HAVE ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS ON HAND–EVEN THE SOBA NOODLES!!!
I HAD SAVED YOUR PAGE WHILE ‘DRINKING MY MORNING COFFEE,’ AND I DIDN’T REALIZE UNTIL UNTIL THIS MORNING THAT THERE WAS A CONTEST!
OH, MY! WOULDN’T THIS BE A FABULOUS TREAT TO WIN!
I HAD JUST SPENT TWO HOURS ON THE INTERNET TRYING TO FIND A VENDOR FOR BLUE CRAB (MARYLAND)–SO KNOW WHAT THE FedEx CHARGES ALONE CAN BE!
# 489 Carolyn Rhena Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Hi, I just made your recipe with salmon yummy, but would have loved to have tasted the kampachi in this recipe. I love fish, sushi, sashimi anyway I can make it is wonderful delight. So glad I receive the East County Observer so I can enjoy your column. I just cooked some Spanish Mackerel that I caught in Tampa Bay and it was heavenly. I would love to win that wonderful prize, but know that the next time I am able to get to Hawaii, I will be aware of the kampachi fish. I have to admit I have never heard of it before. I hope I win! and thank you!
# 461 SilviB Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Jaden – just read your article in the Tampa Tribune. My husband and I really enjoy fresh fish, but living in the Avon Park/Sebring area, we’re not very close to the Tampa area restaurants or the Orlando retailer – so, would be absolutely delighted to be one of the winners! It’s my birthday next Wednesday, what an original and delicious gift!!
# 423 Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:03 am
I am such a neophyte…I never heard of this kind of fish…i can only drool at the photo! I need to get out of my salmon and tilapia rut..that’s all I buy! I am a Tampa Tribune reader too:-)) So glad to see you in the paper now!
# 417 bruce Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:52 pm
hi Jaden, as always, enjoyed your article in todays trib.You have a natural gift for writing. kids running around and a recipe that may suck? real talk. maybe you should try politics. a real person would be nice. anyway, i used to be in the seafood business. alot of fish from Asia. Vietnam mostly. love to try the kampachi. anyways,please keep up the good work. makes me look foreward to thursdays. best to You and Your Family, bruce emerson
I’ve never had Kampachi. Would love to try it.
# 395 beowulf500 Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I read this in the Tampa Tribune…got to try this…I bet the suace would the dressing work on salmon too…some of my favorite restaurants have it and mother’s Day is coming!!
# 394 Gary Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Read your article in Tampa Tribune and would love to try your recipe with Kampachi instead of Tilapia which I have in freezer so count me in . Thanks
# 388 Carmen in East Lansing Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I read your article in the Tampa Tribune. And I would be overjoyed to have my name picked to win a sample of the kampachi from Kona Blue. We do a lot of salmon and would like to try this as well.
Keep up the great work! Love your blog and recipes!!!
# 385 Bill P Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Sounds great. Hope I win. I’m an EAST COUNTY Observer Reader!!!!!!
# 373 Diane Hampel Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Enjoyed your article I read in Tampa Tribune, though I liked the food section when it was in Baylife section better but I am a Tampa native and dont like changes in my paper . Hope I win ,Thanks
# 368 Seafood Lover Ron Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Saw your Kampachi recipe in the Tampa Tribune and want to try it but at $17/ pound plus shipping salmon will be my suitable sub–unless you draw my name in your contest!
# 361 Joey Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Hi Jaden,
I have been reading your article in C.L. and now the Tampa Tribune for quite some time. I have to admit I finally came to your website because of the possibility of free Kampachi. Now that I’m here that doesn’t seem half as exciting as helping taste some of your recipes (not that the Kampachi would go to waste if i were to win). So if you still need people i’d love to be included. best of luck and keep up the great work.
# 359 eric Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
After reading your article in the tribune,i remembered what my favorite way to prepare Kampachi when in was a sushi chef,and it’s really simple,so here goes:trim some of the fat of off the loin and discard it,then slice the fish into nigiri style pieces and lay them in a slightly overlapping arrangement with some paper-thin shallots and then drizzle a little bit of extremely hot sesame oil or chili oil and a little ponzu then enjoy!
# 358 Angie Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Loved the article and recipe for citrus-soy fish with soba noodles in Tampa Tribune; made it for dinner last night and my husband (who typically doesn’t like salmon) said it was “fantastic” and “awesome”, as did my 10 year old daughter who loves salmon! Thanks!! Would love to try kampachi!
# 356 Lee Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
I am always looking for new fish recipes as I don’t eat meat or chicken. This recipes sounds great!!! I read about the kampachi fillets in your article in the East County Observer and definitely wish to be entered into the drawing!
# 355 DeDe Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Sounds great. I have wonderful memories of a fav dish called Fried Udan I used to get in a little local “deli” in Wailuku, Maui. Sort of a stir fried noodle dish with Udan fish. Not sure if I am spelling it right. I definately plan to try this. Thanks for the opportunity to win some free fish. East County Observer reader.
# 351 Colin Lake Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I read your article and I must say my heart skipped a beat. The year was 2005, the island of Maui was the scene and I had just tried the most amazing fish that I had never heard of before, it was the delicious Kampachi. It came highly recommended from the restaurants hostess. I can easily say that it was one of the top 3 dining experiences I have ever had, but sadly as my plane took off a little piece of me was left behind in Hawaii as I have not been able to locate this delicacy.
I only thought that this wonderful fish could be found in Paradise until now, please make my dreams become a reality once again. I would be most greatful to share in this wonderful prize if you see fit to choose me!
Thanks for such a great column that I look forward to every time its printed!
# 348 Judie McKown Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I’ve never heard of kampachi until I saw your article in the Tampa Tribune. I’d love to win some and try it out.
# 347 Cindy Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Aloha Jaden! I started collecting fish recipes ten years ago while living in Hawaii. I also bought a book there called Fish Dishes of the Pacific from the Fishwife and was always adventurous when I purchased various “affordable” types of fish. However, back on the mainland now with higher prices, I too get nervous standing in front of a fish counter and most often choose salmon or tilapia. I would love to try the Kampachi! I’m a Tampa Trib reader and love your new column and recipes. So glad you are here!
# 334 Alex Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 am
Love your column. It is a refreshing addition to the Tampa Tribune. Recipes are inventive. Would love to win the kampachi.
# 333 Jim M Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 am
Saw your article and recipe in the Flavor Section of our Tampa Tribune and it sounded so delicious. I’ve been doing most of the cooking since my wife went back to work, but fish has been intimidating. I can’t wait to try your recipe with the Kampachi we’re going to win! Thank you so much!
# 324 Norma Swain Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 am
I love your articles in the Tampa Tribune. You come up with some of the best ideas for cooking special dishes. Your article on the kampachi was especially interesting, since we have been to Hawaii and tasted the dish you wrote about. But, I never thought the price of this fish was that expensive. It is probably just as good to go to Mise en Place, or SideBerns, to get this extrordinary dish..Keep up the good articles…
Norma Swain
JADEN….YOU HAD ME AT ALOHA!!! COULD NOT BELIEVE I HAVE ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS ON HAND–EVEN THE SOBA NOODLES!!!
I HAD SAVED YOUR PAGE WHILE ‘DRINKING MY MORNING COFFEE,’ AND I DIDN’T REALIZE UNTIL UNTIL THIS MORNING THAT THERE WAS A CONTEST!
OH, MY! WOULDN’T THIS BE A FABULOUS TREAT TO WIN!
I HAD JUST SPENT TWO HOURS ON THE INTERNET TRYING TO FIND A VENDOR FOR BLUE CRAB (MARYLAND)–SO KNOW WHAT THE FedEx CHARGES ALONE CAN BE!
# 323 Victor Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
East County Observer reader. Got to win so we can try this new fish! Will any local fish shops carry it?
# 321 Chef Bill Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
I love your articles – bright,sweet and slightly tart; funny too !
Tampa Tribune is better than ever with you in their kitchen.
Here’s hoping that kampichi gets to my kitchen! Nummy!
# 320 GCS Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
HI Jaden
Glad your site is back up and running. I’m an East County Observer reader and I love fish.
# 318 laura cooper Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
Loved your article and hope I win some free tuna! It’s my favorite fish. Read your article in the Tampa Tribune and love your comments. Laura
# 316 Amy Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:42 am
Just got a chance to read your column in my Tampa Tribune and would love to try some Kampachi. My girls love Salmon, but something new is always fun. I have been so happy to have a column dedicated to Asian cooking – thanks!
# 314 Michael in Tampa Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:38 am
Jaden you Babe, Looking at your kampachi Photo, I thought I was at Mama’s Fish House in Maui listening to the surf and reading the menue of which fisherman caught this fish this morning. Definately a new fan of yours. Mahalo!! BTW/ Pick me, and I’ll prepare a nice Cedar Plank Salmon with sesame seed glaze on my monster grill, and pare it with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio. Cheers to you!!
BTW/ Website was wrong in the Tampa Trib. Had to search Google and finally got to your new web site, then find your contest. Just like fishing, but I caught the fish of the day…..
# 288 Andrea Mack Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:31 pm
So glad to find you in the Tampa Tribune. Love your column. Will love the Kampachi AJ
# 280 Ken Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I’m in!
Yours truly,
Mr. Tampa Trib reader
# 260 charlie Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
read you in creative loafing, happy to see your new venue. Tampa Tribune. thanks for your creativity!
# 257 Walt from Dunedin Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Walt’s entry
from Tampa Trib
# 254 Port Tampa Reader Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
As a former Hawaii resident, I miss the great fresh fish with wasabi especially from our favorite (now torn down) restaurant, the Lewer Street Fish Company. I anjoyed your article in the Tampa Tribune and look forward to winning some of Kona Blue’s Kampachi fish.
Thanks.
# 250 Karen Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I have been in a weight loss program for about 9 weeks now. I have lost 25 pounds and am well on my way to a healthier lifestyle. As part of the lifestyle change I have been eating a lot more fish. Salmon is my favorite and I am going to try it with your citrus soy sauce. I have tried other fish as well tuna, swordfish, grouper, snapper to name a few. I would love to be able to sample Kampachi.
P.S. I am a Tampa Trib reader
Thanks
# 240 MARY Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 pm
HI Jaden: Great article on the Kampachi. ALthough my husband is a big fishing fellow; I am not one who really eats fish.
However, your article and recipe seem like something I would like to try.
Thanks for all your great/delicious articles over the years that I have read the Trib. Have a great day & a Blesssed day, Mary.
# 220 Debbie Harris Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I can’t believe you read my mind on this article….you’ve got me pegged. I, too, am afraid of screwing up my fish. I love seafood but don’t cook it at home for that very reason. I can’t wait to try the recipe above…sounds foolproof (or is that idiot proof?). To live on the coast of FL and not be able to get good fish….FOR SHAME!!!
# 218 Madam Chow Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Just read your article and I hope I win! I used to live in Hawaii, and I miss all that fresh fish
# 210 RIP PULS Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
I just read you blog in the Tampa Trib.I loved yellow tail when I was stationed in Pearl. I also like your write up’s in the Trib.
RIP
# 205 Katie Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Dear Jaden,
I am very interested in your kampachi contest. Yellowtail is a favorite of mine.
Of course I am a faithful Tampa Trib reader.
What a cool prize!!
I would really be honored.
Your fan, Katie
# 203 J. Rosenblatt Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Enjoyed your tribune article. I just made a recipe with seabass. I cant wait to try your recipe with this fish.
# 202 Jeannette Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
What a wonderful opportunity to try something new and special. Kampachi sounds delicious. I read about it in the Tampa Trib.
# 201 Katie Spies Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Dear Jaden,
I am very interested in your kampachi contest. Yellowtail is a favorite of mine.
Of course I am a faithful Tampa Trib reader.
What a cool prize!!
I would really be honored.
Your fan, Katie
Hi, I just made your recipe with salmon yummy, but would have loved to have tasted the kampachi in this recipe. I love fish, sushi, sashimi anyway I can make it is wonderful delight. So glad I receive the East County Observer so I can enjoy your column. I just cooked some Spanish Mackerel that I caught in Tampa Bay and it was heavenly. I would love to win that wonderful prize, but know that the next time I am able to get to Hawaii, I will be aware of the kampachi fish. I have to admit I have never heard of it before. I hope I win! and thank you!
# 192 Alice Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Love reading your column in the Tampa Tribune. Took a look at your website & love that too. As for the fish, bring it on. I’m game. Thanks for making the food section entertaining!!
# 187 Joanne Land Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 pm
As a Tampa Trib subscriber, I love your article! I enjoy the honesty and spunk! My family loves fish and would love to try the Kampachi!
Keep up with the great recipes and refreshing ideas!
# 185 Arlene Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Being a loooong time Tampa Trib subscriber, my fav part of the paper is the Flavor section! Welcome! I would love to try Kampachi and hope to see it in the Tampa area soon. Glad to see your website too, I spend half my nites looking at cooking and food elated sites! Your Citrus Soy Sauce sounds delish, and I bet it would be good on other foods, like pork roast maybe!
Hope you pick me!
Arlene
# 184 Dick Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
When I saw your article in the Tribune I had to enter your contest. After we visited Alaska in the 90’s, she would only eat Salmon for the next 10 years every time we ate out! Now she’s hooked on Basa. Help me to start her on something new!!!
Wow! I would die to have such yummy fish. If you think buying fish is iffy in Tampa, try living in Tucson! Yikes! We actually avoided eating sushi for 6 months after we moved here from Seattle so we could “forget” what good sushi tastes like! A little sashmi would be so delish!
# 183 K Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Wow! You had me at the picture of the recipe you had in Tribune (much better pic online!!! Hope I win the Kona Blue. So glad I saw your article when I read my tribune~
# 180 Val Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I am also a Tribune Reader. The Flavor section is my favorite and I would love to win!
# 178 Allen Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
My wife would cook the heck out of some kampachi–send it to me. (I saw the contest in the Tampa Tribune.)
# 177 Heather Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I just read in the Tampa Trib that you have fish to give away. If I can’t go to Hawaii, it can come to me… in the form of mail-order fish! Yum!
Wow that is sure a lot of comments/entries! But i just wanted to chime in anyway (really not just cause i want the fish! ;)). But miso-soy glazed is 1 of my favorite preparations for salmon, i am sure to try out your citrus-soy, sounds (and looks) yummy!
# 173 Tom Eleazer Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Loved the article on Kampachi. Have had it before in CA, and it’s a wonderful fish that is relatively undiscovered. Hope I am the lucky winner. BTW, I’m a Tampa Tribune reader.
You mentioned there was a retailer in Orlando that carries the fish. All I could find on the blog link were restaurants. Can you share the name of the store where I could purchase, as I get to Orlando quite often.
Jaden I already entered, #470 but I wanted to share something with everyone, next time you get seafood ask the fish monger for some of the plastic tubs the fish comes in, sounds odd but they make great containers for left overs and to freeze things or put cookies in. They are white plastic with great fitting lids, they always have tons of them. Just scrub them out and your good to go. I used to put my sons leggos in them.
# 172 Susie Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Kampachi fillets sound wonderful but take it from a true Florida Cracker grouper isn’t the only fish in town. Please try our mullet, they can be found at the fish market whole, pick one with nice bright eyes (no cataracts), and have it filleted. Broil the filets with a little Lowry’s Season Salt, white wine, lemon & butter .. you ain’t going to find better eating than that (we have them with buttered grits). Then there’s Spanish Mackerel, Spotted Sea Trout, Pompano, you can find some really fine seafood in Florida, wild shrimps, wild scallops, blue crabs.
Gotta go grab my fishing pole, crab trap, and of course Mullet net, talking about all this seafood is making me hungry. By the way I love your column in the Tampa Tribune!!
# 167 Marc Chabmbers Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Ok…. so I read your article in the Tribune (hint hint) over lunch and now I’m hungry again. Sounds delicious.
# 164 Pamela Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:56 pm
One of the best things about being a Tampa Tribune reader is the chance to try a recipe like this. I plan to use salmon, but would love to try the kampachi.
Mahalo Jaden
Pamela
# 159 Jeanine Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
The recipe for Citrus-Soy Fish Fillets in the Tribune sounds wonderful. My husband and I eat fish a lot, salmon being my favorite. The fish prices you mention are extremely high. We watch the local ads for deals and stock up when the prices are good. As long as it hasn’t already been frozen, you can freeze for a later time. Here’s hoping to win the Kona Blue to try something new.
# 158 Nancy Alguire Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Always enjoy your articles in the Trib and now will attending your blog. Recipe sounds fabulous and easy – would taste best with kampachi, I’m sure. My 90 year old father would love to share this dish with us. Hope he can. Nancy
# 151 Indira Gavarrete Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Hi ! I think you are a foodie even if you don’t want to admit it. Anyway, as my husband would say… free food – I am there ! So here I am writing a comment hoping to win the fish.
P.S. I am a Tampa Tribune reader
I loved your article, which by the way I read in the Tampa Tribune. Your discription of standing at the fishmongers and wringing your hands made me LOL because I do the very same thing. I moved here from Philly and thought this being Florida seafood would be cheap and plentiful not the case though. So I stick to Tilapia, when the kids were very young and all fish was cheaper I would try a different fish each week. It was fun and they came to love some and loathe others. While we were eating our weekly Tilapia my son, now 16, said “Mom remember when you used to make all kinds of cool fish”? Now Jaden this comment should be tugging at your maternal heart strings right about now. If I win I can once again broaden my sons culinary horizons, and who knows maybe he will like the kampachi enough to get a job so he can buy some for himself one day.
# 148 Steph P Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:14 pm
This recipe looks very good! I was just reading about it in the Tampa Tribune and saw the contest. My husband and I went to Hawaii in August and the fish is so awesome there. I can’t wait to try the fish (that is if we do win!). Yummy!!!!!!!
Thanks
# 146 Gary Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:13 pm
WOW, I read about this contest the first thing this morning and was salivating…..almost drooling…..My son and I love fresh fish and would be so happy if we were chosen….We are both Tampa Trib readers so I hope we get the chance to try the Kona Blue! Aloha…….
# 138 Mark Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Enjoyed your article in the Tribune this morning. My family is a big fan of truly fresh seafood as I have spoiled them over the years with locally caught (by me) Trout, Redfish, Grouper and Snook. Believe me, those filets can cost double what the Kampachi does, but well worth it.
# 128 Chihiro Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I LOVE eating fish and that picture looks verrrry tasty! I’m a tampa trib reader by the way ~_^
# 127 Frank Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Read your article on the kampachi in the Tampa Trib today and have to say I love your column. Interesting subjects and well written. I’m SO glad the Trib updated it’s Flavor section. As for today’s column, I’ve never heard of this fish before but it sounds awesome.
# 125 Sheila G. Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Three cheers for the Tampa Tribune bringing your article to us!!!
I read your article today and started dreaming of all of the new dishes I’d love to cook with the Kampachi. I’ve been teaching some friends how to cook some new dishes (Thai, Italian and just a new twist on things to keep boredom from creeping in) and how to roll sushi, and I would love to have the opportunity to have the Kona Blue Kampachi be the center of our next gathering!
We’d love to share some pictures of our creations and of course will save a glass of wine for you too!!!
# 123 lisa Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:19 pm
love your column, thankful its included in the tampa tribune!
now when are we gonna get some decent asian restaurants in the tampa area?????
i suppose i will just have to sign up for some lessons…..
thanks again.
# 120 Kathie Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Salmon is what we eat the most of but that Kampachi certainly looks
YUM OH!!!!
We would LOVE to experience such a delectable treat, but will be reading the Tampa Tribune and have my coffee before I check my email in hopes of receiving the notice we have been chosen one of the lucky winners.
Jaden – just read your article in the Tampa Tribune. My husband and I really enjoy fresh fish, but living in the Avon Park/Sebring area, we’re not very close to the Tampa area restaurants or the Orlando retailer – so, would be absolutely delighted to be one of the winners! It’s my birthday next Wednesday, what an original and delicious gift!!
# 119 nancy holden Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I really love your column in the Tampa Trib…..todays was especially great since we are getting into sushi and can’t wait for my fresh kampichi to be delivered……keep up the good recipes!!!!!!!
# 108 Judy Dyer Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 am e
Dear Jaden,
Thank you for the opportunity to win some Kona Blue kampachi and the great sounding recipe in the Tampa Tribune. I recently bought some fresh Hawaiian Kona salmon at Marzanno’s in St. Petersburg. I just baked it with olive oil and lemon. It was like butter! So, now I’m thinking that the Kona Blue will be the same.
judy dyer
I’m in, Jaden. And I promise that, if I win, I’ll do something with the fish that really rockz!
Yum. I’ve been a bit bored with food lately. Hmmm, maybe because I’ve been adjusting my cooking to feed the kids. So weird since I LOVE food. It makes me happy. No, I’m not overweight – thank goodnes. Discovering your food blog had hit my “happy foodie” button and I’m excited about cooking again! Yum.
# 103 Jeanne Lo Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
Dear Jaden:
I just finished reading your article in Tampa Tribune. I happend to have salmon fillet on hand, I am going to try your mouth watering recipe tonight. Please include me in your drawing of the Kona Blue prizes
Mrs. Jeanne Lo
I like free stuffs!
# 87 Cecile Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 am
My hubby and I read the Tampa Tribune daily. I rarely buy fresh fish because it hurts to spend more on one pound of good fish than I make in one hour at work, nevertheless, when we eat out we always try the fish. I was recently told to beef up the omega-3 oils in my diet, and would love to try something delicious that won’t come back to upset my poor stomach hours later! We visited Oahu last fall but I never saw this fish on the menu at any of the restaurants. Your pictures are very good, the food always looks delicious!
Love your column!
Jaden, how do I opt out of getting replies? I’m getting a zillion emails!
HH 🙂
# 73 Elaine Bucci Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Sounds yummy. I just got back from Hawaii a couple of weeks ago, unfortunately I did not try this fish. So hope I get the chance now. I’m a faithful Tribune reader. Pick me !!!!!!!!!
# 70 missyv Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
Loved the article in the Tampa Trib. Hawaii has the best yellowtail sushi — Once had some fresh caught off an 80 ft. sailboat going from Oahu to Maui. Excellent!
# 67 JERRY Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:44 am
I READ TAMPA TRIBUNE DAILY,SAW YOUR FISH STORY,WOULD LIKE TO EAT SOME NICE BIG ISLAND FISH. MAHALO AGAIN!!
# 64 Juanita Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:39 am
Hi,
I’m a daily reader of the Tribune and I can’t wait to try your Citrus-Soy Fish recipe. We love fish in our household!
Keep the recipes coming
Juanita Y.
# 57 Sharon Harrison Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 am
Missed tasting the kampachi while in Hawaii, hope I don’t miss it this time. Love the recipes in our Wednesday Tampa Trib. Waiting for your e-mail.
Aloha,
Sharon
# 55 Mary Beth Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 am
Enjoyed your article in the Tampa Tribune. Look forward to winning that fish. Don’t linger over your coffee too long!
# 53 Bill Zwald Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Dear Jaden,
Love you column, look forward to it every Wednesday in the Tampa Tribune. Tried your recipe for garlic brandy shrimp, yummy, yummy. Would sure like to try the Kampachi fish recipe.
Cordially
Bill
# 46 Mike Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
I am a Tampa Trib subscriber/reader. I can’t wait to taste my super fresh Kona Kampachi prize.
# 36 Monica Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
I read your article in the Tampa Tribune this morning and I have to say that you had ME at Aloha! My husband and I honeymooned in Hawaii almost 14 years ago and we LOVE any fish from Hawaii. Every year we go to Roy’s for our anniversary to have some delicious Hawaiian fish and to imagine we are there again! Oh please, pick me for the Kampachi! Oh yeah, my birhtday is this month too. What a nice present!
# 35 John Densmore Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
It’s 9:51 and I’m trying not to think of lunch reading the Trib and thinking of fish. Cosco”s salmon runs about 6 bucks and they’re bring in haddock from Iceland. It makes great fish and chips and I like to bake it smothered with diced spicy tomatoes. Kampachi seared on the grill. If there is enough demand maybe Whole Foods or Castellano and Pizzo would carrly it. Maybe we could get a big order and split the freight.
jd
# 31 Dana Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 am
Jaden,
I saw your article and recipe and the Tampa Tribune and had to rip it out and try it. It looks delicious! So hopefully I can win some of the Kona Blue fish! Also, I see you are reading “Skinny Bitch in the Kitch” I have that book and have the original “Skinny Bitch” book. Have fun cooking and thanks for sharing.
-Dana
# 25 Jeanie Bo Beanie Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
Tampa Trib has it all! Been reading it since I came to Florida four years ago. I would love to try your Citrus-Soy fish with the Kampachi. Would you consider picking me as a “fish-dinner” (fish-winner).
jeanie bo beanie
# 15 Richard Kent Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:27 am
Jaden,
Would love to surprise my wife with a 9th anniversary Kampachi gourmet meal! Nice article in the Trib today. As a subscriber, I look forward to the Wednesday Flavor section for new ideas. Hope to see the Kampachi in the stores in the Tampa area soon even if I am not a winner.
Richard
# 10 Beverly Pack Says:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:11 am
I read your article about Kona Kampachi in the Tampa Tribune. I’m from Seattle (Home of Uwajimaya, a retailer that sells the Kampachi) If your readers want more recipes, the can go the seattlepi.com and search for Kona Kampachi, they’ll find several. I’ve never entered a contest like this before, but I, too, would like to win.
Thanks for the nice article AND the contest.
I would love to try Kona Blue Kampachi! Hope I win to get a chance
# 1 Sue bonus entry
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:44 am
Here’s my comment: I just read your article in the Tampa Tribune, and I hope I am one of the lucky winners of the Kona Blue kampachi!
Thanks in advance!
Sue
Great recipe.
I have to win the kampachi. Well, if I don’t I still think I’ll definitely try it. Good fish isn’t expensive, that’s just what it costs. 🙂
# 432 Karen Says:
April 4th, 2008 at 9:32 am e
I am a TAMPA TRIB READER and thank you for your article. Now I know what Kampachi is. I can’t wait to WIN so that I can try your recipe. Your site is really cool. Definitely coming back. I hope you write more articles in the future to educate us.
Thanks for posting so many lovely recipies!
(I’m also a big fish fan, and am hoping I win… ^_^)
I have to admit–I am a fish-over-cooker. But–I know how good it is for me and I’m trying to get my husband and I to eat more of it (other than the shrimp and stuff that is easy to cook but not as good for us anyway!). I’d love to try this at home–last time we went to HI we had some a local place and it was DELICIOUS!! Talk about happy memories…sigh, thanks!
I am a TAMPA TRIB READER and thank you for your article. Now I know what Kampachi is. I can’t wait to WIN so that I can try your recipe. Your site is really cool. Definitely coming back. I hope you write more articles in the future to educate us.
The chance to potentially win truly fresh fish is irresistible. I’m always wary of buying fish (frozen or unfrozen) as am never sure how fresh it actually is. Thanks for running the contest.
HI Jaden:
The Kampachi looks lovely. Good luck with the cookbook. I am sure that you have an army of volunteers to test your recipes. What the heck, I will throw in my hat as well.
Take care!
I love fish and I hope I am the lucky winner!!!
I’ve always wondered what I could possibly do with soba… seeing it all the time makes me hungry. That picture of course is no different, and it looks nothing short of amazing. Kona blue seems to like to give their fish away to bloggers, I remember reading someones about them awhile ago. I wish I had a fish monger closer to me, maybe I should go searching for one sometime.
Here I am again! Well, you did say you were granting us 2 entries if we are East County Observer readers! Jaden, you are so right about the delicacy of fish and how easy it is to overcook it. I often overcook wild salmon by accident, because I forget how much leaner it is compared to farmed salmon. The extra fat in farmed salmon keeps it moist even if I leave it in the oven too long. Of course, if the fish is really overdone, some ketchup and mustard can do wonders. I know, I know, my family thinks that is disgusting as well, but I can eat almost anything as long as I’ve got the right condiments!
The article on the kampachi fish was great and I am so curious about how it tastes compared to my other favorite fish (trout, arctic char, and that old, easy standby, tilapia). Thanks for giving us a chance to win some fish!
I’m looking forward to future recipes.
Thanks. Wava
I promise to make that recipe the second the fish arrives if I win!
(Steamy Kitchen goodness as well? Be still my heart! :D)
I am such a neophyte…I never heard of this kind of fish…i can only drool at the photo! I need to get out of my salmon and tilapia rut..that’s all I buy! I am a Tampa Tribune reader too:-)) So glad to see you in the paper now!
Wow! Sounds absolutely delicious. I’ve never been good at cooking fish and because its so expensive, I rarely do it. But when an expert chef cooks it, I’m always happy to eat it! 😀
Kampachi sounds delicious! I love fish but also find it an intimidating ingredient to work with.
OMG, now i know the reason why I’ve been having insomnia tonight! Something is nagging me to leave a comment for this wonderful free gift!
Where I live (montreal) it’s hard to find fresh fresh fresh fish – either they’re too exorbitantly priced or they’re not fresh 🙠Plus the fact that I got food poisoning from a piece of fish last week surely warrants me a chance? *puppy eyes*
Throw me a fish, please! 😀 *fingers and toes crossed*
I have the same dilemma at the fishmonger’s and end up w/ a lot of tilapia too. I hope your boys pick me!
Loved this recipe! The sauce was delicious with the tilapia I prepared. Question: does anyone know if soba noodles have a short shelf life? I say this because the soba I bought a couple of months ago smelled slightly off when cooked though it tasted OK. Just wondering…
hi Jaden, as always, enjoyed your article in todays trib.You have a natural gift for writing. kids running around and a recipe that may suck? real talk. maybe you should try politics. a real person would be nice. anyway, i used to be in the seafood business. alot of fish from Asia. Vietnam mostly. love to try the kampachi. anyways,please keep up the good work. makes me look foreward to thursdays. best to You and Your Family, bruce emerson
Count me in! I love seafood. Bty, your food blog looks wonderfully made. 🙂
Oh, be still my nom-ing heart. That sounds so delicious.
Ooohhhh, I keep hearing about this fish but didn’t know how to get ahold of it on my grad student budget. Please put my name in the drawing!!
sign me up for the free kampachi. i really like your site.
Free fish giveaway? Amazin
“I’m in!”
wow that recipe sounds really really good. YUM!!
“G-d I hope I get it, I hope I get it!!!!!”
Pick me! Pick me! Sounds delish!
How very kind of you to allow Tribune readers more than one opportunity to win. Was pleased to read that you drink coffee on Sunday morning…. I’m not able to function with it… well, I actually can function, but my brain isn’t in the game.
Pick me! Pick me!
Wow.. was amazed to read so many responses to your article in the Tampa Tribune. I would be thrilled to win the Kampachi fillets,but would love to have them sent to my son and new daughter-in-law who “eat healthy”…. I sure don’t!
Love your website and your firecracker shrimp. Would love to win some fish!
I love your site! I frequent it everyday and who doesn’t want free fish! YUM!
Since I am lucky #400, I predict I will be receiving a package via FedEx very soon!
As much as I love your photography & writing, I think I would love free sushi-grade kampachi even more! Thank you for another great post!
yum kanpachi. thanks!
I really enjoy reading your latest information (and the recipes are great too). I always wondered what would motivate me to send a comment. Now I know – Kampachi! Count me in the contest! Thanks for all the fun and great dishes you bring to cooking!
Jaden, with 395 replies, I’m sure someone has probably already said what I was going to say. WTF? 395 replies? It’s a wonder what free fish can generate huh?
Anywho, I just wanted to say I love Kona Kompachi. It’s served at a few restaurants here in San Francisco. I guess it’s closer to Hawaii so maybe cheaper air rate? But I find it’s becoming the new ahi tuna tartare. Every restaurant has it on the menu served sashimi style or tartare style. I’m not complaining.
I wish I could get fish at my doorsteps. But I live in an apartment building with those tiny mail slots so the fish can’t fit in there. I guess I have to just keep eating them at the restaurants! Nice post!
YAY!
Wasn’t kampachi the secret ingredient on iron chef lately?
I guess Kona Blue won’t ship their fresh fish where I live, but how knows? heheheh Interesting your soba noodle is a little darker than I used to.
I read this in the Tampa Tribune…got to try this…I bet the suace would the dressing work on salmon too…some of my favorite restaurants have it and mother’s Day is coming!!
Read your article in Tampa Tribune and would love to try your recipe with Kampachi instead of Tilapia which I have in freezer so count me in . Thanks
oh, me me me! I’d love some kampachi!
Did I ever tell you how much I loooove your blog? =)
I would love to try this beautiful fish. Husband has heart disease – this would be great for his diet.
Eating this fish dish will be as close as I’ll get to Hawaii! Put me in for the dreawing!!!
Count me into the lucky draw too! 😛
I really love the colors of this dish, It’s really beautiful!
Throw me in the ring for some of that beautiful fish! As a soon-to-be law student, my days of being able to afford fish are numbered. I’d love to try some as beautiful as your kampachi!
Thanks for your lovely and funny as hell blog!
I read your article in the Tampa Tribune. And I would be overjoyed to have my name picked to win a sample of the kampachi from Kona Blue. We do a lot of salmon and would like to try this as well.
Keep up the great work! Love your blog and recipes!!!
I like in land-locked Nebraska so any fish here is guaranteed to not be fresh. I would LOVE love LOVE some fresh Kampachi! 🙂
Looking forward to more wonderful, delicious recipes! And I can’t wait to try this one tonight!
I’ve gotten used to seafood being inexpensive and widely available in Southeast Asia. I do miss my crab and prawns and sea bass in the UK…
Count me in for Steamy Kitchen goodies!
Sounds great. Hope I win. I’m an EAST COUNTY Observer Reader!!!!!!
How yummy sounding! I love sushi and it’s so hard to get sushi quality fish here.
I am trying to submit this, as I would love to try your recipee in the East County Observer—-so I just need to win the fish!
I would love to try your recipee in the East County Observer—-so I just need to win the fish!
Ohhh…I’m from Canada. Boo Hoo, would have loved to have been picked to win the Kona Kampachi! but…Steamy Kitchen goodies would be WONDERFUL too!
Oh… man. Yummy fish. Will my attempt to bribe you with pretty yarns help my chances? 😉
Ohhh…I’m from Canada. Boo Hoo, would have loved to have been picked to win the Kona Kamachi! but…Steamy Kitchen goodies would be WONDERFUL too!
Fishies! That sounds great. I read the Trib, too – except it’s the Chicago variety and there isn’t a fish drawing in it!
Oh! What a wonderful sounding recipe!
Living smack in the middle of Iowa, I get the WORST fish ever… these people don’t know how to handle it and it’s NEVER fresh, so I don’t get to eat it as often as I did out in California. I used to eat only fish, no meats – but since moving here I have had to learn to eat meat. Bleh.
*fingers crossed*
I’m dreaming of all the lovely sushi I could make…
Me Win Fish
I had Kona Kampachi once, in a $20 sushi roll, and can’t afford to have it again– unless I win!
I’m holding on to the recipe so I can make it when my gift arrives (pretty please)! My sweet hubby isn’t fond of salmon and I need a substitute that’s good for his heart (besides me)! Thanks.
Enjoyed your article I read in Tampa Tribune, though I liked the food section when it was in Baylife section better but I am a Tampa native and dont like changes in my paper . Hope I win ,Thanks
mm..fish =)
Love your blog, LOVE FISH, bless Me with the fish ,Please….
Oooh.. I would love the chance to try this fish. Sounds so deelish! 😉
I’m crossing my fingers on this one! That recipe (and photo) looks devine. I wish I could come to your class in LA but I am doing a fitness competition that weekend. No yummy food for me until that is over! Have fun!
Saw your Kampachi recipe in the Tampa Tribune and want to try it but at $17/ pound plus shipping salmon will be my suitable sub–unless you draw my name in your contest!
How’d you get that lemon to perch so prettily on the fish!?! I love it.
I would love to try kampachi, especially since it’s sushi grade; who can say no to that?! Btw, I absolutely love your pictures. My sister just started a blog, and is looking for a new camera. What kind do you use?
Ditto
Who doesn’t want to try a new sushi grade treat?
As the sushi chef on the Simpson’s says “Tasty fish”
Wow, that sounds fantastic. I’m stuck here in the middle of Missouri, and fresh fish is about non existant. A friend and I have been discussing making sushi – I’m sure we can make it at home for a fraction of the cost of the restaurant 40 miles from us – It’d be fun to win. 🙂
Thanks!
Hi Jaden, you now know that in order to get the most number of comments for a blogger all you have to do is throw out a freebie. My co-worker’s remark was – trust the Chinese (ugh!). While I have not eaten Kampachi we do know the freshness in a fish as my Taiwanese hub with a lot of Japanese historical influence enjoys good sashimi grade fish. So yeah, throw me in the draw pleeeeease. Thanks.
ooohhh pick me!
Hi Jaden,
I have been reading your article in C.L. and now the Tampa Tribune for quite some time. I have to admit I finally came to your website because of the possibility of free Kampachi. Now that I’m here that doesn’t seem half as exciting as helping taste some of your recipes (not that the Kampachi would go to waste if i were to win). So if you still need people i’d love to be included. best of luck and keep up the great work.
I know what you mean about the cost of fish. It usually scares me off. But I’ll keep my eyes open for some kampachi. Sounds great.
After reading your article in the tribune,i remembered what my favorite way to prepare Kampachi when in was a sushi chef,and it’s really simple,so here goes:trim some of the fat of off the loin and discard it,then slice the fish into nigiri style pieces and lay them in a slightly overlapping arrangement with some paper-thin shallots and then drizzle a little bit of extremely hot sesame oil or chili oil and a little ponzu then enjoy!
Loved the article and recipe for citrus-soy fish with soba noodles in Tampa Tribune; made it for dinner last night and my husband (who typically doesn’t like salmon) said it was “fantastic” and “awesome”, as did my 10 year old daughter who loves salmon! Thanks!! Would love to try kampachi!
*drools*
must. have.
I am always looking for new fish recipes as I don’t eat meat or chicken. This recipes sounds great!!! I read about the kampachi fillets in your article in the East County Observer and definitely wish to be entered into the drawing!
Sounds great. I have wonderful memories of a fav dish called Fried Udan I used to get in a little local “deli” in Wailuku, Maui. Sort of a stir fried noodle dish with Udan fish. Not sure if I am spelling it right. I definately plan to try this. Thanks for the opportunity to win some free fish. East County Observer reader.
This fish looks amazing! I’ve not eaten salmon in a while, but I feel inspired to pick some up today. Thanks.
PICK ME! PICK ME! PICK ME! I will do that killer kampachi justice and send you the pictures to prove it 🙂 PICK ME!
Your recipe sounds delish! I’d love to be entered in the contest.
I read your article and I must say my heart skipped a beat. The year was 2005, the island of Maui was the scene and I had just tried the most amazing fish that I had never heard of before, it was the delicious Kampachi. It came highly recommended from the restaurants hostess. I can easily say that it was one of the top 3 dining experiences I have ever had, but sadly as my plane took off a little piece of me was left behind in Hawaii as I have not been able to locate this delicacy.
I only thought that this wonderful fish could be found in Paradise until now, please make my dreams become a reality once again. I would be most greatful to share in this wonderful prize if you see fit to choose me!
Thanks for such a great column that I look forward to every time its printed!
Free fishy, yummy. Sounds like a great recipe.
Hey – the odds are much greater than winning lotto – and the price to put my name in the hat is super, too!
Gotta go look up kampachi in google…
I’ve never heard of kampachi until I saw your article in the Tampa Tribune. I’d love to win some and try it out.
Aloha Jaden! I started collecting fish recipes ten years ago while living in Hawaii. I also bought a book there called Fish Dishes of the Pacific from the Fishwife and was always adventurous when I purchased various “affordable” types of fish. However, back on the mainland now with higher prices, I too get nervous standing in front of a fish counter and most often choose salmon or tilapia. I would love to try the Kampachi! I’m a Tampa Trib reader and love your new column and recipes. So glad you are here!
Hmm … what are the odds that I’m going to be getting a kampachi shipment sometime? 🙂
Can’t wait to try the recipe, especially with kampachi!
Thanks Jaden, I would love to try cooking with Kampachi. I have eaten it at Roy’s and Side Bern’s. There is a recipe the chef at Prima Donna taught me for Seabass that would probably be perfect – pan seared with a white wine butter sauce with fresh thyme, basil, tomatoes and artichoke hearts – yum
Pick me! Choose me! Love me!!
My comment is that I want me some good fresh fish fillet from Kona Blue. I have lived in the midwest (illinois and iowa) for the past 12 years and coming from a tropical country – Malaysia, fresh seafood are in abundance. I left all that behind and I don’t get to eat much fresh fish at all.
Pray that I win.
Maybe if I cook it right, I can sneak it into our dinner and my wife will never notice. It’s hard being married to a seafood-phobe.
Wouldn’t you know, on the day I needed to look for a fish recipe, I didn’t come here! Your citrus soy with soba sounds fabulous! And I sympathise with your fish sticker shock.
Salavating over the soba & kampachi dish. Promise to make it if I win the kampachi!
oh please please me…. i’d LOVE to try!!!!
randomly chosen …I might have a chance then…UMMMMM
Great site
I’d LOVE some kampachi! (I’d like to recipe-test, too)
Hey Jaden – wish your column was published in my local paper! Looking forward to your cookbook (and a little kampachi wouldn’t hurt either!)
Love your column. It is a refreshing addition to the Tampa Tribune. Recipes are inventive. Would love to win the kampachi.
Saw your article and recipe in the Flavor Section of our Tampa Tribune and it sounded so delicious. I’ve been doing most of the cooking since my wife went back to work, but fish has been intimidating. I can’t wait to try your recipe with the Kampachi we’re going to win! Thank you so much!
Mmmmmm…. I’ve been so homesick for Hawaii. This would definitely help me forget that feeling for an hour or so! So please pick me! My belly begs you!
This sounds fantastic.
My kids LOVE fish, but I can only afford a nice piece of salmon a couple times a month. This would be an awesome treat!
yum! if i win i will be SURE to try that delicious recipe you have above! great pic too 🙂
Pick me! Pick me!!! I’d love to cook with his amazing fish!! I am literally chair dancing right now!
My husband is drooling on my shoulder, so I’m entering in the slim chance we win some fish.
Mmmm, wasabi…. This would be sashimi for sure, I think.
Keeping my fingers (and toes, arms, eyes, etc) crossed, in the hopes that I get lucky and win some fish! I’ll still try this recipe though, even if I’m not picked (sniff sniff), probably with yummy salmon.
As a graduate student, a barely make enough for rent and ramen. I wish I could eat more fish! Your articles and recipes are always so interesting!
I love your articles in the Tampa Tribune. You come up with some of the best ideas for cooking special dishes. Your article on the kampachi was especially interesting, since we have been to Hawaii and tasted the dish you wrote about. But, I never thought the price of this fish was that expensive. It is probably just as good to go to Mise en Place, or SideBerns, to get this extrordinary dish..Keep up the good articles…
Norma Swain
East County Observer reader. Got to win so we can try this new fish! Will any local fish shops carry it?
My husband and I are born and raised in Hawaii. We are here in Tampa courtesy of the U.S. Air Force. My husband retired and we remained because our children were attending school and now live and are having babies here. It would be wonderful to have a taste of fish from “home”. Your receipe sounds great; the fish sounds delicious – please choose us. Thank you.
I love your articles – bright,sweet and slightly tart; funny too !
Tampa Tribune is better than ever with you in their kitchen.
Here’s hoping that kampichi gets to my kitchen! Nummy!
HI Jaden
Glad your site is back up and running. I’m an East County Observer reader and I love fish.
Oh this would be nice. I don’t cook fish too much, I leave it to my husband. But I would love to get more experience in cooking fish and winning this would be wonderful.
Loved your article and hope I win some free tuna! It’s my favorite fish. Read your article in the Tampa Tribune and love your comments. Laura
Hi, Jaden. Looks and sounds wonderful, as usual 🙂 I bought some wahoo a while back on a whim and it was great. I bet this Kampachi is just as good.
Kim
Just got a chance to read your column in my Tampa Tribune and would love to try some Kampachi. My girls love Salmon, but something new is always fun. I have been so happy to have a column dedicated to Asian cooking – thanks!
Kampachi has always been my favorite sushi. I hope I win this one! With our palates spoiled after having lived in Tokyo for almost 2 years, it is now hard to find a good sushi place in Houston.
Jaden you Babe, Looking at your kampachi Photo, I thought I was at Mama’s Fish House in Maui listening to the surf and reading the menue of which fisherman caught this fish this morning. Definately a new fan of yours. Mahalo!! BTW/ Pick me, and I’ll prepare a nice Cedar Plank Salmon with sesame seed glaze on my monster grill, and pare it with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio. Cheers to you!!
BTW/ Website was wrong in the Tampa Trib. Had to search Google and finally got to your new web site, then find your contest. Just like fishing, but I caught the fish of the day…..
I really don’t want the fish. We’ve actually brought some in from Kona Blue several times over the last 6 months.
Wonderful fish. Anyone who uses it should actually research a little into the farming procedure. It’s one of those fish that breaks the stigma of ‘farm raised’ on the label… which is better than wild in this case. Kampachi have been commonly eaten in Hawaii for years, but then also commonly pick-up a parasite from contact with the local reefs. Farm raising them (actually netting off areas of their natural habitat) ensures that the parasite will not be in the fish… nothing like those little surprises when cutting into a piece of raw cod with moving worms crawling out onto your cutting board.
Anyway, the texture of the fish is great. We cooked it sous-vide as well as more traditional methods, and even sliced some raw and ate with ponzu. This fish has a serious PR person because it is appearring on menus everywhere at an alarmingly fast rate… good thing it’s farm-raised to meet the demand.
So, I don’t want the free fish… give it to someone else. Just wanted to put my 2 cents in, and say how wonderful this fish is.
i didnt kno fish had to be sushi-grade!
that would be good to know. haha.
Kona Blue Kona Blue….*chanting*
Thanks Jaden for once again a lovely contest.
Count me in! Thanks!
holy mackarel…i want me some free fish! thanks.
Aloha! I would love to try your recipe.
with your fish! Thanks.
Free fish that doesn’t come from a stormwater pond sold from the back of a pickup? Count me in.
P.S. The citrus glaze sounds super yummy and quick
I never win contests. But I just had to say that your kampachi dish looks so delicious! I so totally love to eat fish and know those omega 3’s are good for you but I’m reluctant to spend the big bucks for fresh fish, just like you. My favourites are Alaskan Black Cod (a.k.a. Sablefish) and Sea Bass but don’t really eat it anymore because it’s so over-fished. Thanks for the tip about the kampachi…I’m going to have to seek it out and try it!
Wow, you described me to a tee. The worry about farm-raised fish and bacteria, the cost vs. benefits of fish, the nervousness about overcooking, even the wringing of the hands. I then walk away from the counter unsuccessful once again in purchasing fresh fish. At least once a week my family asks for fish for dinner, but none ever appears. I’ve got recipes from you to follow, in addition to soy sauce and wasabi ready and waiting. From what you’ve written, the Kona Blue Kampachi could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship! Thanks for the great article, gorgeous photo, and free drawing, Jaden.
Wow do I live on fish! I am always up to trying new types and varieties and have always been really intrigued by Kona Kamapachi! I have no idea what to expect, except for the best of course!
Your recipe looks fantastic, if only I could try it for myself with this delectable fish!
All I can say is seared Kamapachi served over sour cherry rice….. This would be awesome!!!!!
Please enter me…I would love try this fish as well…I love Hawaiian yellowfin sushi.
Thanks,
Tony
Its really neat that you do all these free drawings for goodies. Definitely very nice of you. And I haven’t been able to find sashimi grade yellowtail in Jax. Thanks much!
any day i can get fish where i’m at is probably the happiest day in the entire month
I shop for fish the same way you do, except I usually just get frustrated and end up with some chicken instead, lol. Now this contest is the way to get some fresh fish!
sounds/looks so delish!
in response to the comment 295- FISH STICKS?!?! with a kona blue?! whyyyyy
Sounds like some beautiful fish! As always, the photography takes it over the top.
Just got turned onto your website Jaden, incredibly talented in the kitchen and photography depts.
Would love to be included in the drawing for some good quality fish for a change. Thx for the recipe too!
I can’t cook fish worth squat, but I try every so often. I certainly would try again with free kampachi. Do you think it would make good fishsticks?
love the color of that noodles!
thanks for the recipe and the drawing Jaden
I would also like to try the kampachi with the citrus soy sauce- the sauce sounds great (and low calorie)- maybe I could serve it for my Bunco this month-I’m the hostess and have to cook dinner for my 12 friends-(we’ve been playing for 12 1/2 years now). I could also cook some other kind of fish too- depending on how much there is…
I have been eating a lot of fish! Since JanuaryI have been on a diet and have lost 45 pounds!!! 15-20 to go- and I would love to try something new!! and I like lots of types of fish-but had never even heard of this until I read the paper this am.
This has got to be the apex of internet technology in our time. The potential to try a fish which originates far, far from where I am standing, a “gift” if you will, from a total stranger driven by the same culinary passion as I and countless others; united by a screen and a little blinking line. While there is virtually no reason why you would choose my entry, I still feel compelled to join in. Incidentally, I enjoy your blog very much.
OOOOOOH! I love sushi and sashimi and have been debating having some sushi-grade fish delivered for me to try my hand at home. I would love to win! Your recipe looks fantastic as usual and I can’t wait to make that. YUM!
That fish sounds really great! do you know of any others that are similar to it?
So glad to find you in the Tampa Tribune. Love your column. Will love the Kampachi AJ
Kona Blue is doing some serious marketing, I’ve read at least 5 posts on different blogs in the last month about them sending free fish to bloggers.
Here’s #284….*sigh*
I wanna win so bad!!
LOL. Seems like the offer of free fish really REELS in the comments!
(Ha ha ha)
283 responses?!
Ha, I don’t think I’ll win, but just wanted to comment that the Kona Blue deliciously-fished-fish seems to keep popping up everywhere.
And with such great results! Even if I don’t win, I’ll most likely request them for my birthday in September. A girl can dream! 🙂
Yellow tail Kampachi? Sushi grade!??!
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson… “arllghhhgh”
Thanks for the heads up that the Lakeland Yacht Club has it!
Omigosh, kampachi is definitely one of my recent fish favorites. Your recipe looks SOOOO yummy, and with something citrusy as well … mmm! Thanks for the generous offer to your readers, Jaden. 😀
I love your blog and love salmon and fresh tuna. This fish sound wonderful.
I hope I win, even though I live in Michigan!
I’m in!
Yours truly,
Mr. Tampa Trib reader
beautiful picture! yum kampachi!!!
Pick me pick me!
I would love to cook this Nobu’s Miso Cod style! I have the recipe up on my site ready to go!
I love the picture in this post. The recipe sounds delicious as well. If I can’t find kampachi would salmon be a good substitute? Although, I would love to try kampachi 🙂
Well, you’ve had quite a response so far, but I’d love a chance at winning some of this amazing sounding fish!
I may just have to try your recipe in the meantime… soon as I find some fresh fish that is! I am equally picky when I go to the fish counter, and am always hoping that it will be worth the price I paid when the dish is complete.
Geez lady. How come you always get the good freebies? All I got were hot dogs. It’s ’cause your blog is sexier than my blog isn’t it? 😉
Jaden,
My mouth is watering already! Would love to try this recipe! I have the same sentiments as you do about buying and cooking fish. I’ve only been successful in cooking Salmon and Tilapia Fillets. Would love to try Kampachi!
I have tried your Mom’s Spring Rolls and they’re a hit in my family! I have to make more as my supply in the freezer is already dwindling. =)
Jaden,
Would love to try Kampachi up here in the north! Also – family loves your 3 hour no-fail bread recipe!
Oh, I would totally love to get some Kampachi…I started a diet recently, and even though it’s going well, I miss the variety of meats. =( But sushi-grade fish is always awesome . . . my boyfriend and I decided that’s the way to go! What excellent timing. =)
Well I’m not lucky … but I wanna try anyway as I would LOVE to try the Kampachi! Seeing good fresh seafood is rare where I live. 🙂
Thanks for your lovely funny blog!
Mary
I have never seen Kampachi here in CA. Sounds like a delcious fish, and I would love to try it as sashimi. Your picture is beautiful…well done.
My wife made a similar recipe using cod over soba noodle and it was delicious. would love to try it with the Kampachi.
thanks! i love reading your posts. and being abroad (in korea), a package of good ol’ american and international spices (the only spice they have here is heat!), would be phenomenal! thanks for all the great work and recipes. i love this blog.
Hi again! First off, I’ve tried most of your recipes, they are keepers! I am going to give this fish recipe a try tonight, it looks really good. Love the look of that light crust and I can imagine myself enjoying every bite of it! Send me some fresh fish…pleeze.
Why must you tempt me? I don’t even know where to begin looking for kampachi in China. Sigh….
On a side note, I love reading the Tampa Tribune articles you link through from here. Keep up the good work!
Oooh please randomly pick me! That recipe looks scrumptious and I wanna try it with the hamachi!
Ooooh! I was in Hawaii this past fall and I heard about the Kona Kampachi. Very cool high tech sustainable farming. Count me in for this contest!
MEMMEMEMMEE!!!
This recipe looks like a great dindin!
OMG – this recipe sounds so good I’m going to make it even if I don’t win … but I’ll be much happier if I do win 🙂
Yay! New Contest at Steamy kitchen! Count me in!
read you in creative loafing, happy to see your new venue. Tampa Tribune. thanks for your creativity!
Mmm. The recipe sounds delicious! Thanks.
Mmm. That looks delicious. And the Kampachi SOUNDS delicious :-).
Love your site.
Walt’s entry
from Tampa Trib
i m throwing my hat into this contest. i want the kampachi badly.
Looks awesome – would love to try it with some free kampachi!
As a former Hawaii resident, I miss the great fresh fish with wasabi especially from our favorite (now torn down) restaurant, the Lewer Street Fish Company. I anjoyed your article in the Tampa Tribune and look forward to winning some of Kona Blue’s Kampachi fish.
Thanks.
i love throwing sushi parties at home and making everyone roll their own rolls too!
Ooh, I want some Kampachi!!
Thanks for the contest!
Melissa
As a fish lover I would really enjoy trying this Kona Blue kampachi fish. I will try your recipe in todays trib if I am afforded this chance!
Bon Appetit!!!!
I have been in a weight loss program for about 9 weeks now. I have lost 25 pounds and am well on my way to a healthier lifestyle. As part of the lifestyle change I have been eating a lot more fish. Salmon is my favorite and I am going to try it with your citrus soy sauce. I have tried other fish as well tuna, swordfish, grouper, snapper to name a few. I would love to be able to sample Kampachi.
P.S. I am a Tampa Trib reader
Thanks
I have the hardest time cooking fish too! But I am trying to get more in my diet…hint hint
Looks delicious! And count me in the drawing!
Kona Blue , Let me try You!
Let me Love You Too!
I just recently made salmon with orange zest and it was very yummy. Just love all fish. Hope I get to try some of this Kona Blue fish.
Good fish is hard to find here in Santa Barbara as well. I hope I get chosen!
I hope you pick me!
Wow, pick me, pick me! I live in Frankfurt so it it will be difficult to mail me anything, but I’ve never won anything in my life so I said, what the heck, maybe my luck will change! Great blog, Jaden – love the asian inspired menus that are always bursting with flavor! Reading your blog always perks up my day.
I’ve tried this fish and it’s wonderful! My prize wouldn’t even have to travel very far since I’m in Oahu!
Your recipe looks delicious! That’s what I’m making for dinner today! Woo hoo!
I’d love to try Kampachi!
HI Jaden: Great article on the Kampachi. ALthough my husband is a big fishing fellow; I am not one who really eats fish.
However, your article and recipe seem like something I would like to try.
Thanks for all your great/delicious articles over the years that I have read the Trib. Have a great day & a Blesssed day, Mary.
It’s wicked cool that this is a eco friendly farm raised fish.
Count me in! 🙂
oooh! i’d love free kampachi. the recipe looks good too!
Fun cooking blog with mouthwatering photos! I love my fish either raw or steamed. Raw Kampachi’s texture is firm yet buttery smooth, tender, and sweet. IF I win, I’d make some sashimi and ceviche, and the rest would simply be steamed with soy sauce. 😉
That looks fantastic! Citrus-soy is a great combo.
Yay fish!
I am keeping my fingers crossed!! i look forward to your weekly recipes.
sounds yummy!! thank you for the chance to experience a new fish. I look forward to reading the Flavor section on wednesdays, as my husband puts in next to my morning coffee.
Looks to be another tasty recipe. This sounds like an amazing fish and well worth trying, and seems (not surprisingly) to be essentially unavailable in Arizona. If all else fails, it might be worth ordering.
Roy’s does an awesome job with Kampachi; he also has an awesome seafood cookbook that I just love (and can’t remember the name of) but it has practically ever species of fish in it and several ways to prepare each fish. So awesome!!
oh wow, thanks for the chance to win! i made the garlic scallion noodles 3 times so far and i’m clearly unable to exercise any discipline in not eating the entire batch each time.
mmmm sushi
Do your thaaang, girl!
Wow, I can’t believe you pay more for fish in FL than I do in AZ! I’m from New England and I really miss some of the fish that was common there. I’ve never heard of Kampachi, but would love to try it, especially as sashimi!
Do your thaaaaang, girl!
Me, me, me!!!
That kampachi sounds delicious, I’d love to cook with it, and reserve some for sashimi. Mmmmmm
Hula that package my way!
Mmm. Looks delicious. I’d love to win some and get cooking!
Your recipes are always so enticing! This sounds like a great way to try my first soba noodles!
What a great drawing! I find that if I’m ever scared of over cooking a fish I either steam or poach it. Much less risk of drying it out. The citrus soy sauce sounds like a marriage made in heaven.
Wow…my husband would worship you forever if we won this fish!
I can’t believe you read my mind on this article….you’ve got me pegged. I, too, am afraid of screwing up my fish. I love seafood but don’t cook it at home for that very reason. I can’t wait to try the recipe above…sounds foolproof (or is that idiot proof?). To live on the coast of FL and not be able to get good fish….FOR SHAME!!!
That looks so delicious. I usually buy salmon and tilapia too, since I have less experience cooking fish and I get a bit nervous…
Stan and I did, however, buy some sushi-grade tuna the other day for fun. It lasted until about five minutes after we got home… mmm raw fish.
Mwah!
Just read your article and I hope I win! I used to live in Hawaii, and I miss all that fresh fish!
Ohio doesn’t get really good seafood very often. This would be an excellent opportunity for me to drag the state up a notch.
Sweet jebus I want some of that fish!
I would love to try the gorgeous Kampachi fish! I will encourage my Local stores to carry it…here in (basically) fishless upstate NY! We cannot even get fresh cod or haddock most of the time..let alone something as delicious looking as this!
Thanks
Never met a fish a didn’t like and I LOVE citrus soy so I’ll be trying out this recipe even if I don’t win the drawing. But I’m crossing my fingers that I do!
Wow. That’s a fish I’ve never heard of. Looks awesome. I will def try it with salmon.
this fish sounds divine!! i was just in hawaii and the fish there was amazing! i would love to cook kampachi for dinner as i love to cook fresh fish!!!!! thanks for the great article!
This would be amazing. Grad student + Colorado resident = fresh fish out of my budget.
Thanks for doing another great giveway Jaden!
I just read you blog in the Tampa Trib.I loved yellow tail when I was stationed in Pearl. I also like your write up’s in the Trib.
RIP
Sent a link to your post to my sister who lives in Ocean View (way south of Kona). Suggested she track some Kona Blue down to try. I’ll look for it here, too. Sounds wonderful. Love the idea of a white fish (looks as if it’s a white fish) with good omega 3 oils in it.
This recipe makes my mouth water, yummy. I just left the parent company that owns the Tampa Tribune – I’ve already sent emails to some of my good friends there to view your webiste..congrats.
Wow! That sounds delicious! I’ve been looking for a new fish to try, and I just love yellowtail. Your recipe looks great, btw, although if this is as good as you say, I would probably just eat it raw with a drop of soy sauce and wasabi…
Kampachi sounds great! I also love your picture at the top!
Dear Jaden,
I am very interested in your kampachi contest. Yellowtail is a favorite of mine.
Of course I am a faithful Tampa Trib reader.
What a cool prize!!
I would really be honored.
Your fan, Katie
I’d love to try some kampachi. On a grad student budget winning is my only chance!
Enjoyed your tribune article. I just made a recipe with seabass. I cant wait to try your recipe with this fish.
What a wonderful opportunity to try something new and special. Kampachi sounds delicious. I read about it in the Tampa Trib.
Dear Jaden,
I am very interested in your kampachi contest. Yellowtail is a favorite of mine.
Of course I am a faithful Tampa Trib reader.
What a cool prize!!
I would really be honored.
Your fan, Katie
Just found your site. Looks like fun. Can’t wait to try some of the recipes. Great photos
I’d love to have a chance to try it, but I’ve never won anything.
Oops.Forgot to mention that I’m a Tampa Tribune reader. Here’s my comment once more: Kind of turned off by farm-raised fish — depends on how they are raised because some fish farms can be pretty gross with the overcrowding, feces pollution and antibiotics used to control the spread of disease. Yuck! But maybe Kona Blue has higher standards so I’m game and hope I get selected. Thanks
Kind of turned off by farm-raised fish — depends on how they are raised because some fish farms can be pretty gross with the overcrowding, feces pollution and antibiotics used to control the spread of disease. Yuck! But maybe Kona Blue has higher standards so I’m game and hope I get selected. Thanks.
Holy smokes, your readership has gotten so huge. You are really workin’ it, girl!
We had a nigiri kanpachi at Akane Sushi – it was good, and even better the second time around.
http://chezannies.blogspot.com/2007/10/akane-sushi-los-altos-part-1.html
I made Heidi’s, http://www.101cookbooks.com/ ,lazy day peanut noodle salad yesterday. My husband and I loved it. Your fish with soba will be my next soba endeavor. I’ll use the wild salmon waiting in the freezer from my last trip to Trader’s.
Thanks,
p.s. I hope I win.
Renée
Thanks for the chance to win some kampachi. I love to cook fresh fish, grouper being one of my favorite and I look forward to trying kampachi. My local fishmonger doesn’t carry a very wide variety.
I had a chance to try it too, simply delicious. I do not mind another round of free fish especially this good!
Love reading your column in the Tampa Tribune. Took a look at your website & love that too. As for the fish, bring it on. I’m game. Thanks for making the food section entertaining!!
I’m sooooooooo tired of chicken!!!!!!! Help!!!! The recipe for the fish sounds so great!
Hello again…since we read the Tribune, I’m submitting twice….hoping that you will choose us !
My husband was born at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii 65 years ago. We would love to try some kampachi filets…cooked your way. We loved the brandy stir fried shrimp receipe. We read your column in the Tribune…it’s entertaining & tthe receipes are super !
I would love to get some of that yummy sounding fish….we don’t have a good fish market here so it is really hard to find fresh fish!!!
As a Tampa Trib subscriber, I love your article! I enjoy the honesty and spunk! My family loves fish and would love to try the Kampachi!
Keep up with the great recipes and refreshing ideas!
Hello Jaden, I’ve heard about the Kona Blue fish already. Terry from Blue Kitchen thought it was excellent. I love to have my salmon almost identical to your recipe…so I know that is good recipe!
Being a loooong time Tampa Trib subscriber, my fav part of the paper is the Flavor section! Welcome! I would love to try Kampachi and hope to see it in the Tampa area soon. Glad to see your website too, I spend half my nites looking at cooking and food elated sites! Your Citrus Soy Sauce sounds delish, and I bet it would be good on other foods, like pork roast maybe!
Hope you pick me!
Arlene
When I saw your article in the Tribune I had to enter your contest. After we visited Alaska in the 90’s, she would only eat Salmon for the next 10 years every time we ate out! Now she’s hooked on Basa. Help me to start her on something new!!!
Wow! You had me at the picture of the recipe you had in Tribune (much better pic online!!! Hope I win the Kona Blue. So glad I saw your article when I read my tribune~
Up here in West coast Canada, but would love to win some tasty fish. Or anything else tasty to improve my cooking…
Yum
I am also a Tribune Reader. The Flavor section is my favorite and I would love to win!
I have the same problem deciding about where to buy fish. I would love to win this prize.
My wife would cook the heck out of some kampachi–send it to me. (I saw the contest in the Tampa Tribune.)
I just read in the Tampa Trib that you have fish to give away. If I can’t go to Hawaii, it can come to me… in the form of mail-order fish! Yum!
looks yummy!
Ooooh!
I’d love to win some Kampachi!
My boyfriend was talking about it the other day and I sort of got excited.
KAMPACHI! Are you kidding me? My mouth is watering just thinking about it. Send me that fish now! Send it!!
Loved the article on Kampachi. Have had it before in CA, and it’s a wonderful fish that is relatively undiscovered. Hope I am the lucky winner. BTW, I’m a Tampa Tribune reader.
You mentioned there was a retailer in Orlando that carries the fish. All I could find on the blog link were restaurants. Can you share the name of the store where I could purchase, as I get to Orlando quite often.
Kampachi fillets sound wonderful but take it from a true Florida Cracker grouper isn’t the only fish in town. Please try our mullet, they can be found at the fish market whole, pick one with nice bright eyes (no cataracts), and have it filleted. Broil the filets with a little Lowry’s Season Salt, white wine, lemon & butter .. you ain’t going to find better eating than that (we have them with buttered grits). Then there’s Spanish Mackerel, Spotted Sea Trout, Pompano, you can find some really fine seafood in Florida, wild shrimps, wild scallops, blue crabs.
Gotta go grab my fishing pole, crab trap, and of course Mullet net, talking about all this seafood is making me hungry. By the way I love your column in the Tampa Tribune!!
Here fishy fishy fishy!
I really enjoy your blog and I love fish. I am bummed I wil miss your LA class! I will be in Seattle. Have fun in LA! Barbara
ooooooooooooooooooooooh! wonder if this works if you live in switzerland?
what the heck, i’ll try…
get a taste of hawaii in the midst of my everyday genevan life would be awsome….!
Ooooh! I have some fresh soba noodles hanging out in my fridge. This looks like a great way to use them. The fish looks fab!
Ok…. so I read your article in the Tribune (hint hint) over lunch and now I’m hungry again. Sounds delicious.
I’ve never heard of kampachi but I love fresh fish (and Hawaii) so count me in! I’d love to introduce the family to an option other than salmon and swordfish.
Tamara
Mmm… yellowtail is my favorite, favorite fish.
One of the best things about being a Tampa Tribune reader is the chance to try a recipe like this. I plan to use salmon, but would love to try the kampachi.
Mahalo Jaden
Pamela
The Tampa Trib’s new Flavor section was smart to include your column!
As a loyal Trib reader, especially the cooking section, I always enjoy a new recipe for fish. Like you, we enjoy tilapia as a convenient, inexpensive fish that is almost foolproof. Would love to try the kampachi!
Here is my bonus entry. Same comments as before, except to hope that I win. Thanks, marcia
I hope I win. Kampachi is probably the closest I’ll ever get to Hawaii. Your recipe sounds wonderful! I love to eat fish (all types) and recently, (since my husband died) have begun to cook it more at home. He hated fish and therefore I never cooked it at home. I would order it when we went out to eat. Thanks for providing the Tampa Trib readers with a great column.
The recipe for Citrus-Soy Fish Fillets in the Tribune sounds wonderful. My husband and I eat fish a lot, salmon being my favorite. The fish prices you mention are extremely high. We watch the local ads for deals and stock up when the prices are good. As long as it hasn’t already been frozen, you can freeze for a later time. Here’s hoping to win the Kona Blue to try something new.
Always enjoy your articles in the Trib and now will attending your blog. Recipe sounds fabulous and easy – would taste best with kampachi, I’m sure. My 90 year old father would love to share this dish with us. Hope he can. Nancy
I’ve been wanting to try a sauce with soba. This sounds so good and refreshing! I hope I win the drawing so my parents and sister can enjoy creamy sashimi while I eat partially thawed catfish at college cafeteria 200 miles away.
Sounds delicious.
Great recipe!
My husband went deep sea fishing in Mexico
Now I have an 82 inch sail fish hanging on my wall.
I’d love to win a fish
Oh, my fish eating family would love to try something new! Keeping my fingers crossed that we win the Kona Blue Kampach….much better thinking about this , than work!
Julie
Ooo, yellowtail. That sounds delicious!
Hi ! I think you are a foodie even if you don’t want to admit it. Anyway, as my husband would say… free food – I am there ! So here I am writing a comment hoping to win the fish.
P.S. I am a Tampa Tribune reader
Put my name in the pot – I’m putting on my lucky apron now! (just kidding, I don’t have a lucky apron)
Kona Blue sounds really good, especially since it’s actually Yellowtail. Please give me a chance. ;P
This recipe looks very good! I was just reading about it in the Tampa Tribune and saw the contest. My husband and I went to Hawaii in August and the fish is so awesome there. I can’t wait to try the fish (that is if we do win!). Yummy!!!!!!!
Thanks
Delicious fish! Oh, delicious fish!
WOW, I read about this contest the first thing this morning and was salivating…..almost drooling…..My son and I love fresh fish and would be so happy if we were chosen….We are both Tampa Trib readers so I hope we get the chance to try the Kona Blue! Aloha…….
Your photo makes my mouth water. A friend has done demos for Kona Blue. She says their fish is amazing. I’d love the chance to try it.
That looks super tasty! Mmmm…fish…
the picture looks great. I can’t wait to try it with the Kampachi I win! 😉
And yes you must come to Northern California soon
I am guessing I am too late, but would love a sample to experiment with in the kitchen…
This looks amazingly delicious! I’ve been addicted to soba noodles (I used your “butter/garlic/scallion/brown sugar” noodle sauce on them this weekend). I can’t wait to try this one!
I do luck out and get great fish at my farmer’s market at times. But you just never know what they will have (and of course it is always what is local to the New Orleans area … still, great fish). The Kampachi looks great. I’ll have to look for it in stores around here. (though winning some would be nice).
Thanks for the great recipes! 🙂
Besides hoping that I win; wink wink, may I say that you show some of the best food photos around? They show up great on Google Reader. Every one makes me want to rush out and cook it for that night’s dinner. Mom doesn’t like salmon but she does love fish and we both like sushi so the kampachi would be perfect. 🙂
Are you ever coming to northern CA? That would be great.
Enjoyed your article in the Tribune this morning. My family is a big fan of truly fresh seafood as I have spoiled them over the years with locally caught (by me) Trout, Redfish, Grouper and Snook. Believe me, those filets can cost double what the Kampachi does, but well worth it.
Mmm… sounds delicious. Would love to enter. Thanks again, Jaden!
If I win I’ll use it to make temaki zushi no negi-kampachi! I’ll even take a few photos!
I need to start giving things away–maybe then, i’ll have 130+ comments on any given post.
Oh, and I suppose it would help if I wrote more regularly 🙂
Either way, Stacie and I love fish, especially tuna and it’s relatives, and would delighted if we were so lucky to sample. Of course, we’re talking probably a more mainland interpretation, rather than a truly asian dish as some of the commentors mention 🙂
I am a Tribune Reader so please add me twice! 🙂
Sounds like a food that even my kids would like! Please throw my name in the hat 🙂
I love Kona Blue! I got a chance to sample their fish at a food show and it was unbelievable, not to mention impressive when you learn about their farming techniques. Mmm… I could make a yummy sashimi dinner out of it, no matter how much they send!
I LOVE kanpachi – it’s apparently a relative to the more well-known yellowtail, but I find kanpachi to be sweeter, leaner, and when the flesh is just right, “puri-puri”, a delightful Japanese onomatopoeic word that could be grossly translated as “springy but not tough, has a bit of resilience that yields into something almost viscous or liquid, at least smooth; the type of sensation when you’re eating salmon roe, for example”.
I have to comment on a prior readers comment on how they’d love to try the Kampachi with the Citrus-Soy and Soba Noodles, and I can’t imagine not doing the same, but reading that recipe and being pregnant are a dangerous combination and I’m making it tonight! (although, I’m really drooling for it now!)
Now, if only to satisfy my craving to win one of the packages, then you’d have two winners in one shot! (baby G. says thank you for considering us!)
Jaden…this is my first “official” comment although I have been reading your site for a long-time.
This morning I sat down at my computer with the full intention of looking for a new Halibut recipe using soy & honey. Before I started my search, I checked my regular blogs for news and lo and behold, you had the answer I was looking for!
Thanks for your great recipes and would love an opportunity to win some Hamachi.
P.S. Made your Summer Rolls for a bunch of friends this past weekend and they were a HUGE hit!
I LOVE eating fish and that picture looks verrrry tasty! I’m a tampa trib reader by the way ~_^
Read your article on the kampachi in the Tampa Trib today and have to say I love your column. Interesting subjects and well written. I’m SO glad the Trib updated it’s Flavor section. As for today’s column, I’ve never heard of this fish before but it sounds awesome.
Thanks again for yet again another amazing recipe!!
Three cheers for the Tampa Tribune bringing your article to us!!!
I read your article today and started dreaming of all of the new dishes I’d love to cook with the Kampachi. I’ve been teaching some friends how to cook some new dishes (Thai, Italian and just a new twist on things to keep boredom from creeping in) and how to roll sushi, and I would love to have the opportunity to have the Kona Blue Kampachi be the center of our next gathering!
We’d love to share some pictures of our creations and of course will save a glass of wine for you too!!!
Long time lurker here. We used to get this fish at Roy’s when we lived in Guam and loved it. Sadly, now we’re stuck in the Midwest and I no longer have access to decent seafood. I have seen their website, but have not been able to warrant spending so much on fish. So, I’d love a chance to win some.
love your column, thankful its included in the tampa tribune!
now when are we gonna get some decent asian restaurants in the tampa area?????
i suppose i will just have to sign up for some lessons…..
thanks again.
Count me in.
I so want this. CS and I had this fish at Roys in Chicago. Its a new style Polynesian type restaurant. He likes this fish, and believe me its hard toget him to eat fish! Hope Im lucky this time!
Salmon is what we eat the most of but that Kampachi certainly looks
YUM OH!!!!
We would LOVE to experience such a delectable treat, but will be reading the Tampa Tribune and have my coffee before I check my email in hopes of receiving the notice we have been chosen one of the lucky winners.
I really love your column in the Tampa Trib…..todays was especially great since we are getting into sushi and can’t wait for my fresh kampichi to be delivered……keep up the good recipes!!!!!!!
I haven’t met a fish I didn’t like!!!!
Oh my-you actually said free kampachi drawing! This sounds like entirely too much fun!
Looks fabulous! And clearly I’m not the only one who thinks so.
Toss my hat in that ring, please. Meanwhile I’ll be looking for this fish locally.
ooooooooh sushi grade Kampachi! please please please please please please……. [degenerates into a series of unintelligible murmurs].
It’s pretty rare to even find fresh seafood here, so I have to usually resort to frozen. This dish looks amazing!
Wow, you’ve received so many comments already! BTW, do you ever teach in the DC area?
Thank you so much for the contest! Please put my name in the drawing!! =)
I love fish (so much healthier than red meat) and buy it on occasion when there’s a really good sale price so it won’t break my food budget.
And this would be my entry. I would DEARLY love to try something other than canned tuna, frozen tilapia from The Mysterious Beyond, and salmon.
I don’t even think there IS a fishmonger local to me…unless you count the bait shop down the road.
Sorry that should be Jaden…….
love the look of the citrus-soy kampachi……can’t wait to try it myself.
Another delicious looking recipe Jayden.
Dear Jaden,
Thank you for the opportunity to win some Kona Blue kampachi and the great sounding recipe in the Tampa Tribune. I recently bought some fresh Hawaiian Kona salmon at Marzanno’s in St. Petersburg. I just baked it with olive oil and lemon. It was like butter! So, now I’m thinking that the Kona Blue will be the same.
judy dyer
Sounds wonderful, as usual.
As an aside rant, I live on the coast, as in from my front door to the water is less than a half a mile. You would think a variety of fresh fish would be readily available in my local market.
You’d be very, very wrong. I had a better and fresher assortment of choices when I lived in Houston.
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There are so many entries….but..Pick me! Pick me! Please??
What a great giveaway, and that recipe looks wonderful. I need more fish, and soba, in my life.
Another delish recipe, thanks!
The article was so appealing, I sent it to a friend in Tampa, and I live in L.A.!
Dear Jaden:
I just finished reading your article in Tampa Tribune. I happend to have salmon fillet on hand, I am going to try your mouth watering recipe tonight. Please include me in your drawing of the Kona Blue prizes
Mrs. Jeanne Lo
i would love to try this fish.i hope i win this one.
Oh i would love some fish .your pic looks so good.
Oh wow, that recipe looks absolutely nummy! I have that same problem when shopping for fish. I even got giddy when I was at the store the other day with my son, and found wild caught US shrimp on sale. Obviously he didn’t care, he just wanted seafood for dinner. Hmm, I think this recipe needs to be tried out this weekend.
Hope I win, read your article in the Tampa Tribune.
I am always into tryng new things, my neighbor fishes and gives me his fish all the time. I would love to win some of the kampachi to suprise him for once. I enjoyed reading your article in the Tampa Tribune.
Yum! My favorite fish right now is butterfish – I wonder what the texture of this one is like.
This sounds so delicious. I like fish with fats like salmon and cod fish. But I am so far away. Haha…
that looks SO yummy!! wonder if my sister over in hawaii can get a better deal on the fish and fly it home with her in her luggage (like we do when my bro comes home from AK or my dad goes up there – dry ice is awesome stuff!).
i think we could pull this off with salmon for sunday dinner 😀
Love cooking fish- your recipe in the tampa tribune sounds great. Hope i get to try it with kampachi!
That filet looks really tasty! I’ve never had soba noodles before, I think I’m missing out…
Do you ever come to NYC? I would love to attend one of your classes if you do!
Pick me pick me pick me!
We HARDLY ever get good fish here in dry, arid Vegas… and that’s some bit of suffering for an Asian girl born and bred in the beach-saturated tropics. Please, please, please! ME!!!
I need Omega 3 and all that good stuff!
I’m going to prepare this dish tonight substituting salmon for the kampachi. It’s exactly the sort of recipe I’ve been looking for!
Hope to try some of the kampachi soon. I LOVE new flavor experiences!
Jayden: Our best fish in North Dakota is the gorgeous walleye fished out of the Missouri River. I caught my first whopper (8+lbs.) last year. Simple, but great eats. And in a few weeks we will be shrooming for Morel mushrooms. We picked over 4,000 last year!! They would probably go great with Kampachi. Puhleese. . . . pick me, pick me. It’s destiny!!
Looks delicious and how can I not join in the free fish fray? *fingers crossed*
I really like to try new foods — living in Florida, I have sampled most of the
local fish. This special fish from Hawaii sounds like it will provide a wonderful taste treat — would love try it! Your recipe for Citrus Soy sauce would be good on fish, chicken, and pork.
My hubby and I read the Tampa Tribune daily. I rarely buy fresh fish because it hurts to spend more on one pound of good fish than I make in one hour at work, nevertheless, when we eat out we always try the fish. I was recently told to beef up the omega-3 oils in my diet, and would love to try something delicious that won’t come back to upset my poor stomach hours later! We visited Oahu last fall but I never saw this fish on the menu at any of the restaurants. Your pictures are very good, the food always looks delicious!
Love your column!
hi jaden,
that fish looks mighty good.hope i am one of the lucky3 to try it 😀
diane
ooo… that’s something to try out for sure.
And I hope I win! I love surprises! LOL
You’ve done it again Jaden! This recipe sounds like mouth candy and I’ll try it tonight with either salmon or sea bass. Please put my name in your drawing, I’m drooling for Kampachi.
I’m the same way when I buy fish and also often opt for salmon. I’ve never had kampachi, perhaps I will have a chance to try it soon! Thanks!
Yum! Free fresh fish would be great!
With all these comments, my chances are as good as winning the lottery, but what the heck…it’s worth a try!
Your fish looks scrumptious!
Hi Jaden,
Mmm…I love kampachi and would love to try cooking it on my own. 🙂
yup, it’s me again, trying for one of your fabulous prizes. Love your blog posts. I have an uber-picky partner, very finicky about fish. I’d love to give this a try, sounds like it might be the one
One fish, two fish, Amanda hearts fresh fish!
I have the same problem with selecting something at the fish counter. Like you, salmon has always been my friend.
Wow! Choose me! I can’t wait to try this dish!
Ooh, pick me, pick me! I can’t wait to try the recipe, and have lots of hungry friends.
oooh, sounds yummy! But unfortunately being one of the international folk I will have to try out for the steamy kitchen goodies instead!
Sounds yummy. I just got back from Hawaii a couple of weeks ago, unfortunately I did not try this fish. So hope I get the chance now. I’m a faithful Tribune reader. Pick me !!!!!!!!!
Lack of good fish is certainly endemic on the North East Coast (based on living/working in DC, Baltimore, NYC & Boston). Having been in the US for more than 15y we still don’t see a range and quality anything like we had in New Zealand. This is despite it costing less per serving here. Making that selection is always tough as given the low demand you never know how long it really has been sitting around. It really makes no sense given the proximity to good fishing grounds. Maybe cheap chicken and pork has ruined the average consumers expectation and taste buds!
In the immortal words of Bert:
“Here, fishy fishy fishy! Here, fishy fishy fishy!”
and of Cookie Monster:
“Me want Fishy!”
Thanks Jaden!
Loved the article in the Tampa Trib. Hawaii has the best yellowtail sushi — Once had some fresh caught off an 80 ft. sailboat going from Oahu to Maui. Excellent!
I won the spices the last time….I can’t be lucky twice in a row….can I??? LOL
Please, Pick me! Pick me! I am land locked. A box of fresh fish on my doorstep would be FABULOUS 🙂
I READ TAMPA TRIBUNE DAILY,SAW YOUR FISH STORY,WOULD LIKE TO EAT SOME NICE BIG ISLAND FISH. MAHALO AGAIN!!
How the heck is fish $20/lbs? Your local asian market should be much cheaper than that, especially in Florida.
WE LIVED IN MAUI SOME TIME BACK,HEARD OF KAMPACHI,NEVER HAD ANY..SURE WOULD LIKE TO TRY! MAHALO!!
Hi,
I’m a daily reader of the Tribune and I can’t wait to try your Citrus-Soy Fish recipe. We love fish in our household!
Keep the recipes coming 🙂
Juanita Y.
What a generous prize!
I would love to win this. We don’t get such luxuries out here in east Texas. It’s all about the beef. I’d like some fresh fish please. 🙂
Okay, you darling little boys–draw my name for the kampachi!!!!
Sabine
yum! love kampachi! and how lovely of kona blue….!
Mmmmm. That looks good enough to pull me away from shrimp for a while! 🙂
What a beautiful picture of the kampachi…my mouth is watering! Would love to try cooking this!
Missed tasting the kampachi while in Hawaii, hope I don’t miss it this time. Love the recipes in our Wednesday Tampa Trib. Waiting for your e-mail.
Aloha,
Sharon
OH MY GOD! Fresh fish!! I’m in the middle of the desert. Could I trade one of my girls for it? Just kidding LOL!
Enjoyed your article in the Tampa Tribune. Look forward to winning that fish. Don’t linger over your coffee too long!
Okay, I’m in. Send me the fish and I’ll send you the pics of drooling family and neighbors scarfing it up. Hope you made it through yesterday without being fooled.
Dear Jaden,
Love you column, look forward to it every Wednesday in the Tampa Tribune. Tried your recipe for garlic brandy shrimp, yummy, yummy. Would sure like to try the Kampachi fish recipe.
Cordially
Bill
I have heard such wonderful things about kampachi! It would be so exciting to win some! (Hey, I’m easy!)
I’d love to give this fish a try! Thanks for the recipe, too!
I’m a fickle fish eater, and typically, the only fish I can eat is the one my mom makes. I used to live in Texas, and the fish there is not extremely fresh so she does a great job of putting the flavor in and taking the bad sea smell out. I would love to try this new fish. Great article.
I think you’re being extremely cruel. What about those of us (most of us, after all) who don’t win? You’ve held out the tantalizing possibility of good sushi-grade fish and yank it away! I’d almost been able to make myself forget about fish. My pocketbook simply can’t afford it at local (non-coastal, non-fish-consuming) prices, but now I may have to go out and get some anyway!
😉
Hey Jaden,
This dish looks really delicious….i will certainly try it 😀
I figure if I keep entering these things, I will have to win at some point (plus, I am feeling lucky). My advisor had a couple of people over to his place the other night and we made sushi, but because we are located in Indiana we kept the ingredients to smoked salmon and fresh veggies. I think getting this sushi-grade fish would be a prefect reason for hosting another sushi night!
I am a Tampa Trib subscriber/reader. I can’t wait to taste my super fresh Kona Kampachi prize.
Seafood allergy. Drat.
Mmmm, fish! Mmmm, noodles! I’m feeling rather perky now!
I’d love to try this fish, especially if I get to recreate the above recipe. Besides I really do need to start getting fish into my diet. I’m seriously chickened out.
Looks gorgeous!
Who else would go to Hawaii for 3 weeks and eat one of the many beautiful fresh fish (including kampachi) every single day.
That would be me.
I’d be lovin’ this drawing and will start planning several dishes from Kona Blue as soon as you give me the word.
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
I have soy, citrus, and Soba noodles. I just need the fish!
Count me in.
Ohhh, that looks so yummy!! I have the same fish dilemma as you, largely because I’ve only cooked a few types of fish myself and the prices are just too high to encourage experimentation. Which is sad, because properly-prepared fish is sooooo good! Anyway, I’d love to try the kampachi — yellowtail sushi has always been one of my favorites.
I’ve heard about this fish but haven’t tried it yet…maybe it’s time I looked out for it 🙂
BTW, love, love, love this photo.
I read your article in the Tampa Tribune this morning and I have to say that you had ME at Aloha! My husband and I honeymooned in Hawaii almost 14 years ago and we LOVE any fish from Hawaii. Every year we go to Roy’s for our anniversary to have some delicious Hawaiian fish and to imagine we are there again! Oh please, pick me for the Kampachi! Oh yeah, my birhtday is this month too. What a nice present!
It’s 9:51 and I’m trying not to think of lunch reading the Trib and thinking of fish. Cosco”s salmon runs about 6 bucks and they’re bring in haddock from Iceland. It makes great fish and chips and I like to bake it smothered with diced spicy tomatoes. Kampachi seared on the grill. If there is enough demand maybe Whole Foods or Castellano and Pizzo would carrly it. Maybe we could get a big order and split the freight.
jd
Are your co-columnists allowed to enter????????
I’m gonna call Cox’s Seafood (Tampa) and see if they can get Kampachi in. They are the only real fish monger in the Bay area.
I asked Sherpa #1 about Sashmi grade fish. He said: If you know the fish monger and you know the fish is as fresh (like, never frozen, delivered that morning to the fish monger) as it can be, to go for it. He does a Tuna and a Salmon tartare a few times a month for some clients. He buys all of his fish at Cox’s Seafood on Dale Mabry. Note: the Salmon and the Tuna are not sold as Sashmi grade, but they are so freakin’ fresh, its very safe to eat.
You also asked “if the fish isn’t sushi-grade, is is safe to eat at medium-rare?” Yes, as long as you know the fish is fresh. Grocery store chains are out.
Recipe sounds great. We have an excellent fish market here in Minneapolis/Saint Paul Minnesota, Coastal Seafoods. I will bring them a copy of your article and suggest they bring some Kona Blue Kampachi in. Meanwhile I would love to get some shipped directly to me. I think I’ll find some lovely fish and try Citrus-Soy Fish Fillet with Soba Noodles this Friday.
I would like to be entered into the kampachi drawing! Thank you!
Jaden,
I saw your article and recipe and the Tampa Tribune and had to rip it out and try it. It looks delicious! So hopefully I can win some of the Kona Blue fish! Also, I see you are reading “Skinny Bitch in the Kitch” I have that book and have the original “Skinny Bitch” book. Have fun cooking and thanks for sharing.
-Dana
Kampachi sounds so good!! Please enter me into the drawing!
me. fish for me. i want them. me.
How about publishing a selection of Vietnamese summer roll recipes and instructions. The ones at BT are especially great (unlike some, not at all soggy, or full of fillers, and stay together perfectly)–but they can’t be that hard to make at home. I’d love to know how.
i really really really want this
no really…
It sounds like a fantastic way to cook with a fish similar in texture to sea bass or butterfish–without the environmental irresponsibility. After the contest why don’t we find someone to add it to their east coast farming operation?
Tampa Trib has it all! Been reading it since I came to Florida four years ago. I would love to try your Citrus-Soy fish with the Kampachi. Would you consider picking me as a “fish-dinner” (fish-winner).
jeanie bo beanie
Mmm, kampachi. I rarely get to enjoy fish that delicious. I would treasure them forever!
I’ve never tried kampachi, but I’ll try any kind of fish.
I’ve also never had green tea soba, but it looks lovely in this dish! (Hey, I rhymed!)
You better NOT pick me, cause I live in Singapore! haha ..
I just bought a grill pan so I might try this one out, the food presentation rocks as always 😀
Love fish. Don’t prepare it at home: Overcooked, undercooked, tastes funky, no taste at all, shoulda fried it, shoulda baked it, shoulda grilled it, shoulda not have paid $$$ for it, shoulda just gone out to eat it. YIKES!! This fish looks yummy…hope I get to try it!!!
Wow! This recipe looks great. And I empathize on the fish and the high prices. Which is why we’re eating catfish tonight. I betcha this recipe would work on the catfish filets. I think first I’ll dredge the meaty side in some flour or cornstarch though. Thank you for the fantastic recipe, as always.
And please do enter me in the drawing!
Is there any other paper in Florida other than the Tampa Trib?
My husband and I eat salmon twice a week and other fish two more times. If you pick me, I will be eternally grateful. Not only that, it is my birthday.
jeanie bo beanie
We would of course love to have the opportunity to try the kampachi fillets. My husband is an avid fisherman who “hunts” the finicky snook. On the lucky days when he brings home the catch, our mouths water as we wait patiently for the grill to produce our dinner. This is absolutely nothing you can by that beats the freshness and taste. We have tried, like your article mentioned, how hard it is to buy fish.
By the way, my husband, Bob Ley is the manager of Palma Ceia Golf and Country Club and this would also be of interest to him for his members. Scott Fairbarin is the manager of the Tampa Yatch Club and Bob will be calling him for more information.
Thank you for the opportunity!
Cindy Ley
love most all fish, but have never tried kampachi……sounds fabulous
This sounds great! Please count me in! ~ 🙂 Thanks!
Jaden,
Would love to surprise my wife with a 9th anniversary Kampachi gourmet meal! Nice article in the Trib today. As a subscriber, I look forward to the Wednesday Flavor section for new ideas. Hope to see the Kampachi in the stores in the Tampa area soon even if I am not a winner.
Richard
I have a comment … when you write up a fish recipe, do you work for scale? 😉
Great article. I hope I win.
tampa trib reader
Yum!!!! Great fish recipes. Moist and delicious.
Tampa trib reader
mmmm fish
I read your article about Kona Kampachi in the Tampa Tribune. I’m from Seattle (Home of Uwajimaya, a retailer that sells the Kampachi) If your readers want more recipes, the can go the seattlepi.com and search for Kona Kampachi, they’ll find several. I’ve never entered a contest like this before, but I, too, would like to win.
Thanks for the nice article AND the contest.
you know I’m chiming in on this one!!!
hubby is a heavy salmon eater and I’d love to wow him with something else…
That price works for me. Count me in. (Just picked up a bottle of plum sauce for the chicken, I can’t keep up with Jaden!)
I will throw a Kampachi theme party if I win.
Can’t wait to try the Citrus Soy Fish Fillets with Soba Noodles — it would sure be nice to be able to use kampachi in the recipe.
Thanks for a great article.
I hope I win!
I would LOVE to try to Kona Blue kampachi! My husband and I love fish, especially salmon, and so it would be fun to try something different.
Please, PLEASE, pick me!!!
Thanks,
Rosann
I hope I win, I hope I win, I hope I win.
Loved your article and cn’t wait to try it. Would just love to win the Kona Blue Kampachi!!! Hope I hear from you.
Splash is our favorite restaurant. Their seafood is terrific, especially that flown in fresh from Hawaiian Fish Market. They have a 1+ grade tuna that is almost too good to eat. My favorite fish remains salmon – anyway it can be fixed, but preferably pouched or grilled. They do a great job on that too.
However, I don’t believe they have had access to Kampachi, but I am going to press the issue. We would love to sample yours from Kona Blue. Maybe the Splash buyer can contact them – I too don’t mind begging or bribing. That includes begging you to include us in your test. Yummmmmmmmmmmm! Please, please! Thank you. RWE
Here’s my comment: I just read your article in the Tampa Tribune, and I hope I am one of the lucky winners of the Kona Blue kampachi!
Thanks in advance!
Sue