Seafood is exceedingly expensive in Sydney–think $150/kg lobster sashimi (average 5-7 kg per lobster, so do your math), $88/kg mud crab, and $48/kg clams or “pippies.”
(Edited: Read the comments area)
OUCH!
I’m not moving to Sydney anytime soon, regardless how nice and how much closer it is to Malaysia.
(Edited: I just came back from the Sydney Fish Market today and have a much better picture about the price of seafood here. They are still more expensive compared to the US, and with the weakening US$ which is almost at par with AU$ now, it doesn’t help. But, they are acceptable to me now. So, I might move to Australia sooner than you think. *wink*)
Anyway, these big, fat, and succulent New Zealand oysters are affordable. Priced at $3 per oyster, they were delicious. Steamed oyster with ginger and scallions is something that I miss dearly since moving away from San Francisco; somehow steamed oysters are impossible to find in Chinese restaurants in LA and Orange County. I don’t know why?!
Now onto the insanely expensive pippies, but probably the best stir-fried style I’ve ever tasted, after the jump…
What a great recommendation from Grab Your Fork! Unlike the Manila clams we get in the US (which could get mushy sometimes), or Kepah/Lala in Malaysia, these pippies come in a different shape, the texture is slightly chewy and rubbery, but they taste heavenly stir-fried with the XO Sauce. (XO Sauce is a Cantonese-style sauce made of chilies, onion, garlic, and dried seafoods such as scallops, shrimp, and fish.) I just love them so much!
If you love shellfish like I do, I strongly recommend you to try them out if you are in Sydney.
Golden Century Seafood Restaurant
金唐海鲜酒家
393-399 Sussex Street,
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel: (61) 2 9212 3902
Note: just some quick comparisons, in the Chinese seafood restaurants in the LA area, you can get live Boston lobsters for $19.95/lb. For king crab, you can get it about $39.95/lb or less, and Dungeness crab for only $9.95/lb. For manila clams, they are sold for $3.95/lb in Asian stores.
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
US$1 = AU$1.10
Nearly Local in Sydney
The Pippies in XO Sauce at Golden Centuray is to die for………… For those people who have not lived in Sydney…….. you need to take into consideration the price difference between “live” seafood and “fresh” seafood. If live pippies are selling at 48/kg (I have not seen that price at the fish market, but doesn’t mean it is not right), I bought fresh ones at the flemington market for 18/kg yesterday). I am going to try to cook Pippies in XO sauce tonight, will let you know it goes. Live seafood is usually double the price of fresh ones.
The bottom line is, Sydney Fish Market has become such a tourish attraction, prices there are above average and if you look harder, you will find cheaper seafood. They are diffinitely cheaper than Shanghai, but more expensive than Singapore.
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