So my family isn't shy when it comes to eating unconventional stuff since we're Peranakan and all. But this time, even I have to agree that we might have taken things a little too far... Latest on our chopping block: the KOI. (Yes, those super expensive colourful red and white, gold and black fish you see swimming in ponds)
In my defence, I didn't start it! Pammy's Mum did. LOL. When her koi died (Aunty Anne was cleaning the pond and blasted the koi by accident - I wonder sometimes but that's another discussion for another time - in the head and it died probably from brain damage or something) for the first time last year, she steamed the poor thing in soy sauce and had it for dinner. Pam was telling me how weird it was (Supposedly tasty as she says it was, flesh was very creamy) to see that golden koi spread out in the fridge before steaming and on the dinner table after. That plus the fact that that particular koi was a real sweetie while it was still alive.
The koi eater has struck again! This time with 3 casualties. My cousin in law (Pam's brother in law) accidentally turned off the pond pump while he was visiting and the next morning, the 2 biggest koi had died. A 3rd one though much smaller died the following day. So... Enter fish head curry. I shit you not! I think she's planning on fish and chips next since she's already started with her filleting... Aunty Anne puts them all in a big black garbage bag in the freezer. I commented that it looked like a body bag.
The best part? She has so much koi that when I went over yesterday she gave me some to take home. (Head, tail and side) Can you imagine the look on my Dad's face when I told him what was in our fridge?? LOL. I wonder what's for dinner tonight?
