Nancy bought a lot of frozen flounder filets for me, so I decided to cook one today. And what better method for cooking flounder than steaming it?
Serving: 1-2
1 piece of flounder filet
1/8 cup of scallions, green tips, chopped
3 tbsp of bulgogi marinade
1. Thaw and wash filet. Pat dry.
2. Cover filet with marinade on both sides.
3. Place on plate and sprinkle the scallions on top.
4. Steam in wok with bamboo rack for 10-15 minutes.
So the end result tasted pretty good, except I didn’t think the bulgogi marinade matched the fish (there was chili pepper in the marinade). If I actually had time to make my marinade next time, probably I’ll just use soy sauce, garlic, sugar, and maybe a touch of hoisin sauce for thickness.
I love the taste of steamed flounder.
Guang Zhou Restaurant (廣州酒家), 136-59 37th Avenue, Flushing 11354
So we got lazy for this meal (nobody wanted to cook or clean) and we ate out instead. My mom heard alotta of good reviews about this restaurant, so we decided to go here for the dinner (that and Tung Yi Fung and Gala Manor was all booked up). There was a New Year’s Eve special, but we didn’t ordered any from that menu.
The fish maw with crab meat soup was pretty decent.
Next came our special Snow Pea Leaves with Bamboo. It was pretty good as well.
The Assorted Seafood in Taro Nest was a pretty standard dish that we usually order at Canton seafood restaurants. It tasted pretty standard too.
The crispy chicken dish was a bit on the salty end. But very crispy. I wouldn’t recommend it if you are trying to lower your sodium intake.
And the final dish was a fresh steamed fish from their tank (just killed for us!). I forgot what type of fish it was, but lotsa bones. The meat was alright.
Verdict: Guang Zhou is your standard Canton seafood restaurant. I’m not too impressed by it, not sure what the hype is about. I guess I wouldn’t mind going there if all the other restaurants are full, but my favs are still Full House for regular Canto seafood and Gala Manor for dim sum (just because they have small tables for small groups so we don’t have to table share).
