Poached Kingklip with Spicy Ginger Butter Sauce

I was craving a fish dish, which is not unusual, since I barely include meat in my diet. So, when I get these types of cravings I know my body is missing some type of nutrients that can only be satisfied with a heavy dose of protein. So when I stopped at the supermarket to buy carrots, I passed the fish counter and I took a peek.

And saw a nice filet of a fish that for all intent and purpose looked like grouper; but was way cheaper.

I asked the fish guys what it was and he responded with kingklip.

The hell?  So my next question was what type of fish was it? And his response was “it’s like a grouper.”

It was on sale, so off I went with my filet to ask the gods Google about kingklip. 

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Grilled Lobster with Cilantro Butter

As some of you may know, this past weekend we were evicted out of our home by the exterminator, who’s job was to get rid of all the nasty creepy crawly critters in our rental house – mainly termites.

Tom and I had no choice but to pack humans and four legged friends and take off, and since we did not get to enjoy the long memorial weekend, what better place than to wait out our eviction but in a beach cottage?

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