Had to come back and say I had something similar to the Potato Tornado mentioned above: Ribbon Fries
(If that image breaks, I'll post a new one tomorrow, or something)
Was a bit much, and I expect that the potato tornado would be much less greasy.
In other foodie news, up until an Iron Chef episode about a year ago, I'd never head of
opah. Looked cool, but hey... I'm in Utah.
What are the chances I'd ever see opah here, and have it actually be remotely fresh?
Well, turns out that we've got a brand new fish monger that wants to give norther Utah what it hasn't really had before. Fresh. Fish.
I was turned onto this new establishment by a friend that is a pescatarian (yeah... she eats only fish). Needless to say, she has issue with the lack of quality out here and was happily surprised by this place. She even brought in some peel and eat shrimps she'd cooked up. Oh yeah... I noticed that I've only had shrimp that good off the Gulf of Mexico. No funny taste, no nuthin' but shrimpy goodness... so I had to try it myself.
Guess what I saw today when I dropped by there for the first time. Three guesses, and the first two don't count:
Opah.
I decided to crust it with crushed almond and panko bread crumbs, sear it with some peanut oil and a little fresh garlic.
Oh. My. God.
Not sure I've had fish this good in a long time... not even in California. Maybe in Florida, but I'm not even sure of that.
I love opah.
Maybe
The Secret really works. Thanks Oprah.