Friday, July 5, 2013

Fish in My Dish

 

On one of our free morning/afternoons our host family took us on quick trip to visit the nearby shipping canal and to enjoy some tasty tasty seafood at a restaurant right off the water.

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BOOOAT!

 

Our first stop was to see the underground pedestrian tunnel that connected the two sides of the canal, which begins with a looong elevator followed by and even loooooonger walkway.  The numerous o’s denotes length, obviously

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Miniature model of the tunnel

 

Should you need to get across by car, there is an alternative route which involves getting on a motorized carriage. 

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2013-06-22 12.10.14  At least it’s not a long drop!

 

But the real reason we came to the canals was for lunch at one of our hosts’ favorite fish restaurants, and it did NOT disappoint. 

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When looking at the menu it was a. impossible to know which fish was what in English or b. narrow down to just one, so I just ended up getting the sampling platter of about 10 different kinds.  I’d say the most surprisingly enjoyable piece was boiled eel in sour jelly… fo’ realz.

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De-lecker!  Where are the Roberts Matt I and II when you need them?!

 

All in all it was a quick trip, but nice to visit the canal, watch the ships go by and chow down on some delicious fresh fish!

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You’re doing it wrong!!! Aren’t you supposed to be under the water??

 

Artist: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings / Album: Naturally

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