Sardines are one of my favorite fish to eat, and the other day I found myself at Lotus market in the Strip district of Pittsburgh (so-named for it's shape, not activity!) and discovered that this was one of the best Asian markets I've ever seen! There's more story I'll tell in the future, like the fact that I tried my first Durian fruit (yum!), but for now I wanted to show you the long sought after and finally discovered treat I had. These are fresh sardines! I've been wanting to try fresh for years but not made th eserious effort to find them until now. Truly, they were a huge step in taste above the canned version. On the advice of my friend who grew up eating them fresh, I simply gutted them, and pan fried them in a bit of olive oil with a touch of salt, pepper and garlic.
They were great! They're really bony, and that made me a bit paranoid, but the bones proved no problem when chewed enough, and I'm one very prone to choking on fish bones. They were great and I recommend them to anyone who hasn't yet tried them. Next time my plan is to steam them along with some veggies. :)
