Jamaican Butter Fish and Buffalo Fish on the Egg

Have some friends/co-workers in town this week and hit up one of my favorite market that helps me broaden my horizons on food, especially seafood and fish that most places don't carry. I've been making it a point to try different types of fish since my fish cooking repertoire has been lacking :biggrin1:. So today stopped by Nam Dae Mun and picked 2 types I haven't tried.

Saw this big old Buffalo fish and got an 8lb'er and then a Jamaican Butter fish also looked good :clap2:. Sides would be nopales (which I've come to love) and roasted potato salad. Also since these friends haven't had our bbq I thawed some leftovers from our last competition and also some of the mac n cheese sausage I had made the other week. Here's the pics.

Seafood setup at the market


The fish



Picked up some beer


Lighting up the egg



Thawing out the bbq meat


Starting the potato salad



The buffalo was big so cut the tail off to fit




Jamaican butter fish



Season up and on the smoker. Buffalo took about 45mins cooking around 400 and the smaller Jamaican took about 25




Potato salad done up



Nopales



Fish done up



Rest of meats








Eating








And had some pecan pie cheesecake for dessert


I liked the Jamaican flavor better, but both were really good. Both fairly mild and as inexpensive as the buffalo fish is was well worth it. Definitely looking forward to cooking them again.

tom b said:

nice spread, how was the fish? I have not cooked or had either

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Both were great. I'd say both were a mild'ish white fish taste. The butter fish was maybe slightly more "oily", but not overly.

Swine Spectator said:

I know what a buffalo is, but WTF is a Jamaican Butter Fish?

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I know right?? :becky:. Was thinking the same thing. Half the stuff I see in that market I say those exact words. Those are typically the fish I try and get.....I like getting the "WTF fish" :clap2:

lwdbo1 said:

Love me some buffalo.. I usually get the filets and deep fry them bad boys, good eatin...Damn, those mack n cheese links tho, along with the rest look damn good!

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The mac links are good. That was my first batch and looking forward to changing up the recipe next time.

And I definitely want to fry the buffalo next time.