Fish

🇷🇴Transylvania, Romania

Novac Afumat Tara Barsei

Novac afumat din Țara Bârsei

A named hot-smoked bighead carp from Țara Bârsei, with oily flesh, a clean smoke aroma, and a firm, sweet finish.

🇼🇸Samoa

Oka I'a

Oka

Samoan oka is raw fish cured briefly in lime or lemon juice, mixed with coconut cream, onion, and chili, and served chilled.

🇷🇺Siberia, Russia

Omul

Омуль

Lake Baikal's endemic whitefish, classically split and hot-smoked over wood until the flesh turns gold, eaten flaked with beer or tea.

🇳🇺Niue

Ota Ika

Niuean ota ika is raw fish briefly cured in citrus, then mixed with coconut cream, onion, cucumber, and chilli; it is served cold as a bright island dish.

🇻🇳Northwest Vietnam, Vietnam

Pa pỉnh tộp (Grilled Freshwater Mountain Fish)

Pa pỉnh tộp

Pa pinh top, river fish butterflied, stuffed with mac khen pepper and herbs and grilled in a bamboo clamp, is a named Thai-ethnic dish of the northwest.

🇨🇦British Columbia, Canada

Pacific Smoked Salmon

British Columbia hot-smoked salmon, cooked over alder or cedar until flaky and deeply smoky.

🇦🇷Argentina

Pacú

A large river fish from the Argentine northeast (Entre Ríos, Corrientes), grilled or baked. Prized for its tender, white flesh, often served with mandioca and salsa criolla.

🇧🇴Bolivia

Pacú Frito

A Bolivian Amazonian dish of fried pacú fish with yuca, plantains, and rice, a lowland and river classic.

🇮🇩Palembang, Indonesia

Palembang Fish Cake

Pempek

Palembang fish cakes made from ground fish and tapioca, served with dark vinegar sauce (cuko).

🇧🇪Belgium

Paling in 't Groen

Paling in 't groen is Belgian eel stewed in a vivid herb sauce of sorrel, chervil, parsley, and other greens.

🇰🇷South Korea

Pan-Fried Fish Fillets

생선전

White fish fillets coated in flour and egg, pan-fried until golden, an elegant dish often served at formal occasions.

🇩🇪Hamburg, Germany

Pannfisch

Pannfisch is a Hamburg pan of fried fish pieces with potatoes and mustard cream sauce, often using several catch varieties.

🇨🇺Cuba

Pargo relleno

A Cuban dish of whole red snapper stuffed with a savory vegetable and bread filling, then baked or fried.

🇫🇰Falkland Islands

Patagonian Toothfish

Patagonian toothfish from Falklands waters has rich, buttery white flesh.

🇵🇪Loreto, Peru

Patarashca

Fresh river fish seasoned with local herbs and wrapped in bijao leaves, grilled over embers. An Amazonian tradition.

🇮🇳West Bengal, India

Paturi

পাতুরি

A Bengali dish of fish or vegetables wrapped in banana leaf and steamed.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Pecel lele

Pecel lele, whole fried catfish with sambal and raw vegetables from the nightly warung tent, is one of the most eaten dishes in Indonesia and is a named format, not a fried-fish card.

🇳🇴Bergen, Norway

Persetorsk

Persetorsk is a seafood dish from Bergen, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇵🇪Lima, Peru

Pescado a la Chorrillana

Fried or grilled fish covered with a Lima-style onion, tomato and chili sauce.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pescado a la Criolla

Dominican fish in a tomato-pepper-onion criolla sauce with cilantro and lime, served with rice. A coastal classic, savory and aromatic.

🇵🇪Peru

Pescado a lo Macho

Peruvian fish topped with a spicy shellfish and tomato sauce.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pescado al Ajillo

Dominican fish in a garlic-butter sauce with herbs and lime, served with rice and tostones. A coastal restaurant classic, rich and aromatic.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pescado con Coco

Dominican fish in a coconut milk sauce with peppers, onions, and cilantro, served with rice. A coastal specialty, rich and aromatic, especially in the Samaná peninsula.

🇨🇴Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Pescado Encocado

A Pacific-coast dish of fish cooked in coconut milk with cilantro cimarrón, peppers, and spices. A Chocó and Valle del Cauca specialty, rich and aromatic.

🇨🇴Amazonas, Colombia

Pescado Moqueado

An Amazonian technique of smoking fish over wood for hours, wrapped in banana leaves. A pre-Hispanic preservation method of the Tikuna and Sikuani peoples.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pescado Salado

Dominican salted dried fish (usually cod or pollack), rehydrated and cooked with onions, peppers, and tomatoes. A Lenten staple, served with yuca or moro, savory and salty.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Pescado Salado con Papa

Dominican salted fish cooked with potatoes, onions, peppers, and tomato sauce, served with rice. A Lenten dish, hearty and savory, a home-cooked classic.

🇲🇽Mexico

Pescado Zarandeado

A Nayarit specialty of butterflied fish marinated in a chile-soy-lime paste and grilled over coals.

🇪🇸Gibraltar, Spain

Pescaíto Frito

Andalusian mixed fried small fish, the seaside tapa default.

🇨🇳China

Pickled Cabbage Fish

酸菜鱼

Fish fillets poached in a sour broth of pickled mustard greens, pickled chilli and garlic, sharp rather than numbing.

🇸🇮Piran, Slovenia

Piran Sardines

Piranske sardele

Small Adriatic sardines salted, grilled over coals or marinated in vinegar and onion — the everyday fish of the short Slovenian coast.

🇧🇷Brazil

Pirarucú

Pirarucú chicharrón

One of the world's largest freshwater fish, found in Amazonian rivers across Colombia, Brazil and Peru. White, meaty flesh valued for grilling, frying, moqueca or salt-cured "pirarucu de casaca".

🇹🇭Thailand

Pla neung manao (Steamed Fish with Lime Garlic Sauce)

ปลานึ่งมะนาว

Pla neung manao, whole fish steamed over lime, garlic and chilli broth, is one of Thailand's most-ordered seafood dishes.

🇹🇭Thailand

Pla sam rot (Three-Flavor Fish)

ปลาสามรส

Pla sam rot, whole fried fish under a tamarind-palm-sugar-chilli sauce, is a named dish with a fixed three-flavour identity.

🇮🇸Iceland

Plokkfiskur

Iceland's defining comfort food: cod or haddock mashed with potatoes in béchamel, served with rye bread.

🇳🇴Western Norway, Norway

Plukkfisk

Plukkfisk is a seafood dish from Western Norway, rooted in local cooking tradition.