Fish

🇸🇪Sweden

Fermented Herring

Surströmming

Fermented Baltic herring with distinctive strong aroma, traditional delicacy from northern Sweden, eaten in August.

🇵🇫French Polynesia

Fermented Raw Fish

Fafaru

Fafaru uses raw tuna or marlin fermented for several days in seawater prepared with prawn heads, then served with miti hue or other accompaniments.

🇰🇷South Jeolla, South Korea

Fermented Skate

홍어

Fermented skate fish, prized in Jeolla province for its pungent, ammonia-like aroma, served raw with pork belly and kimchi.

🇪🇬Egypt

Feseekh

فسيخ

A Egyptian fermented salted fish, a Sham el-Nessim spring festival classic

🇲🇶Martinique

Fierce Avocado

Féroce d'Avocat

A mix of avocado, shredded salt cod, chili, and cassava flour; gets its name from its spicy character that hits the taste buds; once eaten by fishermen, now a refined and communal starter; the féroce d'avocat that is a Martinican appetizer classic.

🇬🇧Scotland, United Kingdom

Finnan Haddie

Finnan Haddie is cold-smoked haddock from Findon, traditionally smoked over wood and served cooked or poached.

🇸🇳Senegal

Firire

Whole fish scored, marinated and deep-fried until the skin blisters, served with onion sauce and fried plantain.

🇨🇦Atlantic Canada, Canada

Fish and Brewis

Traditional Newfoundland meal of salted cod, salt pork, and hardtack biscuits, served with scrunchions.

🇬🇧Gibraltar, United Kingdom

Fish and Chips

Battered white fish — cod, haddock or plaice — deep-fried to order with thick-cut chips, salt and malt vinegar, wrapped in paper.

🇻🇬British Virgin Islands

Fish and Fungi

Fungi

The official territorial dish of the British Virgin Islands; fungi is a cornmeal-based dish similar to polenta or grits, cooked with okra until it reaches a thick, smooth consistency; served alongside pan-fried or stewed white fish (snapper, grouper) seasoned with thyme, garlic, onions, tomatoes, and Scotch bonnet pepper

🇦🇼Aruba

Fish Balls

Frekedel

Frekedel (balchi di pisca); fish balls made from shredded fish, eggs, spices, and breadcrumbs; deep-fried; served with funchi or pan bati and banana hasa; a popular Aruban snack and side; a feature of roadside snack-bars; a staple of Aruban street food

🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe

Fish Belly

Barriga de Peixe

Traditional Santomean dish of grilled fish served with rice, breadfruit, or manioc (cassava); the broth contains tomatoes and onions; a simple but flavorful preparation that showcases the freshness of the catch; a common street food and everyday meal; the fish belly is the prized cut; grilled over charcoal.

🇬🇵Guadeloupe

Fish Blaff

Blaff

Fish blaff; fish poached in a lightly spiced broth with lime, garlic, and chili; a Creole court-bouillon variant; the blaff that is a Guadeloupean fish classic. French-Antillean poisson blaff poaches fish in a sharply seasoned lime broth.

🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Fish Blaff

A Vincentian fish blaff: fish gently poached in a sharp broth of lime, onion, garlic, hot pepper, and herbs, producing a light but intensely seasoned island dish.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Fish Cakes

Bol de Peixe

Fish fritters made from mashed fish mixed with flour, onion, and herbs, deep-fried until golden and crisp.

🇱🇰Sri Lanka

Fish Cutlets

මාළු කට්ලට්

Balls of spiced fish and potato coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried, sold from bakery counters and eaten with chilli sauce.

🇨🇳China

Fish Head with Chopped Chillies

剁椒鱼头

A split fish head steamed under a blanket of fermented chopped red chillies, garlic and ginger, with noodles slid underneath at the end.

🇷🇴Romania

Fish in Onion and Tomato

Plachie de pește

River fish baked on a bed of onion, tomato, garlic and wine until the sauce reduces around it.

🇩🇪Bavaria, Germany

Fish on a Stick

Steckerlfisch

Whole fish threaded on a stick and grilled over hot embers, a staple at beer gardens and folk festivals in Bavaria.

🇬🇧England, United Kingdom

Fish Pie

White fish, smoked haddock and often prawns and egg in a béchamel, under a mashed potato crust baked until browned.

🇬🇶Annobón (Island), Equatorial Guinea

Fish with Three Sauces

Sopa de pescado con tres salsas

Fish (mackerel, tuna, or swordfish) served with three sauces: spinach sauce, avocado sauce, and peanut sauce; a specialty of Annobón Island; a TasteAtlas-listed dish.

🇸🇳Senegal

Fish Yassa

Yassa Poisson

Senegalese yassa made with marinated fish and a mountain of softened lemon-mustard onions.

🇸🇪Sweden

Fiskbullar

Swedish fish balls in white sauce, a home-style coastal dish.

🇳🇴Norway

Fiskeboller

Norwegian fish balls of minced white fish, softer and smaller than fiskekaker, served in white sauce. A daily and home staple, soft and savory, a national comfort food, served with potatoes and carrots, a quick and easy dish, a fish dish.

🇩🇰Denmark

Fiskefilet (Breaded Fish)

Fiskefilet på brød

A Danish breaded and fried fish fillet (plaice or cod), served with remoulade and lemon, a restaurant and home classic

🇩🇰Denmark

Fiskefrikadeller (Fish Balls)

Fiskefrikadeller

Danish fish meatballs of minced white fish with herbs and spices, pan-fried and served with remoulade

🇳🇴Norway

Fiskekaker

Norwegian fish cakes of minced white fish (cod or haddock) with milk, flour, and spices, pan-fried. A coastal and national classic, soft and savory, served with potatoes and dill sauce, a daily and home staple, a comfort fish dish.

🇮🇸Iceland

Fiskibollur

Iceland's fish balls from cod or haddock with potatoes and spices, a daily and home classic

🇮🇸Iceland

Fiskur og franskar (Icelandic fish and chips)

Fiskur og franskar

Fiskur og franskar (Icelandic fish and chips) is a seafood dish from Iceland, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇦🇺Australia

Flake

In southern Australian fish-and-chip shops 'flake' means gummy shark: firm, boneless white fillets in batter, the default 'fish' of the paper-wrapped takeaway basket.

🇨🇿Czech Republic

Fried Carp

Smažený kapr

Breaded and fried carp with potato salad, the centerpiece of Czech Christmas Eve dinner.

🇺🇸United States

Fried Catfish

Catfish fillets coated in cornmeal and fried until golden — a Southern staple.

🇳🇱Netherlands

Fried Fish

Lekkerbekje

Dutch version of fish and chips, whole fish dipped in batter and deep-fried, served with tartar sauce and potatoes.

🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Fried Jackfish

Jackfish

Firm, flavourful local fish; marinated in lemon juice before being dusted in flour and fried until crispy; the fish component of the national dish; also served with bakes as a common breakfast or lunch; a staple of Vincentian cuisine; the jackfish of Saint Vincent; a crispy, citrus-marinated fish; a local favourite.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Fried Moray Eel

Morreia

Moray eel fried in oil until crisp, often served as a bafa with fries and rice alongside.

🇦🇽Åland Islands

Fried Perch

Panerad abborre

Redfin perch battered and fried in butter; a ubiquitous menu item in Åland restaurants; often served with boiled potatoes and lemon; a traditional island fish dish.