Fish

🇱🇺Luxembourg Moselle, Luxembourg

Friture de la Moselle

Fritür

Friture de la Moselle is a platter of tiny Moselle fish fried whole and served with lemon.

🇧🇧Barbados

Frizzled Saltfish

Salted cod shredded and crisped in hot oil with onions, peppers, and thyme, a Barbados breakfast classic often served with bakes.

🇨🇳Fujian, China

Fuzhou Fish Balls

福州鱼丸

Fujian fish balls: bouncy fish paste wrapped around a savoury pork filling, served in clear broth.

🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

Galician Hake

Merluza a la gallega

Merluza a la gallega is Galician hake served with potatoes, garlic, paprika, and olive oil.

🇮🇱Israel

Gefilte Fish

געפילטע פיש

Ground freshwater fish bound with egg and matzo meal, poached in fish stock and served cold in slices with its jelly and grated horseradish.

🇲🇶Martinique

Green Banana and Cod

Ti Nain Lan Mori

Green banana (ti nain) cooked in water and seasoned cod; historically served to fishermen and land laborers; the distinctive meal of cane cutters during WWII; accompanied by cucumber, avocado, and Bondamanjak hot pepper; the ti nain lan mori that is a humble Martinican classic.

🇩🇲Dominica

Green Fig and Saltfish

A traditional Dominican meal made with green bananas (known locally as green figs) and salted codfish; seasoned with onions, peppers, and garlic; often accompanied by boiled eggs or avocado; a staple of Dominican cuisine; the green fig and saltfish of Dominica; a hearty, savoury dish; a Caribbean classic.

🇱🇨Saint Lucia

Green Fig and Saltfish

The national dish of Saint Lucia; green bananas (known locally as green figs) boiled and served with salted cod that has been rehydrated, flaked, and cooked with onions, peppers, tomatoes, and local spices

🇬🇱West Greenland, Greenland

Greenland Halibut

Qaleralik

The famed Greenlandic halibut; fished from the west coast; a deep-water flatfish prized for its rich, oily flesh; often smoked or dried

🇬🇩Grenada

Grenadian Creole Fish

Creole Fish

Fresh local fish (snapper, grouper, or mahi-mahi) cooked in a creole sauce of tomatoes, onions, garlic, sweet peppers, and local spices; a staple of Grenadian restaurants; served with provisions, rice, or macaroni pie; reflects the island's French and African culinary heritage; the creole fish of the Spice Isle; a flavorful, everyday dish.

🇬🇩Grenada

Grenadian Saltfish Souse

Saltfish Souse

Traditional Grenadian breakfast of salted cod soaked and boiled, then 'cooked' in lime juice with onions, cucumbers, peppers, and herbs; a tangy, savory dish; served with fried bakes; the standard breakfast of Grenada; found at markets and street stalls; the morning ritual of the Spice Isle.

🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Grilled Capelin

Capelan Grillé

Small smelt-like fish grilled on a plank during the spring spawning season; prized for its surprising floral aroma and delicate flesh on Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

🇷🇴Romania

Grilled Carp in Brine

Saramură de crap

Whole carp split, grilled over embers, and then bathed in a hot brine of water, garlic and chilli, served with polenta.

🇰🇷South Korea

Grilled Cutlassfish

갈치구이

Cutlassfish (beltfish) grilled with a sprinkle of salt until the skin is crispy and the flesh is moist and flaky.

🇨🇲Cameroon

Grilled Fish

Poisson braisé

Whole fish scored, packed with a garlic, ginger and pepper paste and grilled over coals, served with fried plantain and a raw onion-and-pepper salsa.

🇬🇼Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Grilled Fish

Peixe Grelhado

Whole fish stuffed with herb, chili, garlic, and onion paste, marinated with lime and tamarind, then grilled over charcoal; an Atlantic coast specialty using the abundant fish from Guinea-Bissau's waters; the stuffing keeps the flesh moist and flavourful.

🇮🇩Indonesia

Grilled Fish Cake

Otak-Otak

Grilled fish cakes spiced with turmeric, wrapped in banana leaves, served with peanut sauce

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Grilled Mackerel

Скумрия

Whole mackerel salted and grilled over coals, or salt-cured and eaten cold with onion and vinegar.

🇰🇷South Korea

Grilled Mackerel

고등어구이

Mackerel salted, dried, then grilled or pan-fried until the skin is crispy and the flesh is moist, a common home-cooked dish.

🇵🇹Lisbon, Portugal

Grilled Sardines

Sardinhas assadas

Sardinhas assadas are whole Portuguese sardines grilled over charcoal until the skin blisters and the oily flesh stays moist.

🇲🇾Malaysia

Grilled Stingray

Ikan Pari Bakar

Grilled stingray with sambal, fresh stingray with spicy sambal and charred flavor, wrapped in banana leaf, bold and spicy.

🇬🇭Ghana

Grilled Tilapia

Tilapia

Whole tilapia scored, rubbed with ginger, garlic and pepper and grilled over charcoal, served with banku and hot pepper sauce.

🇸🇳Nouadhibou, Senegal

Guedj

Gejj

Fish salted and left to ferment and dry in the sun until hard, then broken into stews for depth.

🇬🇳Basse-Côte (Conakry / Coastal), Guinea

Guinean Konkoé

Konkoé turé gbéli

Smoked catfish stew with red palm oil, hot chili, eggplant, potatoes, okra, onions, garlic, and carrots; served on rice; the most popular fish preparation in coastal Guinea.

🇬🇫Littoral (Cayenne / Kourou / Coastal Créole), French Guiana

Guyanais Poisson Boucané

Poisson boucané

Fish (acoupa, atipa, machoiran) slowly smoked over a wood fire; sold at roadside stands between Cayenne and Kourou; a Creole coastal specialty; eaten with couac and piment.

🇻🇳Phú Quốc, Vietnam

Gỏi cá trích (Vietnamese Raw Herring Salad)

Gỏi cá trích

Goi ca trich, raw herring cured and rolled with coconut and herbs in rice paper, is the defining dish of Phu Quoc and a named regional speciality.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Hake Cheeks

Kokotxas

Gelatinous hake cheeks cooked in a salsa verde of olive oil, garlic, parsley, and fish stock, or in a white wine sauce, a Basque delicacy.

🇺🇸United States

Halibut Caddy Ganty

A New England restaurant dish of halibut baked with lobster, crab, and a cream sauce.

🇹🇷Black Sea Region, Turkey

Hamsi

The Black Sea anchovy, fried, grilled or baked in a pilaf — a regional obsession.

🇹🇷Black Sea Region, Turkey

Hamsi tava

Hamsi tava, the pan of Black Sea anchovies fried in cornmeal, is the defining winter dish of the coast and is ordered by name.

🇱🇾Libya

Haraime

Fish steaks stewed in a fierce red sauce of tomato, garlic, caraway and dried chilli until the sauce reduces around them.

🇫🇷France

Harengs marinés de Honfleur

Harengs marinés de Honfleur are herring fillets cured in vinegar with onions and aromatics for a bright bite.

🇮🇸Westfjords, Iceland

Harðfiskur

Iceland's wind-dried cod or haddock, eaten with butter, a daily and ancient snack.

🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands

Hashed Shark with Pear Bush Buds and Rice

Hashed Shark

Hashed shark is a Grand Turk preparation of minced shark cooked with pear-cactus buds and rice. Availability depends on lawful local practice.

🇱🇺Luxembourg

Hiecht Mat Kraiderzooss

Hiecht mat Kraiderzooss is pike served in a Luxembourg herb sauce enriched with Riesling.

🇧🇩Bangladesh

Hilsa in Banana Leaf

ইলিশ মাছের পাতুরি

Hilsa smeared with mustard, coconut and green chilli, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed or pan-cooked until the leaf blackens.