We first weave in our way into the fish market. This place isn’t for the light-hearted. Be prepared to watch your step and ignore the odour all around. The open-air marketplace has vendors displaying the fare with others on the side, busy scaling, gutting and cutting them up for customers.
Chef Xerxes usually stops by for the mackerel, which you’ll find as Crackerel on Red Fork’s menu, featuring a tempura fried version. Pink Perch and Salmon {seasonal} are other fish he picks up from here. We are all ears, as chef explains that the firmness of the fish is a major sign of how fresh it is. Make sure to take a look at the gills — they need to be red. Something smelling fishy? Then, it’s probably not as fresh as you’d like it to be. Fresh catch shouldn’t really have a smell, Xerxes explains.
Where: For fresh mackerels, and exotic seafood, check out A. Shukoor Fishers, 3 {third shop on right side}, Russell Market. Ask for fishmonger Syed Ajmal.
Price: INR 100 upwards
Contact: +91 8123451107
Timings: 5.30am-3.30pm
