20 February 2008

My love - Octopus Salad (Salata od hobotnice)


Image taken from www.theage.com.au
Photo taken by Eddie Jim.

Let me introduce my favourite Croatian dish - the famous Octopus Salad. You can get this dish in almost any Croatian seafood restaurants. It is prepared mediterranean style... Blanched octopus accompanied by potatoes, tomatoes or peppers. Salt and pepper for seasoning. And a generous drizzle of good ol' Olive Oil. Not forgetting a handful of chopped Parsley for decoration (a la Mediterranean). Simply wonderful!
I recalled the only times I get to see any octopus (just the tentacle) in Singapore were in Japanese supermarket. Each section of the tentacle for a whopping S$10!
Octopus has just a rich taste. I love it for its chewiness which no squid or cuttlefish can replace! Cooked squids are usually tasteless. But for octopus, it retains its memory of being part of the sea family.
Can't till the next time we get that at home again!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pozdrav i tebi,hvala na komentaru ali ovo je oroginal hrvatska rozata!Vjeruj mi!!
Ako Francuzi i talijani imaju slicnu nista cudno ,oni su nam bili dugo u gostima!

SheR. said...

Oops. Sorry I have to get it translated. Have replied to your comment on your site. Thanks again! :)

Unknown said...

Hello Dear!
You are right for rozata cream but here we call this pudding ROŽATA,you know that we have some different letters than in English spell!
See You and Regards From Zagreb

SheR. said...

:) Thanks! I have a lot to learn about Croatian desserts!

footiam said...

Oh! There are octopuses in Perak, Malaysia. But we don't eat it this way, just dipped in chilli sauce and they taste great!

SheR. said...

Yeah but we realised a lot of stuff that you have in Malaysia are not exported to SG! *boo hoo hoo* :(