I'm mostly quite nicely settled in here in New Zealands in terms of food: I know how to use the local stuff and have been able to find some rarer ingredients from ethnic shops, so I'm able to cook pretty much everything I want to. Except fish.
I'm still a bit lost when it comes to choosing fish for different recipes -I've managed to find some websites that state what the fish is like and what it can be used for, but they don't tell whether it's good that way... I've managed to pan-fry tarakihi in butter with dill and lemon quite nicely, but still have no idea what foods I could do with an alfonsino or a leatherjacket... Since I think I'm not the only one who needs to re-lean what fish to use for different recipes, I was wondering if we could put together a thread about what fish is good for which type of cooking. (I think this is the way to go, as there are people from all over the world, so comparing NZ fish to your local fish "back home" doesn't necessarily help others).
I'll start: Tarakihi - nice pan fried.