Greetings all,

I am a LOVER of fish, mostly from the sea but I do also like Trout, Perch and freshwater Catfish.

I had such a hard time identifying my favorite kinds of Fish & Seafood at the supermarket, so I put together a list of the names translated into how they are known in English. Hope it makes your lives easier:

Kabeljau - Cod
Steinbutt - Turbot
Flusskrebs - Crayfish
Wolfbarsch - Wild Bass, Sea Bass
Brasse - Sea Bream
Seezunge - Sole
Seesaibling - Atlantic Char
Hummer - Lobster
Auster - Oyster
Krebs, Krabbe - Crabs
Seelachs - Coley, Cod Family, cook with strong flavours
Seehechts - Hake, Saithe
Goldbutt - Plaice
Seeteufel - Monkfish, Angler
Pangasius - Catfish
Zander - Zander, Pike Perch, member of the Perch family
Claresse - European Catfish, cook with strong flavours
Echte Rotzungen - Lemon Sole, Dab
Rotbarsch - Atlantic Ocean Perch, Redfish
Egli - Freshwater Perch
Tintenfish - Octopus
Kalmar - Squid

Happy eating !

Fisch = Fish !

And 4got best one:
Lachs = Salmon

This thread smells fishy anyway

Thanks !

Can anyone recommend a decent fish market ? There is one in Dietlikon that I think is ok.

Hi Grant Green,

Sorry don't know of any Fish market here, perhaps other members can help. I buy my fish from my local Migros. They have a good selection and the fish is good.

Would someone know where one can get Tilapia?

For the Indians out there, can you recommend names of some fish that work well with Curry esp south indian style. Also which shop would be a good one to pick them up in zurich. Recommendations from coop or migros would work well.

India Grocery Store on Josefstr at Langstr sells cheap, fresh fish. MUCH cheaper than Migros.

Get the Kingfish there for S Indian curry. Mackerel is also a good strong fish for S Indian curry. I sometime use red snapper too for a lighter taste.

The owner makes a wicked pan-fried panagasius with curry sauce for his curry lunches.

Hi Bindu,

I know the following fish that are used in Indian cuisine:

Vanjiram : King fish
Koduva : Sea Bass
Viraal : Murrel
Karuppu Vavval : Black Pomfret
Vellai Vavval : Silver Pomfret
Sura : Baby Shark
Sankara : Red Snapper
Kilanga : Smelt
Sudumbu : False Trevally
Rawas: Indian Salmon
Gobro: Rock Cod
Rohu: Greas Carp
Murdoshi: Lady Fish
Sangtam: Cat Fish (A fresh water fish)
Shevto: Mullet
Bangda: Mackerel
Sardines: Hilsa: a fresh water fish; can be substituted with cod fish



For strong flavoured spicy recipes, use meatier, stronger, firmer types of fish such as King fish, Cod or Cat fish. For more delciate recipes, use more delicate fish such as little pomfrets or snappers.

I've seen quite a few types of Fish for sale at Aggarwal's supermarket. http://www.aggarwal.ch/ . Mind you, the location on the website on Langstrasse is not the new store. They've opened a really nice, newer and larger store a couple of minutes walk from the old place. Go to the old one, ask them and they'll tell you.

Try the Eurospar in Beninaplatz - they often have it from time to time

Tilapia can be substituted with any white thin fillet, such as Sole, Halibut, Catfish, Cod, Hake, Haddock, Bream or Orange Roughy.

Tilapia is a very clean, mild flavoured firm white freshwater fish. Some even call it the 'Chicken of the Sea' as it can be used for any and all recipes. Check the Asian or African stores, they will certainly have them.

Thank you so very much, I am mentally kicking myself for not posting here earlier. you are a life saver :-)

I have seen Tilapia at Barkat quite often.

For south Indian style curry both Bangda, Silver Pomfret go very good. I would say these are better available at south Indians shops - SKT and Perinpam this is on the parallel lane of SKT, this might help .
I prefer Prawns in south Indian style and Barkat has different options for prawns, I could certainly recommend Prawns from Barkat.

My esteemed colleague recommends:

http://www.der-frisch-fisch.ch/site/index.cfm/id_art/18284/vsprache/de

You forgot:

Forelle - Trout (don't be conned by Lachsforellen they are just normal trout to that have been fed a pigment to make them look like salmon)
Aesche - Grayling, probably one of the best freshwater fish at all but not easy to find in shops, (easy to catch though)

So incredibly helpful! I am pescetarian, and this is sooo useful for me.

Thanks,

Julia

Glad to have been of help Julia. Happy eating!

I'm off to UK tomorrow, so can't wait to eat FRESH Fish !!!!

For those who are interested - I found BIO Tilapia at migros the other day. Though pricey at 11 sfr for 300 grams (4 small fillets)

Definitely too pricey Bindu. That's around 36 Sfrs per kilo. I would stick to the Ethnic stores.

Yes, MUCH cheaper Tilapia at the store I mentioned above (Josef at Lang).

For fresh fish, you never pay more than CHF18/kg and that's for the best cut (middle) of dense fish such as Kingfish, Tuna, Salmon. Other fish are cheaper. And there are frozen varieties available as well. Fresh crab and prawns available too.

Good shops for fish are Globus Delicatessa and Jelmoli Delikatessen (both near Bahnhofstrasse Zurich). And you should try Dörig:

http://www.der-frisch-fisch.ch/site/index.cfm

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