So someone told me Monk fish tastes like lobster.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

I poached a piece as instructed and I have to say, not so much. Is anyone here familiar with this fish who agrees with the lobster comparison? Maybe my cooking technique was wrong.

[Warpy]

1. No, it's called "poor man's lobster" because of the texture

When it's turned into a fancy lobster dish with cream sauces and lots of flavorings, it'll fool all but the supertasters. The flavor isn't like lobster but it's mild enough not to overwhelm things like lobster Newburg. I've fooled people with it in lobster chowder and lobster salad. It won't fool anyone poached and served with butter.

Monkfish is also very good as itself.

They are ugly buggers, though.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

2. The texture was close.

I think I will try it in a chowder sometime. Thanks.

[catbyte]

3. Yeah, maybe to somebody who never actually tasted lobster.

[angstlessk]

4. Oh man, I lived in Rhode Island

we went to a restaurant that had LOBSTER,,,ALL YOU CAN EAT!!!!! Maybe then...25.99 per person in the 70's????

AND had shrimp heads...and fruit that was so ripe it was darker on the inside than on the outside..plums

The restaurant went out of business

[catbyte]

5. Oh, yum. I live in Michigan, so decent lobster is hard to come by. Why is it that

the best places seem to go out of business?

[Tab]

6. No, not even close.

Closer to catfish, IIRC.