Forking Tasty

A Different BLT

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My colleague Will gave me a tip one of his favorite sandwich in Ketchikan, the Halibut BLT. You can find this delicious sandwich at Annebelle’s Keg and Chowder House. I took a seat at the bar and had a great experience. I am not a huge bacon fan, I know, you can wipe the shock off your face. However, the bacon with the Halibut was not very over powering and it gave the sandwich really nice flavor. I also ordered a side of their famous chowder. The chowder was good but not as good as Cheers in Boston. The nice surprise at the end was there was a piece of bacon waiting for me at the bottom smothered in chowder. What a nice surprise. Thanks Will!

Just for the Halibut

I have been waiting to use that headline for 8 years. My fish guy at Todaro brothers used to say it to me every time asked him for a halibut filet. Tuesday night I whipped up this little halibut dish. Spiced with some salt pepper and old bay I sauteed the fish with some shallots, portobello mushrooms and fennel. As a quick side I tried to replicate a dish I had at Anella the other night. I sauteed up these brussel sprout leaves in a little bacon. I know slightly off the regimen but I didn’t eat the bacon, just used the flavor. They came out nice but not as crispy as the other night. Although, the halibut was perfect and worked really well with the fennel and portobellos.