Last night, Saturday night, we were treated to a New Zealand delicacy as an appetizer - Whitebait. Whitebait is a tiny (1 1/2 inch), transparent fish that anadramous, i.e. it lives in freshwater but goes to the sea to spawn. On its way back to freshwater the young fry are netted. It takes 1700 fish to make one kilo (800/lb) and they cost $125/lb to buy in the stores here. One of the guides here at Owen River Lodge nets these tiny fish and provided them for our dinner.
The Whitebait are cooked whole (head & guts included) in a pancake-like batter, perhaps 3-4 fish to the "pancake" and served with a flavored butter to add to the pancake.
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