JoelF wrote:Geez, who eats a pound of fish at a sitting? Even if I'm gorging on sushi, I'm certainly not going to eat a pound of just one kind of fish!

At Chinn's 34th Street Fishery a few years back I ordered the exotic sounding pan seared walu, which I learned later meant Hawaiian butterfish, which is, of course, escolar. My first indication that something was amiss was the reasonable price for a piece of fish the size of a building brick. My second indication was Lord-of-the-Rings-esque epic adventure of gastroenterological pain over the next few days.

mike

Darren72 wrote:Monica Eng covered the local angle in today's Tribune:

Are Chicago diners getting the fish they paid for?

After its troubling seafood fraud investigations in East and West Coast cities over the last two years, the group expanded its testing to other cities, including Chicago. Thirty of 93 fish samples taken from Chicago restaurants, retail chains and sushi bars were mislabeled, mirroring percentages found in other cities.

So, what else is new?

In 2007, for instance, two Chicago diners became seriously ill after being served puffer fish that was sold as monkfish.

YIKES!

bean wrote:One restaurant I worked at offered escolar as a special for many nights. weeks running. As the Sous Chef I was never informed of a customer complaint. Maybe we got lucky.

I have a very sensitive stomach and have eaten it without a problem. I won't push my luck though- one serving a day seems fine for most people.