Dover Sole

" Real Dover Sole" any fish houses who might carry?
No luck calling around.
Thanks,
Wally Wade

Riva used to have it (and for a small fortune). I'd check the Cape Cod Room.

Looking for a wholesale spot, like Isaacson on Fulton St. or
Fish Guy on Elston. Not a restaurant.
Rive was very good!!
Thanks,

Wally Wade

In that case, I'd imagine most of the specialty shops or larger wholesalers could get it for you. Dirk's can usually order anything with enough notice. Ditto Supreme Lobster or Boston Fish Market.

Totally off-topic, but maybe entertaining, nonetheless. 30 yrs ago, I had food desires, lots of energy, but only Lab-pup's kind of worldly knowledge. So, having landed in Dover, with a couple of hours to spare, I wandered up and down the High Street, looking for a place to serve me a nice platter of "Dover sole". The rudest responses were guffaws; more kindly were cooks, waiters, etc. who quietly informed me that "We don't serve Dover Sole in Dover, laddie."

Hope you have better luck, WW!

Geo

Two sources I have used in the past are the only sources I have found over the years for 'real' Dover sole.
'Real' Dover Sole is a very elongated flatfish, much different in shape than a Flounder or Halibut plus they are usually about 2-3 #'s at the most.
Grash Foods in Milwaukee
http://www.graschfoods.com
Ask for Captain John and he will order but your will have to drive to Milwaukee. Don't speed through Kenosha-Racine Counties on I-94.
Browne Trading in Maine but they recently told me they don't take phone orders due to 'security reasons'?
http://www.brownetrading.com/product/dover-sole/
If your good at filleting, order whole and use the bones for stock.
Discard skin, you only skin the topside of a sole, fins and head for stock.
I usually poach in a fumet (vegetable stock) whole, use the fish poaching liquid to make a cream based sauce with lobster.
Last month I used the live Flatfish available from H-Mart for this prep. The fish is farm raised off shore of JeJu Island in Korea.
http://oceanfreshinc.com/zbbs/view.php? ... =asc&no=13
Not sure if a flounder or halibut as it had attributes of both!
Very fresh but much firmer than a Dover Sole or non-farmed flatfish. Price of one is about what two Dover sole will cost you before shipping from Browne.
Ask the fish guy to bleed out the fish for you. He will scale if you want or do it yourself.
Remove fins, gills and the roe left inside as he will gut for you.
Any of the flatfish are a great presentation poached whole and served table side.-Richard

Many Thanks!!!
Wally Wade

I had a wonderful Dover sole meunière at the Blanchard this week.
Excellent quality and perfectly prepared.