Gutting and Slicing - #258

How fresh would you like it...

1545 - #193

I liked this view in the port area of the fishing village.

I'm not sure of the purpose for these blocks. Too small to be fenders or the like. Maybe markers for the fishing pots...

The Three Fishermen Of Jumeirah - #192

Switching back to the fish topic... here are three of the guys I met at the fishing village.

Happily working on their nets on a peaceful morning.

They were more than happy for me to take a few shots. Jez's comment of a few post's ago about there being not enough "happy" portraits struck a chord with me. Hopefully this readdresses the balance a little.

Catch Of The Day - #189

A fresh, glistening, salty, beautiful catch for a Friday morning.

Big thanks to Sam for giving me the location details. It is a fishing village that is incongruously located in the middle of Dubai. Have a look at Sam's very cool experiment at this location. The Film Experience

It's a great place, very interesting, yet it is a very poor living from the sea these days. The people here do seem to be full of humour and happiness though which is really good to see...

The themes for this week will mostly be fish and rock... all will become clear...

Gone Fishin' -#98

A pretty pleasant way to spend a day I'd think...

... however if I went fishing I'd be quite keen to eat my catch (sorry!) but these guys are fishing in the Creek and I would not advocate eating anything from there...

This is the real thing - #67

No chunks, no brine, just the real tuna.

Taken at the frantic yet pleasant sensory overload at the Shindagha fish market.

DXB Ground Zero.

Something fishy is going on - #16

It's Saturday morning and I am just back from somewhere I should have visited a long time ago.

Dubai Fish Market in Deira. What an amazing place this is! It is a covered, but open air, market about the size of a football pitch I guess. One very large section is fish and the other is fruit and veg.

The fish are stunning - so fresh. Gills glistening and eyes clear. Lots of variety from the local Royal Hammour (like cod) to Red Snappers, Mackerel, Tuna, King Fish, shark, prawns, Omani lobsters, squid and so much more.

The stall holders are all characters too, be prepared to be cajoled and gently pressured to buy their catch at every turn.

The price is stunning as well. Huge 3 to 4KG fresh fish for about US$8.00 enough to feed 4 people. Take the fish to the huge back room where they descale and gut it or even fillet it for you.

Along with the great veg section this is fantastic Dubai Saturday morning.

Menu for tonight is oven roasted fish stuffed with corriander and chilli accompanied with fresh and crunchy bok choy in butter and soy sauce with quick fried julienned courgette...