28th June
2009
Dear Portuguese Restaurant owners:
Often times, I see in your restaurant menu Robalo or Dourada being translated as Sea Bass. Please take a close look at the photos and see if this fish looks anything like Robalo or Dourada! We don’t have Sea Bass in our coast and it doesn’t taste like Robalo or Dourada.
I believe the restaurants are correct. Robalo is Sea Bass (European Sea Bass), whilst Dourada/Dorada is Sea Bream. They are distinctly different fish but very prized in the Mediterranean countries.
more info:
Robalo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_seabass
Dorada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilt-head_bream