Since our menu changed in April, and our last post was posted, we have been flooded with e-mails and phone calls with concern about our new menu item: Annatto-Rubbed Dolphinfish over Cuban Black Beans with Mango Salsa. Most of the concern has arisen due to people's love for dolphins, the cute mammal from the sea, and how we could dare serve a fillet of one here in Durham.
Rest assured, no one is eating Flipper. DOLPHINFISH is the Floridian name for the fish commonly referred to as "Mahi-Mahi." In fact, Coryphaena hippurus is known by many names across the country, and across the planet as well. The Hawaiian name -- and most common along the mid-Atlantic states -- is "Mahi-Mahi," while Californians refer to the same fish as "Dorado." Other cultures have many other names for it, including rakingo, maverikos and calitos. But blu seafood and bar's cuisine is deeply aligned with not only the Floridian style of cooking, but more specifically, Key West cuisine. And in Florida and the Keys, Dolphinfish reigns supreme on seafood menus.
Our Dolphinfish is caught fresh off the coast from Virginia all the way down to Florida, with much of it coming off the shores right here in the Old North State. So while you can enjoy Mahi all up and across North Carolina, be sure to drop in to blu seafood and bar to get your fresh fillet of Dolphinfish.
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