Charleston Eats: Fish

Fish has been around for a few years now, but tonight was my first visit there. Forgot to bring my camera with me, so I had to settle for the camera phone.

We started off with some of the steamed clams and the butternut squash soup

Mmmm, clams.

Triggerfish was the special for tonight, served with something resembling fried rice. My first time having triggerfish. A firm fish with a hearty mouth feel to it, but still mild tasting. The fried rice was good, although a little heavy on the soy sauce.

Triggerfish with a side of fried rice

There was also vermilion snapper filet, served with coconut rice and a coconut based sauce. Very Caribbean island-y flavours.

Vermillion snapper filet with coconut rice

Finally we finished off the evening with dessert: the chocolate malt souffle and the banana cake. The souffle was flambéd, but by the time the camera app started, the flames had disappeared.

Fish can be a little on the spendy side, but the food was excellently prepared and all of it was delicious. Definitely a place worth checking out.

Large cargo

Yesterday I managed to catch the MSC Rita, the largest container ship to visit Charleston so far, as it was heading back out to sea.

It was definitely a large ship. Here it is passing under the bridge, looking through the salt marsh exhibit at the SC Aquarium and two layers of mesh screen.

MSC Rita
MSC Rita


Passing by the aquarium.

MSC Rita
MSC Rita

Not sure why the tug was spraying water, but it was doing it pretty much the entire way down the channel.

MSC Rita
MSC Rita

Ethereal

Daytime fog presents such interesting photo possibilities and give a neat ghostly effect to things.

A foggy  morning
A foggy morning
The morning sun filtered through dense fog

Charleston Eats: Sublime Pies and Cakes

A few years ago I discovered the deliciously edible creations from Sublime Pies. Then back in 2008 or so, they moved shop and then disappeared for a while.

Now thanks to Judith Moore at Charleston Cookie Company, Sublime Pies are back!

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I am quite happy to report that despite the hiatus and Charleston Cookie Company taking over the making of the pies (but still with Sublime’s recipe), the key lime pies are just as delicious as I remember.

So if you’re like me and have been missing your Sublime Pies, make the trip down to Charleston Cookie Company on James Island and pick one up. If you haven’t tried one yet, you’re missing out.