Take a seat! The incredible Asian Seafood Adventure is about to begin.

Hi Everybody and welcome to my fantastic Asian Seafood Adventure!

Stick with us and we will explore both the gastronomic and underwater worlds. We will take you from wet market, to coral reef,and then to the table.

Before we start this journey I want to say something about who I am and what I’m doing here. First, I’m a Malaysian who has lived most of my life in Sarawak (East Malaysia) and recently started travelling in West Malaysia, especially Langkawi and Penang. To some Penang is the food capital of the Universe; if it can be eaten it’s here.

My partner in crime on this journey is a gentleman I met who is doing some incredible marine conservation work through the Andaman Resort in beautiful Langkawi. He is the well known Dr. Gerry, marine ecologist, author/ journalist, and adviser to the National University of Malaysia. Dr. Gerry will tell us something about the wonderful seafood that will find its way to our table.

Please remember that we are only interested in ‘sustainable’ species. This is something I might say more about later. It is definitely not the ‘green’ thing to do and not on the menu if we take seafood that is at risk.

OK, got the idea? My next post will look at how to come by the wonderful seafood that will grace our table. Some we will haggle for at the wet market, some we will troll for from a boat, and the others we will chase through the water (sounds tiring).