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Saw this fresh look salmon fishes at Giant too...Worth buying?
All the way from Australia to Sinkieland...still fresh meh?
Whether worth it or not is up to the individual. But you should educate yourself first before you buy it. I want to qualify myself by saying that I love salmon and have eaten them from many places. Both fresh/raw, smoked (in Lox and bagel), and prepared in many ways. I love a big pile of smoked salmon with a cream cheese bagel. Yum Yum.
Firstly, there is no such thing as a Tasmanian Salmon. I don't think its a native fish species. What they call Tasmanian salmon is actually Atlantic salmon imported and farmed in Tasmania. As such, i don't think its the best type of salmon available. Commercially farmed Atlantic salmon among salmon species is relatively one of the cheapest to buy. Wild caught Pink and Chum from the US and Canada West coast are the other cheap ones. the best salmon in my opinion is Sockeye salmon, because the flesh is bright red and very delicious. Others prefer Chinook or King salmon because the meat is high in fat and melts in your mouth.
If you want to buy this salmon, check the price of atlantic farmed salmon if that is available. If the atlantic farmed salmon is cheaper, I would buy that because the taste is going to be about the same. just my opinion.
You can check the gills and the eye clarity to see if its fresh or not. But flight time to singapore is over 8 hours from tasmania. I am sure they did not freeze it otherwise it cannot be called fresh. So even if its caught from the farm, packed in ice, shipped to the airport and flown to singapore, should be out of the water for over 12 hours. Your call.