Finally made the watermelon gazpacho I’ve been whining about all spring.
Old pic of previous gazpacho, but I bought some black cod for my husband to fry up and serve with this year’s batch, and this fish tastes like fucking buttered popcorn. Incredible discovery, will eat again!
First gazpacho of summer ‘26 and the accompanying black cod, beer battered and fried with some tartar sauce.
These were an amazing pair, the soup balancing bright fruit with rich, earthy notes from the seasoning and the simple, clean buttery flavor of the fish locked inside the crispy breading. I also make a mean tartar sauce IMO but absolutely an afterthought next to the stars of the show.
Fuck the heat wave, I’m biking back to the fish monger today to see if they have any of that black cod left, I NEED to marinate it in miso and sake.
