How Fish Reaches Northern Alberta

People ask, fairly, how a restaurant in Fort Assiniboine serves good fish. The answer is two shops in Edmonton and a bit of planning.

Ocean Odyssey Inland

Ocean Odyssey Inland is in west Edmonton. The business began in 2001, after its founders met an independent fisherman on the BC coast and started bringing his catch inland. They can tell us where a fish was caught and how, which is the first thing I want to know.

Catch of the Week

Catch of the Week is a fishmonger in Edmonton's Capilano neighbourhood, known for a wide counter that includes fish you rarely see elsewhere in the city.

Why we ask for orders by Monday

We do not keep fish waiting in the fridge in case someone orders it. When a table books the seafood platter, we order for that table. The fish comes up from Edmonton, we collect it, and we start on the parts that take time: the roulade, the croquettes, the sauce.

That is the reason for the Monday cutoff. It means the fish on your platter was bought for you.

What changes week to week

We build the platter around what the fishmongers have. Some weeks that means black cod, some weeks a different white fish. The shape of the platter stays the same and the details follow the catch.

See this week's Seafood Platter.