Found in the wild throughout Southeast Asia, milkfish is popular in Taiwanese cuisine. The silvery fish is often served pan-fried with a bit of white pepper, or gently sliced into pieces and served in a gingery porridge. It’s so beloved in Taiwan in fact, that there’s an entire museum dedicated to the fish. The Saba Milkfish Museum is located on a small island in Tainan, a city in southern Taiwan with a robust milkfish aquaculture industry. It was established by Lu Ching-ying, a woman who is known affectionately as the…
