District Fishwife

Your premier source for seriously fresh, sustainable seafood and delicious prepared meals in the DMV. Questions: 202-543-2592 or [email protected].

[Eat DC @eat_dc]

Go buy some seafood from @DCfishwife!

[Hill Center @HillCenterDC]

This weekend, we had not one, but TWO Master Chef classes! 🧑‍🍳

Fishmonger Fiona Lewis led a “Stress-Free Seafood Dinner Party” cooking class, and Chef Erik Bruner-Yang led a Cambodian cooking class.

To see more upcoming cooking classes, go to https://t.co/v6ByXfSN5H

[Nycci Nellis @NycciNellis]

Get out your planners, it’s time to #MYC ~ @xiquetdl Portuguese Winemaker’s Dinner (6/21-22) + @HillCenterDC & @DCfishwife seafood cooking class (6/24) + @RPMItalianDC Sicily Wine Dinner ft. @BenantiWines (6/21) + @the_gibsondc literary cocktails (6/24) ++
https://t.co/9BVdsDs51I

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@eat_dc I think the Chinese name is actually 福來雞 — fu lai ji. “Fulai” approximates the English pronunciation of “filet,” but also means “luck comes.” “Ji” means chicken. Western firms like to pick a Chinese name pronounced like the company but with a propitious Chinese meaning.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@eat_dc So … the Chinese is 達堡可福; pronounced “da bao ke fu.” The problem is the transliteration doesn’t match the English name (which’d be something like “chi ke fu rei) and the characters don’t really work as a Chinese sentence either. 🤷‍♀️

[Capitol Phil @capitolhillphil]

Our doggo loves these salmon skin treats from @DCfishwife at @UnionMarketDC.

[Union Market District @UnionMarketDC]

Hope you don't mind, but we're in our fish and chips era. 🐟️🍟
📸: @dcfishwife + @aboveground_dc

[Craig Bowman @craigab1]

Scallop risotto with lemon butter. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon. Thanks for the always amazing scallops @dcfishwife! @ Bloomingdale Neighborhood, N.W. https://t.co/o8r9vZhapC

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@OldTimeDC Same, much earlier.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@jsidman Depends how deeply fried. It tends to be pretty tough on shrimp that are only flash- or medium-fried. But a deep fry it’s like a yummy shrimp potato chip.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@1Pollyanne @Caltrans9 @CaltransHQ @ChpBridgeport 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@OldTimeDC I found it buried in Facebook in a quick Google search.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@OldTimeDC

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@OldTimeDC 美華隆 — Mei Hua Long — “American-Chinese Prosperity.” I think it was actually on H Street. It opened in 1937, and was operated by the Chin family.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@laylaschlack Absolutely. There’re a bunch of recipes online. We sip the vodka on the side while we prep.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@OldTimeDC Chinatown Geek Observation: the English transliteration of 徳昌 — Tuck Cheong — suggests that the owner was Hakka Chinese, a group from Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangxi Provinces.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@CarolSOtt Say whaaaat?

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@eat_dc Lazarus Towers?

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@jsidman Curious as to current status.

[District Fishwife @DCfishwife]

@goldchainam @WashProbs @whatpreferences Any portion of the C&O canal past the overly-used near-in segments: Pawpaw Tunnel (then east), Harpers Ferry (then west), stretch near the old Round Top Cement Co, Big Slackwater, etc. Even on weekends you can find yourself gloriously alone.