What is Caviar?
Caviar is a food consisting of salt-cured roe of the family Acipenseridae.
Caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or a spread.
Traditionally, the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea.
Where To Buy Caviar In South Africa?
FISHERMAN’S DELI, DUNKELD WEST SHOPPING CENTRE
Phone: 011 325 2577
Address: Shopping Centre, 25, Dunkeld West Centre, Bompas Rd &, Jan Smuts Ave, Dunkeld West, Johannesburg, 2196
BAZAR & BAZAR WHOLESALERS
Phone: 011 680 7007
Address: 34 Harry St, Robert sham, Johannesburg, 2091
Fish4Africa
Phone: 021 448 5258
Address: 230 Victoria Rd, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925
The French Market
Phone: 083 300 6725
Address: Shop 5b (Upper Level), Gardens Shopping Centre, Upper Buitenkant St, Oranjezicht, Cape Town, 8001
What do you eat with caviar?
Caviar is often presented on lightly buttered or dry toasts, and unsalted crackers or bread.
You can also use the traditional Russian way and eat it with Russian pancakes called blini.
There are some traditional garnishes for caviar: sour cream, fresh herbs, chopped onions and crumbled, hard-boiled eggs.
What does caviar taste like?
The flavors associated with caviar do have common explanations: a breath of the sea, a touch of salt, the delicate flavor of fresh fish, sometimes smooth and nutty, full of sweet brine that pops in your mouth and fills your nose, like good raw oysters but richer.
How much does caviar cost?
Expect to spend a lot of money.
Retail, entry-level sturgeon roe won’t cost less than R1002.89to R1311.47 per 30 grams (just over one ounce), with some of the really good stuff starting at aroundR 2314.36 or more.
Caviar service rarely costs less than R1542.91 in a restaurant