Pre-ordered Akaroa Salmon 350g

TAST­ING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

Hand-fed with a unique diet in pens of 99% water to 1% fish ratio, these king salmons are slow­ly raised, with­out any hor­mones or antibi­otics to pro­vide the best culi­nary expe­ri­ence as close to sea-caught King Salmons possible.

While most salmons (includ­ing most Nor­we­gian Atlantic salmons) are farm-bred, Akaroa King Salmon are reared in the seas of New Zealand. Akaroa King salmon is renowned for its fresh and sweet taste, silky tex­ture and devoid of the oily after­taste typ­i­cal of farmed salmon. And because our Akaroa salmon is air-flown chilled — not frozen — expect a fresh catch, with a springy when touched with a sub­tle smell of the sea.

PREPA­RA­TION OR PAIRINGS

A pre­mi­um cut of Akaroa King Salmon can be pre­pared in end­less ways, pan-seared, baked with fresh herbs, a hearty seafood soup, or a beau­ti­ful gravlax.

Our go-to din­ner prepa­ra­tion is a pan-seared salmon rest­ing on top of silky mashed pota­toes and blanched spring beans, gar­nished with Terre Exotique’s Fleur de Sel Guerande salt for a sea­soned crunch. Pair with a Sauvi­gnon Blanc or our Mar de Frades Albari­no for a beau­ti­ful ending. 

THE PRE­MIER CRU OF KING SALMON

A com­pa­ny com­mit­ted to rear­ing supe­ri­or qual­i­ty salmons, Akaroa’s sim­ple phi­los­o­phy of rear­ing salmons that pri­ori­tis­es the health and wel­fare of the fish whilst being respect­ful to the envi­ron­ment have suc­ceed­ed in mak­ing it one of the top arti­san pro­duc­ers sup­ply­ing New Zealand’s best salmons to New Zealand’s best restaurants.

While the best salmon are wild and sea-caught, the qual­i­ty of Akaroa’s sea-reared salmon is com­pa­ra­ble, with the proof being in its oil con­tent (a high oil con­tent in salmons typ­i­cal­ly results in an oily after­taste that masks the flavours of the fish). Farmed salmon have an oil con­tent of around 30%, sea-caught wild King Salmons of around 9% while Akaroa’s King Salmon have an oil con­tent of only 10%. 

DIS­CLAIMER ON AVAIL­ABIL­I­TY OF PRE-ORDERED ITEMS

This prod­uct is clas­si­fied as a Pre-Ordered Item at The Bow Tie Duck and will only be avail­able while pro­duc­er from over­seas is able to sup­ply and allow air-flown deliv­ery. The Pre-ordered Akao­ra Salmon also fol­lows a spe­cif­ic ship­ment sched­ule that is every oth­er week as com­pared to oth­er air-flown items on site that are flown in week­ly. Shall there be any deliv­ery delay, deliv­ery can­cel­la­tion, ​“out of stock” or even ​“out of sea­son” notice after pur­chase, you will be con­tact­ed by our Sup­port right away. After which, a refund, prod­uct replace­ment, or a deliv­ery delay will be put forth. Upon choos­ing to order this prod­uct, you agree to the terms and have read that the prod­ucts are not on-hand and require a wait­ing peri­od in order receive the fresh­est pro­duce from direct­ly from source.

Storage Instructions

Akaroa Salmon are air-flown every oth­er week from New Zealand to your doorstep. Store them in your fridge as soon as received. Best enjoyed with­in 48 hours for the best expe­ri­ence but can last for up to 5 days as soon as deliv­ered to you on Saturdays.