Monk is great, prepared in many differnt ways; try oven roasted with artisan smoked bacon and a tarragon beurre blanc. I used to charge upwards of $35 for it when I worked at the Cape.
Skate is so underrated...I also charged $25 for it, sauteed in brown butter with capers and Italian parsley. Look out, it's great.
The only problem was all of the people who ate @ Abbicci spent their less than lucrative childhoods on the Cape catching skate with discorn. Nobody would buy it no matter how cosmopolitan they had become.
Bottom line...anything tastes good, if the preparation is right.
Later,
Rick
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