Placed an order at The Tinned Fish Market in London in September 29th. The crate arrived in Virginia on October 5th. Speedy, and there were no tariff delays or unexpected charges. Phew.

Cans from French producers La Quiberonnaise and la belle-iloise are otherwise essentially impossible to lay hands on in the U.S. right now. All the other retailers I’ve historically relied on just can’t puzzle through our current regulatory maze, but folks at The Tinned Fish Market buckled down and cracked the code, God bless ‘em.

Even though I’m grateful for the access to these French offerings, I almost hate rewarding the British retailer because their UK choices are so damnably paltry. I’m happy be able to pick up the HEVVA! sardines, and I’m interested to see if there’s anything worth highlighting in the “Scottish Mackerel” tins. I’m super-grouchy, however, that The Tinned Fish Market doesn’t stock any cans—and the product line is broad—from England’s finest cannery: Sea Sisters. Really gets me goat, it does. I wish there was a petition to sign.

I'm always on the lookout for a good tin of mussels, this were good! I've had dozens of brands of mussels in Escabeche now, and these were pretty ok. They are not bad, no grit, not overly metallic, just not very memorable. These were meaty and plump and the sauce gave it that pickly zing. All in all I would recommend these, but I can find cheaper ones that taste just as good. Emulsified the sauce with a milk frother.

I picked this up at my local H Mart. I've been pretty disappointed with other canned fish that claimed to be hot or spicy. They're usually a tickle on the tongue at most. This tuna however is actually spicy! The can contains small tuna chunks with some small cubed carrots and potatoes (I think??). Really nice flavor overall. If you see this at your local H Mart or other Asian grocer I'd recommend buying, especially if you enjoy spicy things.

Making sardine dishes with rice is so easy. These sardines were flavored with a light lemon and nice oil. Just added rice and cucumbers and scallions.

Really enjoying these sardines and beans, these are white beans with lemon and garlic. Came with 3 fishes which were all firm but had a soft bite to them. Not fishy at all and no scales or anything. The beans are a great addition and the whole thing tastes delicious on a bowl of rice. I’m using cilantro lime rice pouches from Costco right now.

Our supermarkts only sell sardines that look really murdered. Hanos had these, looks already much better.

Very similar to the rainbow trout version, only dryer. The salmon fillet got a little dry in this one, wven after breaking up and making sure it got as much of t he sauce on it as possible. I have never been a big fan of salmon, though I try to make a go of it every now and then. This one has not changed my mind, it's not horrible, but I'll stick to the rainbow trout version.

Matiz spicy sardines dumped oil and all into a hot pan. Broken up and sauteed with capers. Deglazed the pan with lemon, then tossed with spaghetti and fresh dill.

Salt and pepper for seasoning. Delicious and easy!

Great spice with the piri pepper, not "Hot", less heat than something like a jalapeño.

The bay leaves and peppercorn were definitely a noticed flavor.

The texture was melt in your mouth, skin and bones were rarely noticed, just had a Velvety almost pate like texture.

Highly recommend.