Monkfish Liver - Yum!

Monkfish Liver - Yum! -- On a recent visit to my new favorite sushi place, Shumi (on Doughty St., in Somerville, NJ), I told the chef to hit me with something special -- his choice. I forgot to mention my lack of appreciation for spicy tuna, and he gave me a roll with spicy tuna and monkfish liver.

Now, my wife and I are fans of Iron Chef, but we never quite warmed up to the use of the whole fish, or at least the parts that we in the US usually leave behind when gutting one. We had a running joke about fish liver. But when I saw it on the menu at Shumi, I was intrigued, but not brave enough to order. I have since thanked Ike (owner/chef) for slipping it to me. I poked around the spicy tuna in the roll to taste the cooked monkfish liver paste -- kind of a course puree...

Tasty.

The only drawback was when I told my wife about it, she made me wash my face before kissing her with "liver lips." Goin' back for more, soon.