helllo i want to make some salted herring as in the Dutch delicacy (Zoute haring)

and i know the waters around here are too warm for those fish to be around naturally

i know there should be around in the China / Japan seas but is there perhaps a more common fish which is easy to obtain fresh that is similar to the herring in built and taste

so i do not need to buy deepfrozen fishes

According to my wife that lived in Norway, there is nothing close to a herring here.

I bought what I was told was herring at Makro and also at Big C, I made my own pickled herrings . The outcome was terrible , even though I used a good recipe online , the fish just wasnt the same , so I presume they wernt herring after all . Most fish sold here are farmed river fish and not good to use and as for the sea fish , very limited on what you can buy . There are a few suppliers in Pattaya , Phuket and possibly BKK where you can buy tubs of herring that have been imported . Best bet is to ask at any restaurant from Scandenavia , Holland or Belgium where they buy there herrings they have on the menu . Several places such as friendship , rimping and Villa markets are now stocking jars of rollmop herring and bismark herring, abour 350bht for 500grm

I bought what I was told was herring at Makro and also at Big C, I made my own pickled herrings . The outcome was terrible , even though I used a good recipe online , the fish just wasnt the same , so I presume they wernt herring after all . Most fish sold here are farmed river fish and not good to use and as for the sea fish , very limited on what you can buy . There are a few suppliers in Pattaya , Phuket and possibly BKK where you can buy tubs of herring that have been imported . Best bet is to ask at any restaurant from Scandenavia , Holland or Belgium where they buy there herrings they have on the menu . Several places such as friendship , rimping and Villa markets are now stocking jars of rollmop herring and bismark herring, abour 350bht for 500grm

jep but im not really gonna travel to the other side of Thailand to buy some fish , and online delivery has gone wrong in a few cases also

i found some small fish at big c they call " indian pacific something" so now have them in the salt and lets see what comes out when its any good or horrible will let you know

I bought what I was told was herring at Makro and also at Big C, I made my own pickled herrings . The outcome was terrible , even though I used a good recipe online , the fish just wasnt the same , so I presume they wernt herring after all . Most fish sold here are farmed river fish and not good to use and as for the sea fish , very limited on what you can buy . There are a few suppliers in Pattaya , Phuket and possibly BKK where you can buy tubs of herring that have been imported . Best bet is to ask at any restaurant from Scandenavia , Holland or Belgium where they buy there herrings they have on the menu . Several places such as friendship , rimping and Villa markets are now stocking jars of rollmop herring and bismark herring, abour 350bht for 500grm

jep but im not really gonna travel to the other side of Thailand to buy some fish , and online delivery has gone wrong in a few cases also 

i found some small fish at big c they call " indian pacific something"  so now have them in the salt and lets see what comes out when its any good or horrible  will let you know

Why not? Thais do it all the time

I bought what I was told was herring at Makro and also at Big C, I made my own pickled herrings . The outcome was terrible , even though I used a good recipe online , the fish just wasnt the same , so I presume they wernt herring after all . Most fish sold here are farmed river fish and not good to use and as for the sea fish , very limited on what you can buy . There are a few suppliers in Pattaya , Phuket and possibly BKK where you can buy tubs of herring that have been imported . Best bet is to ask at any restaurant from Scandenavia , Holland or Belgium where they buy there herrings they have on the menu . Several places such as friendship , rimping and Villa markets are now stocking jars of rollmop herring and bismark herring, abour 350bht for 500grm

jep but im not really gonna travel to the other side of Thailand to buy some fish , and online delivery has gone wrong in a few cases also

i found some small fish at big c they call " indian pacific something" so now have them in the salt and lets see what comes out when its any good or horrible will let you know

Why not? Thais do it all the time

that's alright for them , i tried those rollmops before and i do not know what is different but coming from holland myself it tastes too sweet