Melbourne: Looking for salmon roe in the sac

[argon]

I'm a recent transplant to Melbourne (from San Francisco) and am eagerly seeking fresh salmon roe with which to make ikura.

I have tried at Victoria Market but to no avail. If anyone in this town sells the stuff, I'd very much appreciate hearing about it!

[mr_gimlet]

Easy! There are two producers - a guy in the Yarra Valley (yarra valley salmon, oddly) and Huon in Tassie.

Here's the list of YV stockists. http://yarravalleysalmon.com.au/where...

Even though its not on the list, in terms of quality, I would have thought Tsukuji in South Yarra is probably your best bet (give them a ring though).

Where do you live/ work?

[argon]

Thanks mr_gimlet!

It looks like those guys sell salmon caviar but that's not exactly what I'm looking for... I'm looking for the raw material for the caviar, which I will then make into caviar myself.

The way I've been able to buy it before, it comes in entire egg bladders: basically big sacs of eggs that come out of the fish in a huge lump. It looks kind of like this: http://kyotofoodie.com/wp-content/upl... (though the roe in that picture has been marinated

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I live and work in West Melbourne, just north of Flagstaff Gardens.

[mr_gimlet]

Ah, in which case I would ring tsukuji and Yarra Valley Salmon. They would be the only places i could think of for something so unusual

[argon]

Shall do. Thank you!

[kersizm]

I'd also try Conway's in Footscray. I'm sure with enough notice they would be able to do it for you.

[argon]

Thanks!