The hard part, I expect, will be persuading customers to eat a fish named snakehead. Restaurateurs have a real branding challenge.
Rocky and Blair Denson, owners of Denson’s Grocery and Oyster Bar in Colonial Beach where Northam signed the legislation, have no qualms. They say they plan to put snakehead on the menu as soon as it becomes legal to do so. Reports the Free Lance-Star:
They will serve fried “snakehead bites” with a remoulade dip.
“Malicious, yet delicious” is how a good friend of Rocky Denson describes the freshwater predator, which will eat just about anything.
“Fried, dipped in remoulade, it’s fabulous,”
I admire their panache. But all I can say is, “Good luck with that!”