How to Use fish cake in a Sentence

fish cake

noun
  • Pour the rest of the panko on a plate and roll each fish cake in it to coat.
    Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The kimchi and thin slices of fish cake give you a break from the savory main dish.
    Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • And the powder-white fish cakes and the monkfish bathed in shellfish broth: Those are hers too.
    Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appetit, 1 Mar. 2018
  • The cod’s flesh, meanwhile, becomes fish cakes as fluffy as French quenelles.
    Fortune, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Or Melissa Clark’s big-flavored fish cakes with herbs and chiles.
    Sam Sifton, New York Times, 6 May 2020
  • Serve fish cakes warm with herb mayonnaise and lemon wedges.
    Country Living, 21 Jan. 2010
  • Guests can try okonomiyaki pancakes and oden fish cake stew.
    Laura Latzko, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
  • There’s otak-otak, a spiced coconut fish cake grilled in banana leaves, and a rich beef rendang.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The fish ball and fish cake are bouncy, without any hint of a gross rubbery texture.
    Dana Ter, Slate Magazine, 31 July 2017
  • At Hai Ky Mi Gia, mee pok is served with chicken, minced pork, char siu, fish cake, garlic and cilantro.
    Brea Salim, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2018
  • The menu includes tom kha, fish cakes, satay, Panang curry and pineapple fried rice.
    Hadley Tomicki, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019
  • Try canned fish on top of salads or crackers, mixed with pasta, or get cooking and make fish cakes.
    NBC News, 12 Mar. 2020
  • At a dock party last month, Nam’s supporters ate fish cakes and posed for group photos.
    Jeong Park, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Fish and chips, fried shrimp, fried oysters, fish cakes, lobster and seafood bisque, among other options.
    Sarah Wesley Lemire, courant.com, 15 May 2018
  • Toss in sliced fish cake, cabbage, and scallions to cover all of the healthy New Years Resolution bases too.
    Jakob Polaco, kansascity, 31 Jan. 2018
  • According to a comment on the post, Ford ordered papaya salad, pad graprao, pad thai and fish cakes.
    Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 18 May 2018
  • To make fish cakes, Asuka Uchida forms black cod into spheres, stuffs them with cheese curds and drops them into a light beer batter.
    Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Most student cooks were pretty comfortable chopping peppers and celery and onions for the fish cakes in this, the fifth week of cooking class.
    Maureen Fitzgerald, Philly.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • There are clumps of protein mashed together like a fish cake with a nice, crisp exterior.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Clumps of protein are mashed together like a fish cake with a nice, crisp exterior.
    Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • At the end of any trip home to Penang, Grandma loaded her luggage with frozen fish balls and fish cakes, tropical spices and rice vermicelli.
    Dana Ter, Slate Magazine, 31 July 2017
  • Toppings: Chashu pork, scallions, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, fish cake, sesame seeds, pickled plum.
    Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Whereas our kalguksu had come in plain, light broth with short-neck clams (delicious), the sujebi came with fish cakes and was jazzed up with spicy broth (more delicious).
    Seth Kugel, New York Times, 1 July 2019
  • Everybody should have either a fish cake on a hot cross bun or a Bermudian fish sandwich from Mama Angie's.
    Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The fried fish cakes are springy as ever, and the lemongrass broth, punctuated with shrimp and straw mushrooms, retains its tang; Panngern changed the look, but not the previous owner’s chef.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Besides the fish cakes, the vegetable adds fruity acidity to a wild-tasting mountain lamb entrée consisting of a flat steak, cut from the leg, sliced and fanned around celery root crushed with hazelnuts.
    Fortune, 11 Aug. 2019
  • For something filling but not heavy, the kimbap – Korean sushi made with savory ingredients like spam, fish cake, egg and cucumber – goes for $12.99.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Banchan at Blue House: spinach and tofu, seaweed jelly noodles, kimchi, pasta salad, potato salad, daikon radish, bean sprouts, fish cake.
    Kate Washington, sacbee, 26 Jan. 2018
  • This soup of dashi-rich, ramen-like broth often has noodles similar to Filipino pancit, as well as Chinese char siu (fatty pork), Japanese fish cake and the occasional slender strip of much-beloved Spam.
    David Hammond, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The fried fish cake presented a very different textural experience — this style of cake sometimes taking on a rubbery mouthfeel.
    Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2020

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