News Forum - Durian, mango and caviar? Thailand/Russian partnership creates affordable caviar

[Thaiger]

Caviar is making its way into Thailand’s fine-dining world. One Thai-Russian partnership is offering it for a more affordable price. A sturgeon farm in Hua Hin is now using high tech to “milk” sturgeon fish to extract their eggs, instead of killing them, which most farmers do. One tin of the farm’s caviar currently sells at a retail price of $230 to $832 per tin. The farm, Thai Sturgeon Farm, supplies local distributor Caviar House. Thai Sturgeon Farm’s co-owner said the farm estimates it may produce up to two tonnes of caviar this year. With a tropical climate, sturgeons on […]

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[Malc-Thai]

'One tin of the farm’s caviar currently sells at a retail price of $230 to $832 per tin'

 

I can see the Thais queuing up at 7-11 already to buy this

[Noble_Design]

    Durain? Sounds like Duran Duran.  It's spelled Durian btw      

[Alavan]

What has a sturgeon farm in Hua Hin to do with Russian partnership?
They already produce caviar in farms in several European countries, and Russia has to do nothing with that.
If there is a demand on the market somebody will jump in it. Caviar, (even) vegetarian "goose liver"...

[Fanta]

5 hours ago, Alavan said:

What has a sturgeon farm in Hua Hin to do with Russian partnership?
They already produce caviar in farms in several European countries, and Russia has to do nothing with that.
If there is a demand on the market somebody will jump in it. Caviar, (even) vegetarian "goose liver"...

Probably Russian money, sales & marketing or know how. Milking a fish for eggs sounds difficult as well as a bit “ewww”. 

[Thaidup]

Michelin-starred chef, Thitid “Ton” Tassanakajohn, told AFP he thought the farm’s prices had “opened doors” for many chefs.

 

I have never been to any restaurants like that, Can I afford to try one in Thailand? i watched some youtube video bloggers spend a night or 2 in 5 star hotel last year using the discount prices, It looked tempting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5_RfkasY50

 

[EdwardV]

27 minutes ago, Fanta said:

Milking a fish for eggs sounds difficult as well as a bit “ewww”. 

You can say that again, and throw in a “yuck” too. Better not let PETA know, they don’t even like monkeys picking coconuts. Their heads would probably explode over this. Oh wait that might be a good thing …

[Alavan]

9 hours ago, Fanta said:

Probably Russian money, sales & marketing or know how. Milking a fish for eggs sounds difficult as well as a bit “ewww”. 

No Russian money and know how involved in Europe, like France and Belgium. So you think it is necessary in Thailand?

[Fanta]

20 minutes ago, Alavan said:

No Russian money and know how involved in Europe, like France and Belgium. So you think it is necessary in Thailand?

“The farm, Thai Sturgeon Farm, supplies local distributor Caviar House.”

Caviar House is owned by Russian & Thai investors. And their website thanks a magazine for announcing the construction of the Russian & Thai owned sturgeon farm mentioned in the article. 

https://caviarhouse.co.th/news/caviar-house/

CAVIAR HOUSE

Published on November 3, 2016

Thank you to Luminesce Magazine for the article from November 1, 2016.

Excerpt:
In 2014 Thai Sturgeon Farm Co. Ltd (Thai limited company with Thai and Russian investors) started construction of the farm for growing sturgeon fish in Hua Hin, Thailand for meat and caviar with a maximum production capacity of 2,000 kg black caviar per year.