Red snapper with diced tomatoes and thyme was fresh and skillfully cooked, although the herby tomato and olive sauce seemed to overpower the delicate fillet.

The fish spatula is long and limber and, unlike tongs, will never puncture delicate fillets as you turn them in a hot pan.

One featured delicate fillets with a tasty crab and scallop stuffing, baked in scampi butter.

His skimkansen, or sizzling whole sea bass with ginger and vegetables, is a perfect example, Instead of a delicate fillet, you're presented with the whole blank-eyed, frowning fish.

The delicate fillet of sole atop a tasty mélange of asparagus and onions, garnished with a few jumbo shrimp, was another delicious treat.

Try this healthy, low-fat, Thai-style broth with delicate fillets of sea bass from The Hairy Bikers.

It also makes it easier to turn delicate fillets or cumbersome whole fish and reduces sticking.

The quick-browned butter, lemon and parsley sauce of a classic sole meuniere moistened the fish while providing richness and a tart counterpoint to the sweet, delicate fillet.

The variety, freshness and profusion of fish available is truly astonishing - everything from mammoth slabs of tuna to the most delicate fillet of whiting.

Even delicate fillets like sole or flounder, and tiny shellfish like bay scallops and oysters, can be grilled, using a special rack.