Fish Type: Lake Perch Price: $20.00
Overall, I would highly recommend this Fish Fry.
| Fish Score: Excellent Potato Score: Excellent Tartar Score: Good Bread Score: Good Miscellaneous Score: Good |  |
Comment: The Green Lantern always has a bunch of great fish on their menu, but this Friday they had a “Perch” special too. Needless to say, it hooked me.
The big board just said “Perch” so, of course, I asked what kind of perch it was. When our waitress answered “Lake Perch” it begged my next question - and how many pieces? When she replied “5” it was game on. You see, anything less than five is likely pike-perch and anything more, icing on the cake. I put in for the perch with a side of hash browns (cheese and onion, please) and began licking my chops.
The fish fried quickly and I could tell straight away that she had been straight with me - this perch was legit. The five fillets were true yellow perch, flaky and sweet, and home to an incredibly crumbly, fall-apart breading. While the breading didn’t cling like crazy it didn’t really need to…I’d eat this stuff naked. It paired swimmingly with the Greenie’s supper club standard tartar and made me genuinely happy.
The side of hash browns also made me plenty giddy. They were fried to perfection then folded over to melt the cheese and soften the onion even more - an A+ preparation if ever there was one. The little split-top rye bun was heartwarming and slaw provided the tingle it's supposed to.
When we rolled into the Greenie for a 4th of July Weekend Fish Fry the last thing I expected was to be blown away, but when the legit lake perch showed up the fireworks show was on. Overall, we highly recommend this Fish Fry and think this perch is absolutely explosive.www.thegreenieonthelake.com/
4412 Sigglekow Road
McFarland, WI 53558
(608) 270-3600
