He little cry, as the raor fish is popularly known (Xyrichtys novacula), has gone from being an unknown fish to arousing passion in season, which is right now in Catalonia, and also in August. "When we started working with it, more than fifteen years ago, no one knew it and we had to explain what it was like," recalls Pere Monje, director of the Via Veneto restaurant in Barcelona, who features it on the menu these days. "They come to us directly from the Maresme region, and the supplier, who fishes for them with a line, tells us daily how many he has," Monje continues. The day we interviewed Pere Monje and the chef David Andrés There was half a kilo. And what a half kilo! At the market, a kilo of parrots It can cost around sixty or more euros.