The phrase "a fish course" is not correct in standard English usage.
It may be intended to refer to a course in a meal that features fish, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "For dinner, we will have a fish course followed by a meat course."
Alternatives: "a fish dish" or "a seafood course".
Because, comes the withering reply, it is a fish course.
If on Easter Sunday a fish course precedes the ham, Paumanok's 2000 dry riesling ($15), with its squeeze-of-lemon acidity, can come into play.
"At one point I found myself serving a fish course to P. M., and as I lowered the dish in front of her, she abruptly raised her hand, arresting mine mid-motion.
Victorian meals with multiple main courses of calf's head, a beef roast and a saddle of venison supplemented by a fish course and dozens of accompaniments died out by World War I, he said.
If this blanco accompanies a fish course, the meat course will find a friend in '99 Borsao Red Wine, a simple, fleshy, fruity brew, which manages to be smooth and gutsy.
Although, as one of my colleagues said: "I thought Boris Johnson was the lord mayor, that's the only reason I agreed to work!" The guests enjoyed a champagne reception, and then were served a starter ("a celebration of British mushrooms"), a fish course and main course of fillet of beef, all served with wine of course.
We split a simple, elegant fish course, a crisp-skinned, whole baby snapper over spinach on a bed of potato purée, then an entree of pork tenderloin stuffed with dried fruits swathed in a delicate bacon-sherry sauce, served on a bed of wilted red cabbage.
This book is filled with sentences like these, from Trevor-Roper's time at Oxford: "During the fish course, a trout, thrown from a distance, disintegrated in midair, and struck Hugh a glancing blow.
When we were in the middle of the fish course, someone tapped a glass with a knife and at one of the big tables a man rose to his feet and began to declaim in a loud voice.
The fish course was followed by a square of "silken" tofu, kinugoshi, deep-fried, but custardy on the inside a contrast in texture that reminded me of crème brûlée (if you can imagine eating crème brûlée with chopsticks).
The 17th century barn had been used for a fish cookery course on Tuesday.
