Halibut has a delicious creamy white flesh with a mildly sweet flavour the firm meaty texture makes it very versatile in the kitchen but it has a tendency to dry out quickly and should not be overcooked poaching or steaming brings best resultsrthe giant among the flatfish halibut can live to 100 years growing slowly to 25m and 100kg upwards the record for the largest halibut ever caught is 314kg making it one of the largest bony fish species in the sea its name originates from its popular