Memphis is crowded with award-winning restaurants with offerings from meat loaf to sushi. My husband, David, and I take pride in trying as many of those eateries as humanly possible.

So it is with great authority that I recommend the exceptional culinary experience at the Flying Fish, home of not only the best catfish, oysters, frog legs and grouper tacos, but also the world’s first Billy Bass Adoption Wall.

Yes, if you have one of those Billy Bass singing-fish plaques, you’re in luck, as the efficient staff will mount your plaque on the wall, promise to shelter and love your Billy Bass as if it were their own and then give you a free catfish dinner.