Smoky Garlic Fish Stew

I love to shop for my cooking classes in the food markets of Hong Kong. They are among the most colourful and varied I have seen anywhere in the world. A favourite seasoning of mine, which I have seen nowhere but in Hong Kong, is smoked garlic. I assume that it is a method or technique for preserving garlic. It gives food a wonderful, smoky flavour plus all the other tasty virtues that garlic imparts to any dish. Garlic, smoked or not, is used a great deal in the cooking of Hong Kong. It us