There are a lot of jokes about eating Carp, like cooking it on a plank of cedar, then throw the carp away and eat the plank! But I had carp once at a local Ramada Inn Seafood Buffet once that surprised me totally.
A Black Chef there had cooked a bunch of "fish steaks" with no other name on them. I ate one and loved it. Asked him what Kind of fish it was and he told me Carp.
Changed my mind on it for sure. It was excellant. Must have been about a 20 pound fish alive.