Japanese Food Questions

[Hoshi "Terry" Toranaga]

I thought so too BayYan san.
The itamae explained that it is bedded on Japanese Mint and you take a tiny bit of that mint, put it on the tuna and then they melt together in your mouth due to the slice. I have never gotten it that way before, but have to say it was very very nice.
Also on the bonito (small tuna) that is on the spoon he made a light sauce with lime, mint and soy sauce, was also extremely nice.

But the whole evening was awesome, I also had some of the best Uni and Unagi sushi I ever tried, he directly importet the uni and the eel from Japan. It was not cheap, but well worth it.

[BayYan]

Today's lunch, Tomato vongole ramen 

[Hoshi "Terry" Toranaga]

Oh that looks so nice! Yummy

[BayYan]

どぜう鍋と鯉のあらい(Dozeu-Nabe and Koi no Arai)

Dozeu-Nabe : Loach japanese stew
Koi no Arai: It is a carp sashimi chilled with ice water

The Dozeu-Nabe is a local cuisine in Tokyo
I watched sumo wrestling while eating this.

[Hoshi "Terry" Toranaga]

That looks amazing BaYan!

I really have to visit Japan again and it is looking good that I will be back in Tokyo 2020 (yes it is still a long time to go...)

[Rai "StarBlaze" Akahoshi]

Me wants.

[Jonas "Warschnuffel" Maltex]

Soooo hungry all of sudden. You bastard! Looks delicious

[BayYan]

Dozeu-Nabe is not very expensive, but it is quick to sell out. (Because It is time consuming to fillet a small Loach)
If you guys want to eat it, I will be able to guide you to the restaurant. 

Unusual food I ate recently.

At first glance, it looks like normally teriyaki fried chicken.
In fact, This food is frozen and eaten in that state.
(This food started to be made in Kyushu district of Japan about 40 years ago)

[Onai "Oni" Tekimata]

UHUHU!!! THAT looks interesting! Definetly something that I would like to eat when I am in Japan!

[BayYan]

If you travel to Japan, Why don't you visit various soba, buckwheat noodles, restaurants?
(However, please be careful about buckwheat allergy.)


This is a soba restaurant I visited the other day. Restaurant name 鈴木(Suzuki)


The soba dish we had at that time. It is dunked into the dasi-suop and eat it.
L:Soy sauce dasi-soup
C:Salt dasi-soup, The noodles are already in the soup
R:Soy sauce dasi-soup with grated Japanese white radish.

Soba is often eaten with sake. But unfortunately at this time I had to drive and couldn't drink

[Joshua "Gaookami" O'Connell]

Looks delicious. Have you ever been to a noodle restaurant with a water chute where you need to catch your noodles?

[BayYan]

Looks delicious. Have you ever been to a noodle restaurant with a water chute where you need to catch your noodles?

Joshua san

The eating style is called "流しそうめん, Nagashi Sōmen" which uses Sōmen.
Sōmen: 素麺, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%8Dmen

The bamboo water slide will be extended depending on the number of participants. Pouring water and Sōmen from the high side.
Bamboo water slide is likened to a clear small stream, and Sōmen is likened to a fish that swims quickly there.
Nagashi Sōmen is a dish you can taste with your eyes.

Nagashi Sōmen requires a place and a lot of water and is basically done outdoors. So Very few restaurants can offer it. Unfortunately I have never visited those restaurants.
Of course I have done it in my home garden.

As you can see, Nagashi Sōmen is hard to prepare.
But using this will solve almost all problems.


Personal Nagashi Sōmen machine.
You can buy those in Amazon. 

[Onai "Oni" Tekimata]

I saw that once on youtube, but I thought that this was a rare thing. That looks like a lot of fun!

[BayYan]

I saw that once on youtube, but I thought that this was a rare thing. That looks like a lot of fun!

Onai san

Yes, The restaurant that serves Nagashi Sōmen year-round is very rare. But If it's only in summer season, It can be enjoyed as an event in a suburban restaurant or campsite.
Nagashi Sōmen is a very fun way to eat.


Regarding Sōmen, I will introduce Onai-san to this.

ACGUY Sōmen bowl set

[Hoshi "Terry" Toranaga]

OK it is now certain I will be in Japan next April