Eating Unagi in Nagoya

arnasati — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:42:10 +0000

Eel is a popular food in Japan. Foods that in the local language is called Unagi is available as a side dish a friend ate rice or served as sushi.

Unagi so popular there, the food is almost always available in restaurants and, of course, is also sold in plastic packaging. Unagi is usually sold already flavored with soy sauce, so it’s kind of creamy sauce mixed with sweet taste. Understandably, Unagi is high in fat and protein, so it was tasty.

Because food is so popular and famous Japanese society is very concerned with the quality, the dishes that distinguish one from the other Unagi is the reliability of the cook process.

In the city of Nagoya, Japan, we were hosted to lunch at restaurants that specialize in serving hitsumabushi or grilled Unagi. Located at Shop Shirako Sakae, Nagoya Shi Nakanu, 3-15-33, Nagoya. Director of International Tourism Promotion Toru Karamatsu Aichi Prefecture, which took us to visit the restaurant.

This small restaurant does not stand out because it was in the basement of the building, but very popular. Like most restaurants in Japan, in the window of the restaurant’s cuisine is also plastered hitsumabushi imitation and a bowl of rice covered with a piece of grilled eel tempting brown.

The owner of the restaurant, Daisaku Wakita, said his restaurant stand 25 years ago and every day could sell 250 Unagi bowl. The amount is relatively high because the price is not cheap. For small bowl costs about 1600 yen or more than $ 18, which is 2250 yen or $ 25, and a big bowl 3500 yen or $ 40. Beside use the best eel, the price become too expensive because it is cooked in place.

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Eating Unagi in Nagoya