Japanese seafood
In Japan, it is common to eat raw seafood.
Maybe “Sushi” is the most famous raw seafood dish, so this time we’ll show you some other major raw seafood dishes.
KINDS
1. “Sashimi”
This is the most simple raw seafood dish. We sliced the raw fish such as tuna, salmon, shrimp, scallop, squid, octopus and so on.
They are beautifully dished up in vessel, and it called “Osashimi no moriawase”.
We dip the soy sauce and “wasabi”.
“Sashimi” is good nibbles for drink “Nihonshu”, so it is popular in Japanse bar.
2. “Kaisen-don”
“Kaisen-don” is the raw seafood bowl. The seafood, almost same as “Sashimi”, are topped with rice.
There are many kinds of “Kaisen-don”, depend on the kinds of raw seafood, so you can eat your favorite one.
The sauce is same as “Sashimi”, soy sauce and wasabi.
3. “Chirashi-zushi”
“Chirashi” means “scattered”. So this is the dish, which served on plates or bowls with many toppings. There are many kinds of raw seafood, same as “Sashimi” and “Kaisen-don”, are used for topping.
The difference with “Kaisen-don” is that “Chirashi-zushi” using not only seafood but also “Bamboo shoot”, “Lotus root”, baked egg and so on.
Also, it is used for festival and celebration.
4.Griled fish
Japanese griled fish are very simple taste , but they are makes the most of the original taste of local ingredients.
SHOPS
The most famous japanese seafood shop is “Hakodate Asaichi” at Hokkaido. There are a lot of kinds japanese sea food and you can eat these sea food in shops .