Cuttlefish, But No Coins
Outside of Tsukiji were a number of retail markets and restaurants where you could buy and enjoy many of the fish that we saw in person at the wholesale market. Ben referred to Tsukiji as the nine rings of fish hell, I suppose this retail area was just another ring.
As we walked around, seeing sushi restaurants packed with tourists, we decided to pass on the sushi. It was simply way too early for raw fish. At 7am in the morning, most of us were craving a proper breakfast not raw fish on rice. That didn’t stop us from walking around and looking at the offerings.
We looked, long and hard, for cuttlefish coin. I think that if we had found a restaurant offering it, we would have moved beyond the early hour, and treated ourselves to a bit. But, cuttlefish coin was not to be found.
We did, however, find common cuttlefish.
And cuttlefish tentacles.
And we found some sushi that we have no idea what it is. Sometimes it is funny when the English translations don’t help anymore than the Japanese.
Conger !?! Like that Darva woman on “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire!”
Those Japanese, they’ll eat anything!
POI: Conger is a type of eel, as I’m sure you already know by now. The real question is where does one find eel pie in Japan.
Where there is eel, there has got to be eel pie.
Try it for your family’s Thanksgiving celebration.
Yep, knew about the Conger.
Although, that wasn’t necessarily the piece of sushi I was referring to in the post. I was more intrigued by the Mantle Margin of Ark Shell. I mean, what is that?!
I will keep an eye out for th eel pie and let you know. If we find any, you can be certain that we will post and tell you about it!