I have deleted a whole lot of photos by accident.... will take more next time I'm up there for new year.
You can buy most meats in Tokyo, but for a local supermarket the Odate Itoku supermarket has a vastly bigger variety than anything near us in Tokyo. In addition to beef, pork, and chicken they have horse and duck and whale. The range of seafood is not particularly unusual -but still impressive
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| discounted whale |
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| a sashimi tray with various fish and sea urchin in the middle |
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| Cod eggs - tarako |
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| Salmon eggs - ikura |
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| sazae shell fish from Niigata |
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| Sea urchin |
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| Horse sashimi - to be eaten raw |
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| meat assortment for sukiyaki /shabu shabu - in Tokyo you wouldn't usually see pork in the mix |
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| Japanese beef |
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| Namako - sea cucumber |
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| Sting Ray - popular locally for New Year |
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| A lot of fat on this whale meat |
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| More whale blubber |
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| American tarako - cod ? |
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| Kazunoko - herring roe |
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| Cod internal organs for soup.... mmmm delicious... |
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| Fresh stingray |
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| Octopus looking a very artificial red colour for New Year (I am not sure how they colour it) |
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| Prawns from Saudi Arabia |
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| Prawns from Argentina |
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| Discounted Whale |
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| Awabi - abalone |
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| ikura - salmon roe |
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| sashimi pack |
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| Sea Urchin |
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| Salted tarako - cod |
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| Scallops |
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| Sazae shell fish from Niigata |
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| Local specialty 1 - Horse meat ramen |
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| Local speciality 2 - Kiritampo ramen The three white sticks are 'kiritampo' - made of rice. |
3 comments:
Makes me glad to be a vegetarian...:)
That way I won't accidentally eat horse ramen without knowing it!
I do love all the yummy vegetables in Japan. We are so limited here....the same veggies over and over....lots of Chinese cabbage and cucumbers....can't wait for some real shitaki mushrooms!!!
Love this post. Pictures of food! I'm addicted for some reason to that bright red pickled octopus around at New Year's.
I was so amazed at the selection. Far superior to anything around here. I am starting to collect photos of mountain vegetable pickles that MIL makes. Usually very good.
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