In December, I spent 3 glorious weeks eating my way through Japan; Tokyo, Kanazawa, Kyoto, Sapporo, Hakodate and back to Tokyo. It was my 11th (!) trip to Japan but my mother had never been, so I thought I'd take the old girl over for a good time. We did not kill each other, surprisingly.
I'll come back and caption these a little more informatively over coming weeks, but as you can see, we ate rather a lot.
Midori Sushi, Mark City, Shibuya (always my first stop when I arrive in Tokyo, as my preferred hotel is directly above it)
Toro tuna belly, Midori Sushi, Mark City, Shibuya
Squid gristle for snack time (as you do)
Uni tempura, Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Uni tempura, Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Eel, fish and scallop tempura, Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Clam meat, chopped, stuffed back in clam shell and tempura'd, Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Crab leg tempura, Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Maitake mushroom (a cluster of them) tempura, Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Squid, prawn which had been alive right up until this point, lotus root tempura, dipping sauce, radish and green tea salt,
Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Prawn head tempura,
Tsunahachi, Shinjuku
Evening hotel room snack - an AUD$15 tray of uni from Isetan depachika (food basement), Shinjku
Amaebi (sweet raw prawn) gunkan sushi from Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
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Engawa (flounder fin), lightly grilled,
Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
Otoro, chutoro and akami tuna,
Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
Marinated raw baby squid sushi,
Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
Otoro fatty tuna belly and minced daikon (takuan),
Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
Fried oysters,
Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
Negitoro - fatty minced tuna belly and green onion,
Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
Salmon, flounder fin and tuna belly aburi (lightly grilled),
Umegaoka Sushi No Midori Sohonten, Shibuya
