Shizuoka prefecture

[torakris]

to learn about the foods from Shizuoka look here:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showto...72entry740972

[torakris]

Besides Kanagawa and Tokyo, this is where my family and I spend a lot of our time.

Not only is the scenery (Mt. Fuji) gorgeous, but there are a lot of wonderful foods.

We go there at least once a year to pick your own strawberry places and we also pick up bags of mikan (mandarin ornages) on the way home.

Shizuoka is also famous for its tea and wasabi and I always pick up some type of both them and one of the hundreds of souvenir shops that line the roads....

[torakris]

and then there is the kurohanpen:

http://www6.airnet.ne.jp/persona/other/kur...pen/Samples.htm

for those who are not familiar hanpen is made from fish paste and egg whites, this kurohanpen ("black" hanpen) is made with darker fleshed fish like sardines.

regular hanpen looks like this:

http://greggman.com/japan/oden/hanpen.jpg

Edited October 17, 2004 by torakris (log)

[helenjp]

Son1 went to a camp in central Shizuoka this summer. He said the green tea really was great (probably more because Shizuoka camp facilities make a point of serving a better quality of tea than is usual at such places!).

He brought us back some wasabi-flavored soba. It was great! They were a pale green, and while mild at first taste, they had just enough bite (and some sweetness??) to make a difference.

Wasabi flowers pickled in sake lees is another Shizuoka favorite...

[Hiroyuki]

I like the Izu area of Shizuoka prefecture. It's more than twenty years ago that I tasted inoshishi nabe (also known as botan nabe) at a restaurant in this area for the first time in my life. I have to admit that I just can't tell the difference between inoshishi (wild boar) meat and pork.

The website of Inoshishi Mura

http://www3.tokai.or.jp/ino-cc/

(Japanese only)

[Hiroyuki]

Has anyone tried Fujinomiya Yakisoba?

http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~saromiya/yakisoba/eindex2.html

[helenjp]

Can't tell the difference between inoshishi and pork??? I can, especially if it comes wearing all its hair! My previous father in law once toted an entire leg home from his mountain factory, where a local worker had given it to him, and handed it to me to cook

I cooked it in miso and sansho, as recommended, but used so much sansho that every mouthful made my tongue go numb. Unforgettable.

[torakris]

Has anyone tried Fujinomiya Yakisoba?

http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~saromiya/yakisoba/eindex2.html

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Hhhmmmm..

I have been to Fujinomiya a couple times and have never partaken of the yakisoba....

I have to admit though that yakisoba is far from one of my favorite foods.

[torakris]

My neighbor just returned from a visit to her hometown of Hamamatsu (in Shizuoka) bringing back mikan and amikan flavored cakes for all of us neighbors.

When asked how her trip went, she just smiled and wonderful! apparently she spent the whole time at her parent's eating unagi pies!

from here:

http://hamamatsu-daisuki.net/english/food/top.html

Unagi Pie

To satisfy your sweet tooth, try Unagi Pie, cookies made with fresh butter with crushed eel bones, eel extract, or garlic mixed in. It's the most popular souvenir from Hamamatsu.

I know we talked about these somewhere else....