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02 ED 092 Fish, Food Meals, Japanese-style Food, Mirai 1-097, Obentō 01-093, Sushi

Salmon roe or salmon caviar as sushi

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いくら ikura salmon roe

The Japanese word for salmon roe, or salmon caviar, is いくら ‘ikura’. It is hugely popular, because of its nutritious value. Anything from omega to whatshallwecallit. That’s not true of course, but many people really have a liking for it. Let’s say it is an acquired taste.

2000円　2000えん 2000en

The salmon’s eggs come by the thousands and they are inside the fish in two sort of ‘side pockets’. In case you were wondering 2000 yen is about $30, so they are not cheap.

いくら ikura salmon roe

There are different kinds of roe, some large some small.

いくら ikura salmon roe

Students may be surprised that ikura are salmon eggs, but いくら ikura is also the word for ‘how much?’ Coincidence – different context. No connection.

いくら ikura salmon roe

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McDonald’s　マクドナルド

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McDonald’s　マクドナルド

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A light tempura lunch in the Ginza

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Lunch in the Ginza requires some finance, but is it worth it?! Yes!

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Sake cups

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Beautiful lacquer bowls

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These bowls display an Ainu-inspired motif

A feature of lacquer ware is not only the looks, but also the fact that the lacquer does not add taste to the food. When you drink from plastic or stoneware you can taste the material – lacquer doesn’t have that problem.

These are sake cups.

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Fish in Hokkaido restaurant

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Sushi in Hokkaido

北海道

ほっかいどう

hokkaidō

Hokkaido is well-know for fishing and therefore fish is high on the traditional Hokkaido menu. Salmon, squid, tuna and other sorts of fish are widely consumed. Hokkaido also has sheep farms and some cattle farms, but this page is about delicious fish from Hokkaido.

A takeaway lunchbox with Hokkaido fish.

The origami variety.

Crab meat is particularly sought after in many Hokkaido restaurants as the quality is exceptional.

One crab costs between NZ$150 and NZ$180.

The origami master’s impression.

On this platter one can see squid and different kinds of shell fish.

This is salmon roe, a dish that is regarded a delicacy. Salmon roe is very high on vitamins and omega 3. It is eaten with a spoon, although sometimes one can see it on top of a sushi-bite, which has seaweed wrapped around it in order to keep the bite nicely together.

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Octopus たこ

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たこ tako octopus

The origami version.

The origami master’s impression.

Octopus sushi

Origami like you have never seen it before!

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Conveyor belt sushi 回転寿司　かいてんずし

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Conveyor belt sushi 回転寿司かいてんずし kaitenzushi

The great advantages of this conveyor belt type sushi are that the customer is more in charge of the menu, the kitchen finds it easier to organise the menu, the dishes are more easily organised and the bill is easily calculated at the end. Add all the dishes together, check the colour of the dishes and present the customer with the bill: everyone happy. The food supply is instant too, so there is no waiting. The sushi shop can easily vary the menu, if they want to.