28 October: A dinner party for 7 at home. The centre piece is a big, whole tai,
ordered by mail. (In Japan you can order almost anything direct from where it's produced or caught,
to be delivered by special courier - either refridgerated or frozen - which doesn't cost much.)
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The head goes into the hot pot first... |
... then the vegetables. When they are cooked, you pick the thin fish slices, dip them in the
soup for a few seconds, and eat them with ponzu sauce.
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Some of the fish was set aside, to be eaten as sashimi (along with amaebi. The fish on the
smaller plates is a smaller kind of tai marinated in vinegar/kombu. One of the guests brought the eringi mushrooms &
beans in sesame sauce here, as well as aubergine & bacon in spicy soy-based sauce.
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Matsutake mushrooms (yes, the expensive stuff) for the hot pot. And all this garlic went into the spicy dish on the right...
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...of aubergine & potatoes with tomato & green pepper, cooked by our Chinese friend. Looks a bit
messy in this photo, but it was delicious.
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29 October:Below: Spotted in Nagoya - bunny mochi cakes.
Right: at a cafe in Nagoya - a strange vase!
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