My OperaA Good Night In Gifu
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:58:49 PM
There is a small restaurant in Gifu called Mizutani. I say it's small, because they only seat about 16 people. However, the place is so well known, and the food is so good, that there are always people lining up outside!
Claeton and I went there two days ago, and had the loveliest yakitori (grilled chicken on skewers), heart, liver, nankotsu (cartillage), and even grilled sparrows!
The sparrows were the highlight of the evening, actually. You get two on a skewer, and you have a choice of either soy sauce or salt, but we chose soy sauce as the colour of the sauce would hide the actual shape of the bird. You then eat them whole, bones and all. In actual fact, they were really nice! Just like every other weird food, they tasted like chicken (but in this case it is not surprising, really, as they are birds, after all).
Lovely Jubbly!
I have eaten some of the strangest stuff here in Asia. Raw Horse sushi is one of my favourites, dipped in garlic, ginger and soy sauce. Grasshoppers ("inago") dipped in soy sauce and sugar are a nice one to try, especially after a few beers. Raw mince beef in garlic and raw egg ("yukke") is a special favourite. I even have to confess to having eaten raw whale meat (which tasted like horse), chillied dog (I suppose you really could call it a hot dog!) and the penis of an ox (which was like eating a bar of dried glue...!).
But, seriously, it MUST be better than the Mud-Crap Pizza you can buy in Korea!
Mind you, the Japanese think we are weird because we eat rabbits....
Scouse Mouse!
Claeton and I went there two days ago, and had the loveliest yakitori (grilled chicken on skewers), heart, liver, nankotsu (cartillage), and even grilled sparrows!
The sparrows were the highlight of the evening, actually. You get two on a skewer, and you have a choice of either soy sauce or salt, but we chose soy sauce as the colour of the sauce would hide the actual shape of the bird. You then eat them whole, bones and all. In actual fact, they were really nice! Just like every other weird food, they tasted like chicken (but in this case it is not surprising, really, as they are birds, after all).
Lovely Jubbly!
I have eaten some of the strangest stuff here in Asia. Raw Horse sushi is one of my favourites, dipped in garlic, ginger and soy sauce. Grasshoppers ("inago") dipped in soy sauce and sugar are a nice one to try, especially after a few beers. Raw mince beef in garlic and raw egg ("yukke") is a special favourite. I even have to confess to having eaten raw whale meat (which tasted like horse), chillied dog (I suppose you really could call it a hot dog!) and the penis of an ox (which was like eating a bar of dried glue...!).
But, seriously, it MUST be better than the Mud-Crap Pizza you can buy in Korea! Mind you, the Japanese think we are weird because we eat rabbits....
Scouse Mouse!
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