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Unagi Rolls for $3.95

Tuesday, 8. September 2009, 10:37:11

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I had unusually big Unagi (roasted eel) rolls on Sunday night, preferential treatment I think. They shouted "Hello" upon hearing the doorbell before seeing me. It made me feel so good that I gave them a smiling nod when walking past them. The dish cost $3.95 before tax. The pieces are larger, richer, and tastier than usual. It made me very happy and contemplate on the power of a smile.

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daxonmacs 8. September 2009, 10:32

Nice dish and plate. Killer dump and killer smile eh?

solid copper 8. September 2009, 10:38

Yeah, even the plate is of higher class. I was really surprised when they placed that in front of me. This could have cost $7.95.

daxonmacs 8. September 2009, 10:59

Maybe they fear your blog lol.

solid copper 8. September 2009, 11:03

Hehe, I discovered later that they are a bunch of Koreans dressing up as Japanese. :lol:

derWandersmann 8. September 2009, 14:36

Man, that is REALLY overcoming a prejudice!

This might be a similar phenomenon to finding the Cherokee (Eastern Band, in North Carolina) dressing in Plains Indian outfits, complete with warbonnets, etc. ... they say the tourists expect Indians to look like that.

debplatt 8. September 2009, 19:51

I'm really proud that I've even had unagi! Where I grew up, it wasn't a common dish. :happy:

So far my most daring culinary experience has been eating snails. My family didn't think I'd like them, but they weren't bad.

solid copper 11. September 2009, 04:06

I wondered if you were talking about French snails, Deb. Like about five or six in a dish. We call them French style baked snails. I have had Chinese snails that are very small and fried in a wok with many spices. I like those as well but they cannot be had here in North America.

Oh, the Chinese snails are freshwater river snails. See photo here. Usually the dish is drier than shown. You can never have enough of them. You use a toothpick to pick out the meat. Perfect for beer.

daxonmacs 11. September 2009, 09:36

Sea snails are a traditional snack here, served in a soup, which is drunk after savouring the "karakollen".

solid copper 11. September 2009, 09:38

Hope to try it some day.

daxonmacs 11. September 2009, 09:40

Yours don't look too bad either :D

solid copper 11. September 2009, 09:46

Sea snails we mainly use for soup.

daxonmacs 11. September 2009, 09:50

I think it are the same snails, they at least look the same, whelks I found they are called in English.

solid copper 11. September 2009, 10:18

The Chinese snail mentioned is called Viviparidae in English.

daxonmacs 11. September 2009, 10:22

Same phylum and class I noticed, though in the picture they look a bit different.
Here too they are eaten with either a toothpick or a special crafted mini fork, looking like a crochet hook.

StevenV 14. September 2009, 13:47

Our 'karakollen' are sea-snails though , dax - not freshwater :chef: Mmm, miss the smell of them when their is a 'kermis' (fair) :beer:

Typical picture here:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/p/m/1554e5/

debplatt 14. September 2009, 18:17

Originally posted by solid copper:

I wondered if you were talking about French snails, Deb.



I'm not very knowledgeable about snails, but they must have been French snails -- they were bigger. I had them at a Japanese restaurant a number of years ago, so they were seasoned in a Japanese way. I remember that I could taste soy sauce in the dressing.

As to the taste, I thought the flavor was mostly from the seasoning, not so much from the snails. The texture of the snails reminded me a little of mushrooms, but more rubbery :smile:

daxonmacs 15. September 2009, 01:46

That's a typical booth, StevenV, thanks.
I stated a bit higher that it were sea snails.
I wasn't sure if they were a typical Brussels thing, I learned that now. :smile:

studio41 24. September 2009, 05:11

this picture is making me starVE! even though eel is not on my list... great pic.

solid copper 24. September 2009, 07:56

Where have you been? I'd just had another dish of that tonight. It's been three and half weeks. The green tea is delicious. :D

@Deb: It wasn't French snails that you had then. French snails are baked with butter and western herbs. No soy sauce. They are delicious. I only had it once in a fusion restaurant.

studio41 4. October 2009, 07:01

Originally posted by solid copper:

The green tea is delicious.


I'll stick with the green tea :wink: will take some snails, actually, I will do that from time to time.

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