Fish Market - Tsubakai Ichiba

Japan is famous for its fish market and Nagoya is no exception. Fish markets typically open from 4:30am - 8:30am, so it is imperative to get up early and head to the fish market to get the freshest stuff.

Note: Those who are suffering from jetlag should go to fish markets. You're up anyway....

So one very early morning, I met up with my friend Shayla and headed to the nearby fish market.

 

 

Inside was a maze of many vendors trying to sell any seafood you can imagine. There were some who were cutting up tuna right in front of your eyes:

 

And others who were just trying to sell whatever they caught that morning. Here's a few amazing shots of products. Can you believe the size of these shrimps?!

 

Or the size of these octopus or oysters:

 

It was truly amazing. If it wasn't so early, I'd be going there for my fresh fish everyday.

Here's what I ended up getting - big sashimi slices of tuna -

 

and ALL FOR 500yen ($5 CAD)

Summer weather is HERE!

Hello, hello,

After a few awful weeks of intense schoolwork and Beijing, I am now able to take a little break and blog. So be prepared for many blogs!

Now that nice weather is upon us, we've been enjoying the weather on our balcony with our newly purchased patio set and hibachi grill.

Our lovely patio set - 2 wicker chairs with matching round glass table. Perfect for our balcony.

 

Here's Matt making our dinner using the hibachi grill. Yum - grilled meat!

 

 

Goes great with a couple glasses of Bordeaux wine.

 

So nice just to be able to relax and enjoy the view. Compai!

Johan and Brie

Our first cheese plate in Nagoya.

Cheese is very expensive here, so it's a real treat and a little splurge when we have it. Here's to our first (and many more) cheese plates in Nagoya.

 

Thank you Johan for the amazing baguette. It was so delicious and baked fresh everyday!

Sushi - Conveyor style

Japan is famous for conveyor sushi, basically plates of sushi goes round and round a conveyor and you pick up plates of sushi you want to eat. Sushi's come on different coloured plates to distinguish price of each dish.

Delicious conveyor sushi - salmon, white tuna, tuna tempura, and mackerel.

Can't wait for the next round!

Fishing for Dinner with Seki

Lovely dinner with Seki and his family.

We went to a fish your own dinner restaurant and it was so much fun!!

At the restaurant, you sit beside a water canal filled with all kinds of different fish.

 

And in order to eat, you have to catch a fish.


At first, we were trying to fish for the giant Alaskan crab:

But then, I got bored. Never knew crabs are SO slow.

 

 

 

So I ended up going for the other fish and found SUCCESS!

 



 

 

Whenever anyone in the restaurant catches a fish, people sing to their achievement and bang on the drums.



 

 

 Here's Seki's son and his fish:

 

 

 

 

 

Here's us all eating our hard work!

 

 

 

 





Such a fun and wonderful time!

 

 

 

 

The $3 Red Pepper

 

My $3 (or 300yen) sweet red pepper. It was little, about the same size as the palm of my hand.

 

Hard to believe it is so expensive, and harder to pay the price, especially when I remember them costing $2/lb. But then I do love red peppers.....

 

Ontario has very nice and cheap fresh fruits and vegetables when in season.

 

 



Good things grow in Ontario.