[TOKYO FOOD MARATHON] "SABA MISO NI" by UORIKI〈魚力のサバ味噌煮〉
- wheresmycheese123
- 2016年10月1日
- 読了時間: 2分
Since we don't have any problem getting the best meat in the States, eating fish is kind of main focus here. One of the classic meal you can enjoy in Japan is the "Saba Miso Ni". (Mackerel simmered/boiled with Miso) And to find the best Sabamisoni, just look for a fish market where they do lunch as well. In my case, "Uoriki" in Shibuya/Yoyogi.
This place serves one of the best Sabamisoni in Tokyo. Being a fish market as well, of course they have a fresh-EST fishes lining up to be sold too. The entrance is super local Japanese style which you may need a little courage to enter, but it is a small cozy diner with mom-like ladies are working very hard.
Make sure to pick the menu card hanging in the entrance. And for Sabamiso, It is the 4 cards from the left bottom. The 2 blue ones saying "Shimo" means the lower half of the mackerel with lot of volume, and red one "Kami" is upper part with softer texture. I prefre the upper part so chose "Kami".
Rice and miso soup are refill-free and if the card you chose have the number of the day, you get side-dishes FREE! Such a generous service!
The mackerel is boiled with sweet miso and it's is sooo soft! The tenderness of the oil makes you go for the rice - miso soup - and repeat that over and over again. When you finish the fish itself, you pour the miso (of course with lots of mackerel's dissolved delicious taste inside!) into the rice bowl and mix it up and finish.
This is not a sit and chill for 3 hours kind of restaurant, but I will guarantee that you will get that "Deep Japanese Culture" experience here.
やっぱり魚ですよね、ってので。おいしいサバ味噌煮を求めて代々木の魚力へ。魚屋でもあり、昼夜も営業している人気店らしいです。外からの外見だと、本当にランチやってるのかな？って心配になるけど扉を開けてみると小さなこじんまりの定食屋さんです。入り口のメニュー札をとってから着席。ごはんとお味噌汁おかわり自由な上に札の裏にあたりとされる番号があればサイドメニューもおまけしてくれるとのこと！素敵すぎる！
肝心のサバ味噌煮はシモ（尻尾の方の半分でボリュー満点）とカミ（頭よりで身が柔らかめ）の２種類あり、今回はカミを選択。甘ーい味噌で煮込まれたサバはホロホロのふわふわ。。。一度口に入れるとサバ味噌→ごはん→味噌汁の無限大ループが始まり、最後は味噌をご飯にかけ占めて、幸せの完食なのでありました。
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