I am a little tired this week. I should go to bed earlier, then I should eat some good stamina food!! If you ask Japanese "what is good Stamina food?", I bet he/she will reply "UNAGI!" Yes, it is eel. Eel has rich Vitamin A( eel has it over 4 times than cheese). Actually we have a special day "Doyo no ushi no hi", it is a day to eat eel to prevent summer heat exhaustion. We have the day around the hottest part of summer begins around July 20th and lasts for 18 days. We eat eel as Kabayaki / Unajyu at Unagi restaurant. You can see them in this Soramimi post.
Then I have found a interesting restaurant today. Nagamono Ryori "Hachi". Looks like a cool place in Nishi Azabu. Nagamono means "long shape stuff". Yes! They serve only long shape fish only. Unagi(eel), Anago(conger eel), Hamo(sharp-toothed eel), then Utsubo(moray eel)! All long dish, looks delicous.
ooooooh, hamo--totemo oishii desu! I had that in Kyoto a couple of times. There are a lot of small bones in it, so nobody makes it at home. I remember walking to a particular shop in the Shijo shotengai to get unagi on the special day to prevent "natsubame".
What is the word for the "winter doldrums"? You can take a flu shot, and eat agedashi tofu or some kind of nabe, but what is the official Japanese dish to prevent the "winter doldrums"? I'm happy eating unadon any time of the year!
Posted by: Claire （クレア） | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 09:08 AM
Hmmm. If memory serves, Azabu is a very expensive district for dinner. It's (usually) worth the price.
But this year, I forgot to eat eel during the summer. If it works for heat exhaustion, what does it do for cold weather?
Posted by: Fly Molo | Friday, November 12, 2004 at 03:38 AM