福島の魚と日本酒は最高！ : Sushi Itou

[Tabelog Bronze Sushi East Top 100 Restaurants ☆4.03] ■Location: Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, about 6 minutes walk from the south exit of JR Iwaki Station ■Visiting time: 18:00 ■Reservation: Make a reservation by phone 2 months in advance ■Order: selection + alcohol ● selection (↓Serving order below ♢: Single dish 〇: Nigiri) ♢ Oyster Oyster from Akkeshi, Hokkaido. With dried shiitake mushrooms and bonito broth. ♢Cod milt It was so delicious! I was reminded that the milt of the same cod can be so different. It's soft and has no unpleasant taste, it's the best! I was a little amused when I heard "It's not just milt!" lol ♢Salmon roe and salmon roe rice This was also delicious. I want to eat it in a bowl lol ♢Ara sashimi Local real ara. With a light salt and wasabi. ♢Buri sashimi From Hokkaido. ♢Tachiuo Local caught with a bottom trawl. It retains moisture well, and steam rises every time you put your chopsticks in. The daikon is roughly chopped with a grater. It goes great with sake! ♢ Sea Urchin Hand Roll Produced in the Northern Territories. We purchase the best quality before it hits the market. Sweet and delicious! The nori is from Ariake. I've recently started to realize how well sea urchin and nori go together lol 〇 Chutoro (medium fatty tuna) Caught a little south of the Tsugaru Strait. It is served at a lower temperature than the lean and fatty tuna. 〇 Sumiika (squid) With salt and sudachi. 〇 Yanagigai (willow flounder) It is said to be the most delicious of the flounders. It has a chewy texture and a lingering sweetness at the end. Delicious! I didn't ask, but I'm sure it's expensive lol Apparently it's often eaten dried in the local area. 〇 Sea bream 〇 Surf clam 〇 Ark shell 〇 Horse mackerel 〇 Lean 〇 Fatty tuna It is served at a temperature a little higher than that of chutoro. Fatty tuna melts lol I forgot to take a picture of the fatty tuna lol 〇 Kohada (gizzard shad) There is no unpleasant sourness at all. (←There's no way lol) 〇Sai-maki shrimp with kombu paste Small kuruma shrimp. Apparently they are served in bite-sized pieces. 〇Splendid red snapper From Ito, Shizuoka. 〇Spanish mackerel From Soma, Fukushima. Smoked and slightly fragrant. 〇Shako (soy sauce) 〇Shako (claw) From Ehime. I'm glad I can use both soy sauce and claw! ♢Dried gourd roll Sweet. It would be great if it had a little more wasabi! ♢Miso soup (shrimp) This was also delicious with the shrimp broth coming out well! It also had the shrimp head, so I could taste the shrimp miso! 〇Conger eel (claw) It has a firm texture rather than being fluffy. I prefer this one! ♢Egg Sweet! ●Bottled beer (small Yebisu bottle) ●Aizu Musume "Yori" (Fukushima) ●Hanaizumi "Uraguchiman" (Fukushima) ●Hiroki "Kasumisake" (Fukushima) There are many delicious sakes in Fukushima! Hanaizumi is highly recommended for those who don't like sake but would like to try it! ■ Impressions Both the a la carte dishes and the nigiri sushi were incredibly delicious. The milt and willow flounder were particularly impressive! It's a bit difficult to get to from where I live, but I made a quick dash to get there. A 7-hour round trip on a regular train is hard on the back haha. Still, it was a restaurant that was definitely worth visiting! Apparently it's been appearing more on TV recently, and it was fun to hear some behind-the-scenes stories! haha