岡山名物、サワラの刺身を食べるべしっ(^O^)‼︎ : okayamaryourikandasetouchi

I visited the Okayama cuisine restaurant "Setouchi" (^O^)!! ︎ It's located exactly halfway between Akihabara and Kanda, and the closest place to walk from Iwamotocho is Setouchi. This restaurant is located on the second floor under the overpass, and you can enjoy seasonal seafood from Setouchi, focusing on Okayama cuisine♪♪ There are almost no Okayama cuisine restaurants, so this is a rare restaurant even in Tokyo (^O^)!! ︎ The reason why I visited this restaurant this time is because I wanted to eat sawara (Japanese sawara), a fish that has been exciting me ever since I saw it in the manga "Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime", as sashimi (^O^)ノ 99% of the time, I've only eaten sawara grilled, right? ︎ When winter mackerel is occasionally available at Sushi, they will serve it as grilled frost, but (^ ^) For people from the Kanto region like me...or rather, other than people from Okayama or Setouchi, most people would say, "Do you eat it as sashimi?!" ︎ There is a reason for that. Since sawara is a fish that easily splits into pieces, it is difficult to make it into sashimi. Therefore, it has long been thought that it is not tasty to eat it as sashimi, and that the best way to eat it is grilled. However, Okayama sawara is different! ︎ The moment it is caught, it is processed immediately so that it does not struggle, and it is boxed so that it does not move on the boat, and from then on no one can touch it. It is managed so thoroughly. ... This is going to be so long (lol) For more details, please see "Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime" (lol) Anyway, you can eat sawara that is loved by the people of Okayama Prefecture (^ ^)! ︎ On this day, they had sawara sashimi and tataki, so I ordered both♪♪ I also ordered my favorite potato and egg salad from the menu that was ready to go, and also a rare boiled black rockfish! ︎ First, we toast with a medium-sized bottle of Classic Lager (^O^)ノ The appetizer is vinegared Vinegared dish and boiled taro and Simmered dish ♪♪ While I'm sipping my beer, the potato and egg salad is ready ♪♪ Yes, it's potato salad as you can see (lol) And it's delicious‼ ︎ It has suddenly entered my top 10 potato salads (^ ^)‼ ︎ And finally! The long-awaited sawara sashimi is ready (^O^)‼ ︎ So this is the sawara sashimi I've been longing for. First, I take a bite from the fillet at the back‼ ︎ Wow, this is so delicious that it can't be beaten by your average yellowtail ( ﾟдﾟ)‼ ︎ The flesh is thick and fatty, it's a really tasty fish (^ ^)‼ ︎ Next is the part in the front that looks like fatty tuna‼ ︎ ...Is this really the same fish⁉︎ This time it really tastes close to fatty tuna ( ﾟдﾟ)‼ ︎ But sawara... the fat is so refined‼ ︎ Wow, it's delicious (^O^)‼ ︎ Next, the tataki was completed, but I see‼ ︎ In Setouchi, tataki is grilled frost (^ ^)‼ ︎ I thought it was the Kanto style tataki that is cut into thin strips and mixed with green onions and ginger (lol) I took a bite... this time the skin was seared, so it was fragrant and plump (^O^)‼ ︎ I'm completely captivated by sawara (lol) Around this time, I shifted to Okayama's local sake, Heiki Sake Brewery's "Kihei". This sake is also delicious ~ ♪♪ And the boiled black rockfish is complete ♪♪ This is also delicious with a good amount of fat (^O^)‼ ︎ I sucked it down to the bone (lol) For the finale, I had a set of sea bream rice Onigiri and sea bream soup!! ︎ It was the best Okayama and Setouchi cuisine (^ ^)♪♪ As the name suggests, sawara (Japanese Spanish mackerel) is in season in early spring, so I would like to visit again in early spring‼ ︎ Thank you for the delicious meal (^ O ^) ノ