Yoshinoya and Sukiya start selling eel dishes
Two of Japan’s biggest rice bowl fast food chains have begun to sell seasonal eel dishes:
Sukiya will be selling a half-gyudon/half-unadon dish, while Yoshinoya is selling pure unadon. Both are importing cheap eel from China, and both are emphasizing the safety of the imported eel.
The report ends a look at an eel restaurant in Tokyo that uses only domestic eel in its dishes. Customers claim that Japanese eel tastes better, but the chef notes that he cannot be entirely sure the eel is actually Japanese, since suppliers have been known to lie about the origins of imported food.
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Categories: Japanese Food
How To Pick Up A Live Eel
The trick is to use your middle finger to grip the eel at a spot about 1/3 of the way down its body:
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