iBlog: Japanese Market

After a dining on a delectable selection of hand-made Japanese goodies, we still had the audacity to visit a food store. Nijiya is a true Japanese grocer specializing in homeland food for one's palate.

They carried many types of fresh fish. What disappears quickly is fish specifically brought over from Japan, even though it may be fresh frozen. In this case the grocer presented his fish with such freshness that his customers were enticed to grab the tongs and put a few fish in their plastic bags for dinner that night.

I asked one Japanese lady if she intended to make sushi. No, she would prepare the fish with shoyu (soy sauce) and other family ingredients for the barbeque that evening. It took much of my willpower not to be so boorish as to invite myself over for dinner....