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Eating Japan's Most PRIZED Fish!!! Fukushima's RARE Countryside Foods!!

Jun 01, 2021
you're going to do this one, two, three, today our food tour of Japan continues as we move from Sendai to Fukushima. I came here to see if life has returned to normal after the tragic tsunami and nuclear disaster that occurred there eight years ago. It was a huge earthquake that caused a tsunami to come and then the tsunami affected their nuclear reactor. How did you recover from that? While we're at it, we're going back to Japanese traditions that have stood the test of time, if you trust me. I want to see how tight we can get a pattern, three, two, one, that includes unique

foods

you wouldn't expect to see in Japan and ends with the

fish

you know about Japan but never expected to see on a plate before you started cooking.
eating japan s most prized fish fukushima s rare countryside foods
I want to ask more seriously, like what is shy in Japanese, let's start as we set foot in Fukushima prefecture, everything seems normal, a quiet rural environment, the smell of greenery, but deep in these fields lies a unique creature that will become part of an al

most

unheard of Japanese dish here we are we are in a field they told me that today we are going to catch grasshoppers yes you look like a professional because you are wearing gloves I mean look how I am dressed I am obviously not ready This is Masamichi Ogawa. He knows everything about country life, including what to do with these grasshoppers.
eating japan s most prized fish fukushima s rare countryside foods

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People in Japan used to eat them more commonly a long time ago, but the tradition continues today. I came here about a year ago. I posted a lot of videos about Japan Japanese Food and there are comments here and there as people freak out about radiation in food because of what happened here. How did you recover? I received the famous email. I just had tons of volunteers come and help clean up the rebuild. It took years and a lot of effort. He says there is no danger now. They eat local vegetables raw. They carry out examinations and tests for rice, so at this time it becomes safe, although food coming from this region has been thoroughly checked. and examined, there is still a lot of work to do and regain the trust of other regions and other parts of the world, when I am sure that these grasshoppers are good to keep busy.
eating japan s most prized fish fukushima s rare countryside foods
I like that you strive to do new things. I'm trying to catch grasshoppers, it's pretty easy right now, we're literally walking past thousands of them, find your prey. Oh, move quickly, here we go one, two, but

most

of all, there's literally here, it's a gift from God, you gotta commit, yeah, thank you. I think I'm a little brave. I have tried delicious food from all over the world. Yes, other people's food isn't gone, but there's nothing like the feeling of satisfaction that comes from coming out and touching me. I'll try another one. I'm trying. There is a grasshopper on this leaf.
eating japan s most prized fish fukushima s rare countryside foods
He almost wants to get caught. What it needs is for you to take some actions, get on high, like the hand of God, look, you have a huge one where you feel that adrenaline, you feel incredible, like you're going to ask for something. I'm a hunter, yes, yes, we have I have today's secret ingredient, dough Michi takes us to a local house where all the cooking action is about to end, including the riskiest food baking procedure in Japan, so far. I understand, there are two people with hammers and then there is one unlucky person who has to put their hand in. in there and that size, our friend here, how are you, you should join our lunch today mochi, a gooey, gooey classic that symbolizes Japan's eternal ability to innovate with everything around them.
Start by soaking rice in water overnight and drain it through cheesecloth the next day. and it is steamed for an hour before pounding in a wooden mortar, if you trust me, I want to see how tight we can get a pattern, here we go, yes, this is the product that is here, it is very sticky, nor He won't even get rid of it. Head, oh my god, this is more than I can chew, let's try it, it's so strange, it's like the unrefined version, so sticky and lumpy. Freshly pounded Fira mochi rice cake without honey flavor.
This part will remain on your arm. Mochi is a carby amorphis base and there are so many things you can do with it, add vegetable broth to make a mochi soup and top it with red bean paste coated with soy flour cr

eating

a vibrant yellow dessert and if you want something else wild, top it with natto, Japan's infamous sticky. fermented soybean hello, what's your name? My name is, you know you had that, oh, you speak English, don't join our meal, Mr. Yuujiro and his wife Asami, I think we should jump into it, so Shizuka. Oh no, have you ever been lazy?
This is never what we came here for because the grasshopper is boiled in hot water to remove dirt and then stir-fried in a mixture of soy sauce and sugar and sake, a mixture that creates homemade teriyaki sauce. I want you to take some if it helps you. fit it a little, that's the last thing you should do is look at them, she has one, okay, I'll do it together, listen, look at this, I have two here, let's do this, you know, I could drop it in your mouth, oh, I'll try. those, oh that's really good, it was sweet and salty, it's like teriyaki grasshoppers, grasshoppers, baby chefs, yeah, just crispy paper, there's no stickiness, it sells pretty well right here, this is what you get with natto natto natto oh, do people here just smell good?
Pretty normal smell to them, it doesn't smell bad, but to me it's obviously fermented, aha, yeah, it's flow, it's so unique it just blends like that, the more you mix it, the healthier yeah, well it's a chewy bite, yeah , I took it. too much you couldn't open your mouth I know the smell is more intense than the taste the taste itself is a little softer definitely slimy it's like a crime of slime on slime around here everything is just a sensation of texture foreigners think it's a very strange food but if you can't eat it like every morning, here is our dessert, let's try it with the same sticky texture, a little sweet and then a little, what is that called?, like nutty, earthy nutty, it might be the best way to describe it to me.
This looks like a traditional Japanese dessert, it's not like a king with icing, it just has a little subtle sweetness. Speaking of the event eight years ago, what kind of impact did that have on your lives here, if any? in Tokyo in a company and then after the earthquake and the disaster that occurred, it made him want to return home and support his hometown, that's amazing, like Yuujirou and his wife, many others returned to Fukushima to help rebuild it what it is today before leaving. Fukushima I have a unique opportunity to try a

rare

freshwater

fish

native to this part of Japan, a species you may know as crayfish, sir, what do you say?
This place is the perfect retreat from the city hotel restaurant and hot springs in one. Opened for 146 years and specializing in traditional

foods

that reflect Japanese culinary history in its extensive menu, it has one dish that caught my attention, but before I get into that, I want to ask what koi is in Japanese. The koi is a carp fish. about that big and they get it from the local rivers in either case. This fish is most famous for its bright and vibrant colors in Japan. Koi fish symbolizes persistence, determination, wealth, success and good fortune. I've seen them in picturesque ponds, but never on a table.
I tell you something funny, I came here because I thought we were going to eat one of those like koi goldfish, it's going to be colorful, white and orange and then people will say no, don't do it anyway, um, but I don't. Do you think it's that type of fish? What kind of koi fish do you have here? What do you want? That it is funny? Do you know what lamb is? You may have thought that you would eat this beautiful and colorful koi fish that is usually found in Japanese gardens and ponds, but in reality those are not fish intended for

eating

and we have separate breeds of koi fish that are actually designed for eating.
Are they still cute when you pick one up? Can you try to find the cutest one you have? Well, well, these fish will find the commercial purpose of a filleting knife and join their friends in a dish called koi umaƱa, large pieces of fish simmered with soy sauce, sugar and homemade sake for nine hours, when the fish becomes tender and the broth. thick is ready to be served character Hello guys, welcome back to the food show, so here this is a koi fish, it is also a tada coefficient, we are in this restaurant suite, a private room that has a little bit of everything , a beautiful background. here is a hot place and there is a tea station here they have a 7 inch TV can you explain this place to me?
I do not go. This is a room that you can sleep in, so you eat here and then you put your futons outside let me sleep sleep or pass out probably both because I mean, oh, here it looks like there's a nice kind of caramelized frosting on the outside and I think I'm going to start in the middle, do you think it is? Oh, I have no idea, maybe it's a grasshopper, nothing more than grass, okay, let's try it, cheers, cutting meters, it's kind of falling apart inside, but it's all held together with this thick soy-based glaze , a little sweet, well salty, tasted like a real chicken egg.
There it is, it has already been cut, let's burst this meat, right here it comes out very well. I don't think the carp has scales, thank you. I'm cutting myself. Oh that's great. I'd say oh, she's so soft that she's gone soft on everything. boiling but with a powerful flavor I never expected Carper to be that's all, it doesn't have any strange aftertaste and it's very tender, it's delicious. Fukushima, a region severely plagued by disaster after disaster, is now a symbol of Japanese resilience and persistence, a feat that was only possible. through the incredible fighting spirit of the Japanese people, if you travel to Japan, let me recommend you book and experience through buy food calm which now offers more than 250 experiences throughout the country, you can find food tours, cooking classes, tastings and more, and for every reservation made by phu kham he contributes funds to children in need through his project food kebabs for happiness and Iran finances me in Vietnam a lot of food and sausages in the USA I live a lot there is one thing that connects us all brings out the best in us showing that despite our differences you want to testify at the end of the day we are all people sometimes people very hungry for the part of life that unites us everything, from research and filming to editing and mastering, our 10-person team, the best food review program ever, works hard to implement the highest quality travel food entertainment twice a week.
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