It was a fantastic lunch, we both consider ourselves fairly adventurous, and so trying the Umi (Sea Urchin) was par for the course... However, when we asked the Sushi Chef to recommend our last dish--it tested the limits of our adventurous spirit.
He prepared Aji for us. Aji is Jack Mackerel, Raw.
You have to understand that our first sight of the fish looked like this
He then proceded to filet the Mackerel in front of us, and said that part was to be deep fried. The filet's? No not the filets... the remaining head, bones and tail. We were told when deep fried they
"Taste like a cracker"
After the carcas was done deepfrying the end presentation looked like this.
Very pretty actually.
The end result was much tastier than we originally thought it would be. We cleaned up the fish, and even tried the deep fried cracker. We couldn't quite bring ourselves to try the head or the eyes though... Here's the end result.
The moral of the story?
Trust the Sushi Chef, and don't be afraid of the Aji.
for more on sushi, check out this cool blog sushi master
(pictures taken with my camera phone... not as bad a toy as I would have thought)
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