Nagoya Food ?????

When we travel as a family in Japan, we try to taste the most iconic food in the area that we're visiting.  Over our two very fun days in Nagoya this past summer, we got to try some of the most famous Nagoya food.Of course, it would be impossible to try everything Nagoya is known for, but we tried to squeeze in what we can in two short days.  Over the next few weeks, I'll be sharing recipes for some of the Nagoya food we tried on the blog.

Famous Nagoya FoodAre you ready for the culinary adventure"  Come join us on this fun journey tasting various food in Nagoya.Atsuta Horaiken (??????)We arrive in Nagoya just in time for dinner.  It was really special because we got to meet a JOC reader Cyn who currently lives in Nagoya and enjoyed dinner together.

One of the most famous food in Nagoya is eel (unagi) so we met at Atsuta Horaiken inside the Matsuzakaya department store.  Atsuta Horaiken was founded more than 140 years ago and is considered one of the best eel restaurants in all of Japan, and they are known for their trademark Hitsumabushi (?????).

What is Hitsumabushi you ask"  It's actually a set meal (Teishoku ??), consists of eel over rice, garnish (green onion, wasabi, and nori), pickles, miso soup, and dashi soup for your eel over rice.  For the eels, they are prepared and brushed in their secret tare sauce, grilled over binchotan (???) by experts with many years of experience.

Fresh wasabi is offered at the table to enjoy with the meal.

Chilled sake in ice, the presentation was simple and elegant.

Assorted sashimi, most of the vegetables used for decoration are edible.Here is how you enjoy Hitsumabushi, there are 4 steps:

First, enjoy the taste of eel with rice by themselves.Second, enjoy the eel with a little bit of green onion, wasabi, and nori seaweed.Then, enjoy the eel as Ochazuke-style (with dashi soup poured in).To finish, enjoy the meal with your favorite way.

The eel had amazing flavor and definitely muc...

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