Entries from December 2007
正月用の
December 31, 2007 · Leave a Comment
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Tagged: Cooking, Fishing, Slow Food
Scallops, abalone, goby
December 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment
I managed to get out fishing yesterday, apart from the cold weather, wind and rain I managed to snag a few gobies. It was nice to fish Tokyo Bay again, after about seven weeks without fishing here in Japan. I also broke out a few of the hotate scallops and abalone, to make some sushi. I swear I could smell the Sanriku sea as I shucked the scallops, the distinctive aroma of Okirai Bay from all those months ago (I went fishing there in March this year) is still in my memory.
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Tagged: Cooking, Slow Food
Fresh from Sanriku
December 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment
Hotate scallops and wild abalone, alive-ho.
Check again soon to see how these end up in my kitchen…
Many thanks to Captain Yoshida of the Seiei-maru, Sakihama Harbour, Iwate, for the excellent quality and service, as usual.
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Tagged: Cooking
Fishing Sri Lanka (Indian Ocean: Negombo coast)
December 9, 2007 · 3 Comments
Before flying back to Tokyo I stayed one night at the fishing village Negombo (map) which is on the west coast of Sri Lanka, about 15 miles north of Colombo. It is a wonderful place and I would have loved to stay there longer. Since I was leaving on an overnight flight I had a morning spare, so I walked into the nearest tourist agents office and booked a fishing boat to take me out for a few hours. It cost Rs.7500, and included everything (boat and crew for five hours on the water, licenses/paperwork, all tackle and bait and pickup/drop-off at hotel). All I needed to do was bring drinking water, and be waiting for them at 5.30am outside my hotel the following morning.
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Tagged: Fishing, Travel
Back from Sri Lanka
December 8, 2007 · Leave a Comment
more later…

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Tagged: Travel