“Shichi Hon Yari” 七本槍純米ひやおろし is the second hiyaoroshi we tasted. This one is from Shiga prefecture 滋賀県 (near Kyoto on the shore of lake Biwa...

Some days ago when we did our usual take-out sashimi and sushi from Tako Grill , I spotted a sake called “Ice Breaker”. I immediately recogn...

We started using quail eggs ウズラの卵 from fresh eggs that we boil rather than using canned ones since the quality is much better. We can get fr...

When we received our order of an assorted frozen sashimi from Riviera Seafood Club, they substituted salmon for the “Tuna chunks” (total of ...

This is the second time we got super-frozen assorted sashimi called “Oishii Sashimi Pack” from Riviera Seafood Club . (“Oishii” means delici...

One evening, we defrosted Chutoto bluefin tuna まぐろの中トロ from Great-Alaska-Seafood . I divided it into 4 parts thinking that I will make 4 di...

I have posted many dishes using octopus which we got from different sources . We like octopus legs (boiled and frozen) from D’artagnan  and ...

Shime-saba しめ鯖 is vinegar pickled mackerel and a very popular item in Japan. The best is fresh local “branded” mackerel (such as “ Seki-saba...

We have been taking out omakase sushi and sashimi 刺身と寿司おまかせ from Tako Grill since March of 2020 after it closed for dining-in. I have poste...

Some time ago, I got a small block (5 oz.) of frozen fatty tuna from Catalina Offshore Products . I was not sure if this was chu-toro 中トロ or...

 We have purchased quite a few items from Great-Alaska-Seafood . We tried frozen sashimi-grade yellowfin tuna or "kihada-maguro" ...

Recently while browsing online purveyors of sashimi-grade tuna I noticed advertisements for bluefin sashimi tuna "imperfect cuts" ...

This is my on-going effort to find retailers where I can get sashimi-grade fish. As I have mentioned previously some of the on-line places ...

 Our Japanese grocery store " Maruichi ", gets a bluefin tuna for sale once a month (I assume from NY).  The date is not fixed and...

Our Izakaya substitute " Tako Grill " has been close for dining-in for some time. Mr. Terry Segawa indicated that they would oper...

When we got firefly squid from Regalis food , we also got 3 lbs. of fresh bigeye tuna sashimi メバチマグロ (akami 赤身). Since this was too much tun...