21 Jul 2022 5:57 am
The best lunch we've had so far was in a restaurant right next to the Ibogawa (Ibo river) a place famous for Ayu fish.Taipan » 21 Jul 2022, 4:43 am » wrote: ↑ My best meal.
Seattle.
On a date. Double-date.
Halibut steak.
Dripping butter.
The slab of Halibut....... was bigger than my plate !!
Pitcher after pitcher of beer......we talked & laughed.
The fish was A++.
I came out with 100-Dollar bills. I don't care.
All night.
It was............."Glorius".
Yes, I got lucky that night.
@slideman
In the coutryside of Kyoto.
1 1/2, maybe 2 hours drive from where we live.
Two hand-made shoba cups, three Ayu to eat on the spot and four to take out.
Two cups of Ayu shiro (soup).
One whole Ayu sushi (this one was a killer !).
Two cups of rice cooked in green tea.
3 beers and one sake.
(This restaurant ONLY serves Ayu fish . . . no Ayu . . . restaurant is closed!)
Grand total . . . roughly $80 !
For coming Sunday we've arranged for a little party of ten people in this restaurant.
Mostly childhood friends of my wife . . . and one of my ex GF . . . the one who threw wine bottles at me while I was driving this Camper . . . she hates my guts now !
You can eat while watching families are picnicking while the menfolk are fishing for Ayu right there in the Ibogawa . . . which at his deepest it's 2.5 maybe 3 feet !
And they roast them right there on charcoal!
Some 50 to 100 feet away !
And the service . . . is something one can only dream of, in the US !
But this is everywhere in Japan !
Employees literally **** RUN to answer your most minuscule queries !