aozakana: Seasonal Autumn Fish Dinner
Posted in Nishiki Market, fish (魚料理), home cooking/recipes, ippin ryori (一品料理), sushi (寿司) on Nov 4th, 2007
aozakana(青魚): Seasonal Autumn Fish Dinner
aozakana (青魚) literally, ‘blue fish’ are in season from mid-autumn throughout the winter. These are such species as mackerel (青魚, saba), pacific saury (秋刀魚, sanma), sardine (鰯, iwashi), and jack mackerel (鯵, aji). Their blue colored backs give these well loved fish their Japanese name.
In Japan, the cold months are the [...]
