Kanazawa's Hokuriku is located close to the Sea of Japan, and this is one of the reasons why we must come because of this location where you can taste fresh seafood from the sea of Japan.
Omicho Market is Kanazawa's most famous seafood market and is the home of Kanazawa dining, and most of Kanazawa's restaurants source fresh ingredients at Omicho Market. Omicho Market sells almost everything you can get on the table, but seafood is the main one.
In order to eat the seafood of the morning market, we specially got up early in the morning, and came to the Omicho Market at 7 o'clock in the morning, the mistake of the raiders, we came early, many shops have not yet opened, and the seafood we want to eat will not open until 9:00.
The time is a little early, in the market near the Family Mart strolled around, this Family Mart is still quite large, the purchase of things here, the price is much cheaper than kyoto, Osaka and other big cities, this is a windfall from getting up early.
It was almost time to return to the Omicho Market, and by this time all the shops were open. The stalls selling seafood at Omicho Market all have their own "specialties", and it is rare for a fish dealer to sell all varieties of seafood, but some people mainly sell crabs, some people only sell oysters, and some people only sell shellfish or roe.
The seafood sold in the market is fresh and direct from the fishing boat, which is undoubtedly very fresh, and the owners are happy to provide simple seasonings such as mustard soy sauce, and many people buy it and eat it on the spot. There are also restaurants in the market that serve seafood dishes, which is a more comfortable option than standing next to a fish stall and eating a meal.
We were captivated by the seafood restaurant's sign, opened the curtain and pushed the door in, and there were already local diners who had already come to the table.
After ordering the most popular "Kanamazawa" and "Sea Urchin" at the top of the restaurant, the chef stands behind the cooking table and makes seafood in front of customers.
"Kanesawa" was delivered, and just looking at it made people's appetites feel excited. In the middle of the bowl is even a small piece of Kanazawa's famous gold leaf, which is a little iconic element that Kanazawa must have. There are several kinds of seafood in the "Kanzawa Rice", each of which is a thickly cut large piece, covered with rice to form a full bowl.
"Sea urchin" is a relatively single sea urchin and fish roe, but the amount is quite large.
Because it is the freshest seafood, so the taste is natural and delicious, coupled with Japan's consistent high standards of high quality, after eating "seafood beggars" is still unfinished, and added a sashimi platter, this breakfast is a bit luxurious, this is an extremely rich seafood breakfast.
After a day of play, I wanted to find a place to eat and drink some wine, but I didn't deliberately search for any famous shops, so I found a home wine house on the side of the road.
It seems that few foreigners come here, and the store does not specially prepare English menus or picture menus for foreigners, and the seafood menu represented by hiragana is completely incomprehensible, and can only be manually compared. Let the waiter recommend some special features, the first thing that must be tasted is the local specialty "fluorescent squid", this kind of squid is cooked to eat, and it is no longer possible to see that fluorescent and ordinary squid are no different. On spring and summer nights, large squid float on the coast of the coast with blue light, which is a scene of toyama's seaside. This property makes fluorescent squid a very unusual ingredient, but it doesn't taste so different.
The method of light air drying is also often seen in Japanese cuisine, and seafood that has been dried for only one night (or one day) retains a large part of the moisture in the meat, so it retains the original salty taste of seafood intact, and is a very traditional Japanese appetizer. This is the most memorable "overnight dry" squid with eggs, after grilling, the squid skin becomes crispy, and the eggs in the squid will become black paste, my companions feel too salty to enter, but I think it is a Dionysian dish.
"People who love to travel should have a stomach full of flowers." Tasting the local specialties of the tourist destination should be an important part of the trip, and a trip accompanied by food is the best trip.