Just got back home from Ueno, where I spent the evening sitting at a grimy stall, barely sheltered from the rain by a leaking roof, eating the most revolting food imaginable. . . over beer. I finally had a taste of horse (smoked like ham, though deep red, almost purple even), and it was quite good. At least in comparison to what should best be known as rotten, dried fish (called kusayahoshimono or くさや干物). It smells almost like that rotten tofu the Taiwanese adore. But it's fish, and it's revolting. It smells like sh*t (all the other customers tried to shuffle away as far as possible when they brought out the dish), and as you chew it up in your mouth, it in fact feels, tastes, smells, like you have a mouth full of it. Worst 400 yen I've ever spent. I tried to get the taste out of my mouth with the stewed organ meats that we also ordered. The two tastes rather complemented, to my chagrin.
That sh*t better not make me sick.
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5 comments:
Hard to say really, maybe "most hard-core tourist. . . ever."
no way...like shit? really? can't imagine it.
ever had salty dried fish, steamed with ginger and pork fat...steamed til it nearly falls apart when you stick your chopsticks in it? yum!
--p
Hey, that actually sounds pretty good. . . which this sh*t certainly was not. I of course, have never tasted fecal matter before, but this stuff certainly smelled like it belonged in a toilet. By the way, ever had choudofu (smelly tofu)?
choudofu. never had it, and probably never will. okaaay, let's talk about something clean now....
--p
it's time for a new entry, benkei.
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