Comments on: Where Sushi Comes From http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/ Notes from my kitchen, in which I bake bread and raise a few other matters Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:29:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Barbara http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3175 Barbara Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:30:02 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3175 Way too cool! What a great trip! Way too cool! What a great trip!

]]> By: Susan http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3153 Susan Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:27:48 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3153 Jon, if you will be there on a Sunday and enjoy people-watching, take a walk through Harajuku/Yoyogi Park. Diva, agreed, though the people here are wholesalers not the fishermen themselves, it is still nice to see where everything passes through and how clean it is. Tanna, some of what I couldn't imagine was the sheer size of much of the shellfish. Also, there were some things we just had no idea what they were, and the people there do not speak English so we were left wondering. Helen, I hope you get there! Tokyo is definitely not cheap, but worth it. Mike, you lived in Japan? Yes, the tuna auction is crazy, I wish we could have understood what was being said and how much it was going for. Tastememorygirl, welcome! Your beet posts are quite lovely. Mimi, it's been a while since I've seen that movie, I'll have to watch it again so I can remember the scene. Monoglot, yes, it doesn't get any fresher than that! Derrick, it's a seafood-lover's paradise for sure! Lina, I definitely recommend it. The native Tokyoites think it's funny that visitors like to go there -- none of them ever do, apparently, unless they're in the fish/restaurant business. Edamame, thanks for visiting. I wish I could read Japanese. Neen, the top two photos are of octopus (about as big as my head) and tuna. The others after the photos of the market floor are, from top to bottom, conch, cockle (?), lobster, fatty tuna (looks just like beef), giant scallop (the 12-inch-long shell is shaped more like a mussel), oyster, [I have no idea], and squid. Jon, if you will be there on a Sunday and enjoy people-watching, take a walk through Harajuku/Yoyogi Park.

Diva, agreed, though the people here are wholesalers not the fishermen themselves, it is still nice to see where everything passes through and how clean it is.

Tanna, some of what I couldn’t imagine was the sheer size of much of the shellfish. Also, there were some things we just had no idea what they were, and the people there do not speak English so we were left wondering.

Helen, I hope you get there! Tokyo is definitely not cheap, but worth it.

Mike, you lived in Japan? Yes, the tuna auction is crazy, I wish we could have understood what was being said and how much it was going for.

Tastememorygirl, welcome! Your beet posts are quite lovely.

Mimi, it’s been a while since I’ve seen that movie, I’ll have to watch it again so I can remember the scene.

Monoglot, yes, it doesn’t get any fresher than that!

Derrick, it’s a seafood-lover’s paradise for sure!

Lina, I definitely recommend it. The native Tokyoites think it’s funny that visitors like to go there — none of them ever do, apparently, unless they’re in the fish/restaurant business.

Edamame, thanks for visiting. I wish I could read Japanese.

Neen, the top two photos are of octopus (about as big as my head) and tuna. The others after the photos of the market floor are, from top to bottom, conch, cockle (?), lobster, fatty tuna (looks just like beef), giant scallop (the 12-inch-long shell is shaped more like a mussel), oyster, [I have no idea], and squid.

]]> By: Neen http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3151 Neen Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:35:31 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3151 Wicked cool! Look at the SIZE of those...what are they?! Wicked cool! Look at the SIZE of those…what are they?!

]]> By: edamame http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3149 edamame Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:56:44 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3149 what a wild in tsukizi ! This is a great site ! I am interested in the food culture of your country so that you are so. And I support your site. If there is time, please come in my site. From Japan http://food-soybean.blogspot.com/ what a wild in tsukizi ! This is a great site ! I am interested in the food culture of your country so that you are so. And I support your site. If there is time, please come in my site.
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]]> By: LINA http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3147 LINA Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:51:04 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3147 Ive been to japan over 20 times but have never made the trip to Tsukiji! I will def. be going the next time im in Japan. Great photos! Ive been to japan over 20 times but have never made the trip to Tsukiji! I will def. be going the next time im in Japan. Great photos!

]]> By: Derrick http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3146 Derrick Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:52:27 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3146 I literally started drooling while scrolling through the pictures. What a wonderful opportunity. I literally started drooling while scrolling through the pictures. What a wonderful opportunity.

]]> By: Monoglot http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3144 Monoglot Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:38:22 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3144 Ahhh. Lived in Japan several years ago for a bit. Imposible, isn't it, to describe the amazing scope of Tsukiji: size, variety, energy. Very best part of a visit? 0600 breakfast at one of the many area sushi bars: fresh fish scooped out of the aquarium, prepared, and served in 15 seconds. Unlike anything else in the world. Ahhh. Lived in Japan several years ago for a bit. Imposible, isn’t it, to describe the amazing scope of Tsukiji: size, variety, energy.

Very best part of a visit? 0600 breakfast at one of the many area sushi bars: fresh fish scooped out of the aquarium, prepared, and served in 15 seconds.

Unlike anything else in the world.

]]> By: mimi http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3143 mimi Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:51:43 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3143 love the photos of the fish market in action. what gorgeous looking fresh fish, must have been great to see it all in action! that last photo reminds me of mystic pizza, when julia pours the fish bucket into the prep kid's convertible. sigh, love that movie! :) love the photos of the fish market in action. what gorgeous looking fresh fish, must have been great to see it all in action! that last photo reminds me of mystic pizza, when julia pours the fish bucket into the prep kid’s convertible. sigh, love that movie! :)

]]> By: tastememory girl http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3142 tastememory girl Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:12:59 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3142 absolutely gorgeous...how exciting to be there! Love your bread pix and fixations..am an original city girl from the mission district - my parent's deli way back when had fresh bread delivered daily.....actually am posting about currently on my blog on the beet series. Anyways - glad I came across wild yeast, look forward to reading more! absolutely gorgeous…how exciting to be there!
Love your bread pix and fixations..am an original city girl from the mission district - my parent’s deli way back when had fresh bread delivered daily…..actually am posting about currently on my blog on the beet series.

Anyways - glad I came across wild yeast, look forward to reading more!

]]> By: Mike http://www.wildyeastblog.com/2008/04/17/tsukiji/#comment-3141 Mike Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:46:07 +0000 http://www.wildyeastblog.com/?p=565#comment-3141 ????????? I can't wait to move back and invest in treats such as these. The tuna auction is wild! Thanks for this post. ?????????

I can’t wait to move back and invest in treats such as these. The tuna auction is wild! Thanks for this post.

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