Tsujiki: Tokyo Fish Market

Being the responsible Australian citizens that we are, Steve and I both went in to the Australian Embassy to cast our votes for the upcoming election last week. The strangest thing about voting was all the people speaking English around us. After that duty was done though, we thought we'd make the most of our trip to central Tokyo and do some exploring, so we went to visit Tsujiki. 

I'll be honest, when people say "Let's go to the fish market", I usually have the same response I did when my high school teacher suggested it over twenty years ago on my first trip to Japan; "Why would anyone want to go to a fish market?" But, we were in the area, and there has to be a reason people rave about it, so we went. 

The whole area was lots of food stalls, selling some amazingly fresh produce. I'm sure you could have visited a section with much more "straight off the boat raw fish", but we just strolled the more mainstream streets. The food looked delicious, so we stopped for some sashimi and we were not disappointed.

Like the matching phone case I made with the leftover fabric from my onigiri dress?

There were also loads of places selling wagyu beef, and Steve thought he'd get a piece to take home for Sophie. We've been really proud of the way the girls have been trying and eating all the new things provided at their school lunch (come back next week for that post!), so we wanted to get them something each they'd love to eat. I went off to get some salmon sashimi for Rachel, but the beef that Steve bought for Sophie got put straight onto a grill for us to eat immediately. A somewhat expensive accidental miscommunication, but one we didn't regret because the wagyu was phenomenal. 

We then successfully bought a larger piece to enjoy for dinner. So delicious. Rachel was happy with her salmon which she made into nigiri with some rice. 

 

I couldn't get any photos of Sophie enjoying her wagyu, because she ate it so fast, but loved every minute of it. Happy little carnivore.