This week I drastically reduced my calories. Perhaps by one third? The scary thing was that it was hardly difficult to do. I think I’ve been leading a Henry VIII gluttony-diet for the past half year. Anyway, one thing I do frequently is on the way home, stop at Isetan, and buy sashimi and a bit of sushi from their grocer. The fish quality is pretty decent. Last night ate some o-toro. They weren’t thick slices but they had the melting sweetness of o-toro. I tossed out the rice bed. It was overwhelming the fish and wasn’t particularly nice anyway.
When Ling and I arrived to choose our selection for our bento box date (it was 9pm or so) Hokkaido Food Fair was being held at Isetan. This was mostly sacks of $100 dried squid and other fish, but I did see something more intriguing: $100 flash-frozen crab legs. I don’t recall the species (there were several) but they were deep winter sea crabs from Hokkaido, flash frozen. According to Alton Brown (fwiw) flash frozen crab like this is about the best crab you’re going to get, in terms of freshness.
So I think tomorrow I may plan a special crab dinner using these babies. I need to do some research today and figure out the preperation and accompaniments. (If I am not struck down by YHWH first)
Tien Lee is returning for Singapore for work, but secretly arranged to come back a few days earlier (arriving Sunday afternoon). No one else knows. The kicker is, I told her to bring back fresh horseradish root from Australia. If she manages that, we’ll have some terrific accompaniment for the crab.
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