Asashio is a sort of guesthouse, I think? Anyway, it has a room where you can hold a banquet. The food here is genuinely good, so whenever we have a get-together this is where we end up.

Goldfish

They really were pretty.

Appetizers

Salt-grilled kuruma prawn, eshalot (young rakkyo shallot), moromi miso, corn, edamame and squid shiokara (salt-cured squid). The prawn was nicely crisp.

Chawanmushi (savoury steamed egg custard)

Delicious.

Sashimi

Today’s sashimi: wild hirame (flounder), sawara (Spanish mackerel) and amaebi (sweet shrimp). Every one of them was properly aged.

Aromatic vegetables and white fish cured in tosazu vinegar

Perfect with a drink.

Nagaimo somen (shredded yam in dashi)

Delicious.

Grilled mehikari (greeneye)

Lovely and fatty.

Fried prawns and a few other things

Another good snack to drink with.

Pineapple for dessert

Ate well right down to the last course.

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