From day two we rolled out with a proper crew. You really need four at a table to go to one place and eat properly, after all. After picking up a new member arriving from Korea at the airport, we headed straight for lunch at Matsuya, the place around here famous for snow crab. I’ve posted about it so many times that there’s probably no need to go over it all again… but I’m leaving this here for the record.
Drinks first..
This is Chiyomusubi, a local sake from Sakaiminato, but the taste was just meh… Still, it was the only nihonshu they had, so I had no choice but to put up with it.
Everyone gets the 4,200-yen snow crab set meal.
It’s our first meal, after all, so we can’t skimp. You have to eat at least this much to say you ate well in Japan, right?
Rice comes too.
It’s packed with scallops, which bumped the satisfaction level right up.
The freshness of the sashimi goes without saying.
It’s just insanely fresh.
But my favorite is the tempura~
As long as the ingredients are fresh, it turns out superb no matter how skilled the frying is. It’s best while it’s hot, so I recommend eating it first.
And today’s main event, the snow crab
I ate to my heart’s content. Though it seemed a little smaller than before… Snow crab comes in grades too, and this guy felt like a flyweight. Still, considering how steeply crab prices climb with size, it’s not bad.
After this light meal we went to Kasuitei, a ryokan at Kaike Onsen in Yonago, enjoyed a luxurious soak, and headed back. I’ll skip the onsen photos for now.
A winter trip combining crab and hot springs: few experiences are more luxurious than that. This is just the beginning, so look forward to the posts coming up..