There is this small local joint located in the village of Yomitan right near the wharf. They serve "tempura" seafood. Tempura is a deep fried battered piece of fish, squid, octopus or vegtables. The cost is only 50 yen (about 45 cents) a piece. So you get a chunk of fresh tempura seafood real cheap! It is so tasty. We kind of overwhelmed the place as you can see so many gaijin (foreign locals) invading the place. The did not have any rice, which is unusual, but next time the obasans (little old grandmas) said that they will have it ready next time if we call ahead. The obasans said that they had ika (squid) but it was really tako. No, not taco like mexican tacos, but tako is octopus. You can imagine how Josh Dean felt when he bit into the fresh tempura and was met with the tentacles of the octopus. Don't worry though, the rest of us ate it, it was delicious. Double click on the pictures to get a closer look of the fresh fish that they were cutting. I think that the big one was either at tuna or a swordfish. These local joints are the best.
1 comment:
you can never have enough tako. i eat octo on an almost daily basis here.
Daniel in Sin City
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