徳山鮓 Nagahama

Last time we made zousui but this time the nabe set from Tokuyamazushi took care of the carb part. They provided 6 individually packed noodles as “shime” for us. We made 3/4 with hanasansho and 1/4 with the pack of sansai in smokey katsuo dashi. These noodles were SO DELICIOUS! 🤯🤯🤯 For real? We had this level of good food at home? I was still mind blown by how Japanese were about to create a takehome meal experience to this high level? I definitely think my benchmark for hotpot at home can never be the same!
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As weather is getting hot in Japan (around 25-27 C already) and hanasansho season ended, we would probably stop at these 3 nabes. Each of them cost almost the same, around 8000 yen per person, including delivery all the from the mountain or lake of Hirasansou and Tokuyamazushi respectively.
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A huge bargain for the quality of food we got, and we normally need to travel over two hours to these restaurants (except for Nijyo Yamagishi which is in Kyoto). BUT of course, it cannot replace the experience of eating at the restaurants. In particular at Hirasansou and Tokuyamazushi, it is really an “Experience” when you get in the mountain or close to the lake, when ingredients such as fish freshly caught in nearby river or lake and vegetables and herbs foraged from forests in vicinity just in the morning. There are also kaiseki style food at the beginning before the nabe, those are skill based cuisine that you cannot get at home (and fermentation based cuisine in Tokuyamazushi is the best in the country.)
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The scenery, the food, the hospitality, these kinds of elements cannot be transported to home. But for whatever they can send to us, they send the best and I truly appreciated their efforts in this uncertain time.

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Mail order take out from the famous Tokuyamazushi restaurant in Shiga. The logistics of the Japanese take out is simply mind blowing, You call up, they deliver the next morning, you pay at the door and then you prepare your nabe (hot pot) at home. And the taste is unbelievably good. It is almost as good as in the restaurant yourself.
If you have ver tried it, it is a must. The wild bear, in the dashi with the seasonal sansho peppers is so good tasting, it cannot be beaten. Finish you hotpot with the vegetable and the home made noodles and you will have had a very, very pleasant meal.
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