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Yoshiko and Mo took us to their favorite izakaya in Fujieda last night. The convivial included: seafood nabe, French fries, edamame, a creamy salmon spread, and miso soup (the best I've ever had!). However, the pièce de résistance was the sashimi set.







You know it's going to be quality stuff when the sashimi is served with the fish's severed head, carved-out body and tail. And the tail is still wiggling. Ever so slightly, but moving nonetheless. Cadaveric spasm--the real sign of freshness! Sorry about the crappy image quality. I took them with my keitai, and they don't really capture just how alive-looking everything was. Eating the barely dead animals was satisfyingly barbaric, not to mention yummy as hell.

Also, see that taupe-colored purée in the martini glass? Sea urchin guts. Maybe it would've tasted better on a Ritz...