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Japenese Fish Market and Sushi

CHINA | Friday, 3 April 2009 | Views [922]

Up early with colin waking me at just gone 4am, good job at least one of us is good at getting up early if left to me we would never have got up on time. 

We then get a almost completely deserted tube to the market where we meet another English backbacker on the way to market as well.  We join together as we get to the market and have a wander around.  The market is full of every type of fish and sea animal ever imaginable.  There is everything from massive tunas to sea cucumbers all available to buy.  We get to see the tuna being chopped into huge pieces and also little delicate slices both frozen and freshly caught and there are hundreds of them.  As we wander around some of the fish, crabs, sea cumcumber etc. are still alive so that they are 'fresh'.  The amounts of fish here make you wander if there is any left in the ocean.  The market if huge full of hundreds of stalls and each one brimming with fish and this happens almost every day. 

Once outside we say goodbye to the backpacker we meet and head back in for another look and spend another half an hour here taking some pics.  We then decide to brave and try sushi.  We find a restaurant next to the market and wander in the chef behind the counter says a greeting and seems happy to have westerners in the restaurant as he seems very pleased as we walk through the door.  We ask for a mixed platter that we will share, it includes tuna, eggs and omlette.  I try but have to admit on not liking it much, even the look of the eggs put me off and I only manage to eat 2.  Colin is much braver and eats the whole thing and most of the rest.  Both of us agree that we will not be having sushi for dinner tonight :O)

We then get a extremely packed tube back to the hostel for a nap before our brewery tour.

 

 

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