Shirasu: baby sardine
“Shirasu” is one of the smallest fish you could buy at stores. They are baby sardine that are usually around 1-2 months old. At some places we can eat raw “Shirasu”, but we have boiled/dryed “Shirasu” at stores. we usually enjoy shirasu with rice, grated radish. “Shirasu” looks weird? The taste is pretty good, I […]
Cheap way to experience food culture: Depa-chika(デパ地下)
What does ”Depa-chika” stand for? Depa-chika (デパ地下) is short for “department (デパート)’s basement (地下,ちか)”. Many departments have a food floor on the basement. So “Depa-chika” means Department store food floors. There are a lot of shops (sweet, Sushi, Riceball, Yakitori etc.). Each shop has a booth. it’s like a shopping street, rather than aisles like […]