Since we were still jet lagged, we woke up at 3:30 am and went down to the Tsukiji Fish Market to see the fish auction. We got there by 4:40 and all the tickets were already gone. They only allow 120 people per day. It used to be that they didn't start to give out tickets until 5 am but now they start as soon as the first people arrive.
Since we were already up, we decided to go for a sushi breakfast. There are restaurants behind the market. We ordered an omakase-set, 12 pieces of extra-special quality sushi, 1 roll and "today's soup" (miso clam) for Y 3900 and nigiri set, 7 pieces of regular quality sushi, 1 roll and today's soup for Y 2300. The omakase had fattier pieces but to tell you the truth, my palette isn't sophisticated enough to distinguish the difference in a blind taste test.
2 grades of fatty tuna, squid and pickled ginger
Part of the Nigiri set
Part of the Omakase set
More omakase set: uni & salmon roe
2014 05 12
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