Friday, February 12, 2010

A Trip To Shiki in the Dead of Winter


January and February are bad months in the restaurant business; bad for the owners; good for customers who battle cold weather and depleted bank accounts after New Year's madness. Shops have very few customers and rely on a few New Years parties to staunch the flow of red ink. My wife and I stopped by "Shiki" one day after she got off work to see the chef, take a few pictures with my new camera and enjoy some sashimi. The photos you see on the right are of the interior and a wonder platter of lightly grilled scallops paired with raw spotted prawns known as "Ama Ebi" or sweet shrimp in Japanese.
We were lucky enough to be able to chat at length with the chef who has the very colorful hobby of raising Japanese ornamental carp. It seems that no two fish are exactly alike as he showed us a magazine with many pictures of these expensive beauties,
Soon spring will be upon us and I'm sure his business will pick up.
So if you plan to travel to the tip of the Chiba peninsula and would like
try the fare at Shiki, let me know and we can make all the arrangements!

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Bon Apetit!
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