Once a month near the center of Oita a busy market opens up. There one can find domestic meat, fish, vegetables fruits, all fresh, excellent quality and very affordable! Even more, in the atmospheric early morning market one can see a huge tuna fish being sliced into bits by smooth moves of master's knife, and if one so wants he can taste the freshly cut tuna for free. We went there today, January 9. Next time it will be held on February 13, from 9:00 to 12:00.
Cut-master is eying the 107 kg tuna, which still is in one firm piece. Boy, it would be something to hook one like this to the dinner table. On the other hand, I'd better keep on fishing ordinary fishes since growing demand has made bluefin tuna an endangered specie that might soon collapse.
Ten minutes or so passed and a quarter was left of the body. On the background someone is giving bits for everyone to taste. I tell you, people went nuts, pushing around rushing forward through crowds to get a tiny bite. One man even forgot he was wearing a mask on his face as he snagged a piece and quickly tried to push it thorough the mask into his mouth.
Mom, if I buy all these what would you prepare of them? Perhaps a nice tentacle soup? The last octopus in the box was so freshly caught it was still moving and obviously alive.
Can you guess what is this? Look at the drawing on the price tag to get a hint. Yep, it's whale meat. Probably for research purposes. The man who was selling this said "Uhh frightening... a foreigner taking photos of my whale meat, I'm a little troubled". Any comment on this dear readers?
Fugu - poisonously delicious.
Look at this! No octopus or whale, but potatoes, apples and mandarins totaling 1640 yen or about 12 eur. Good buy, huh?
See you there next time on February 13!
