Unagi

Feeling adventurous when my fiancee and I ate at a Japanese restaurant, I decided to try something new. Unagi. I saw this on the menu and against my better judgement ordered it. Not that the dish was at all ill prepared. No, actually, it was prepared quite well and was aesthetically pleasing to look at. We also had sushi and that beef tataki i mentioned in my last entry. After partaking in all of that, I decided to dig into the Unagi. It was presented in a 2-piece bento-like box. The Unagi was in the top section along with sea breeze salad, sliced ginger, and octopus salad. In the lower section was rice drizzled in a dark sauce and sprinkled with roe. As I said, the dish looked gorgeous, however when I took my first bite I realized what a big mistake I had made. For those who don't know, Unagi is eel. This particular dish is barbecued eel. Well as close to barbecue Japanese food can get. It fell apart in my mouth, and not in a "mmm-delicious" sort of way. It was more like a gritty. "OMG what did I just eat" kind of way. It was so off-putting that it ruined my appetite not just for that night, but for the next three days. Seriously, I barely ate for three days after. Not knocking the restaurant, I've had great food from there before, it's just that eel (and pretty much any seafood) is not my thing. Lesson learned.