Yellowtail Sashimi
$24 play money
Buttery yellowtail sliced thin, with a little scallion. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $24 in play money, which puts it in the Everyday tier ($15 to $59). It is part of the everyday core of the menu.
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Key facts
- Cuisine
- Japanese
- Menu section
- Seafood & Sushi
- Price tier
- Everyday ($15 to $59)
- Play-money price
- $24
- Main ingredients
- raw yellowtail, scallion, soy
- How it is served
- Pale pink slices of raw yellowtail overlapping on a small grey plate with sliced scallion
History, tradition and origin
Eating sliced raw fish is recorded in Japan for many centuries, and the knife work is treated as a craft in itself. Lean red tuna was once the prized cut, while the fatty belly was thought too rich and was discarded or sold cheaply. Refrigeration and changing tastes reversed that in the twentieth century, and the belly is now the costliest part.
Food economy and industry
Bluefin tuna is among the most valuable fish in the sea, and the first auction of the year at Tokyo's wholesale market regularly makes headlines. Catches are limited by international quotas after years of overfishing, and some stocks have begun to recover. Fish to be eaten raw is usually frozen first to very low temperatures, which also makes it safer.
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