bearbackrider 0 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Hey I was out at the restaurant last night with a group of Japanese friends who were telling me how yummy the fish swimming around in the tank looked. "Of course", cows don't look oishii, but apparently fish do. We had an interesting conversation about it all. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 My friend told me the reason for this is because they often eat fish whole. Which apparently they don't do with moo-eys. Link to post Share on other sites
67kmh 0 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I can't see it myself, can't eat a whole fish. Yuck. Link to post Share on other sites
zebedee 1 Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 I can't get myself to eat a whole fish, head and eyes and all. Anyone here eat them? Do they taste good?? Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 I always find it amusing when my Japanese friends say oishii when they look at a fish swimming around. Then they look at me as if I'm mad when I ask them if they find another fish oishii or not. As if I should know which look yummy and which don't look yummy! Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 I would say the the Oishii factor is the image of the fish being served up on the table, fresh and still breathing. Its fresh & yummy but I definately wouldn't say that a swimming fish looked oishii. I would say that some of you have really strange J friends or they are taking the piss. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 17, 2003 Share Posted November 17, 2003 I have heard people saying Oishii to each other in aquariums in Japan. They are not my friends, and they don't hit each other on the head which Japanese people do when somebody makes a joke. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 I am sure you made this up, Ocean. I tend to use the word a lot around the swiming pool in the summer. Quote: I can't get myself to eat a whole fish, head and eyes and all. I like the Japanese fish head soup and eat the eyes, cheekbone and the whole lot. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Strange friends or taking the piss? No, I have had that experience too. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Oishi-so~~~~~! Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 It is popular in the seaside towns. It is either that or the crab soup. Link to post Share on other sites
HotMagma 0 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I hate seeing the full fish and fish that are still moving. Makes me cringe. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I've visited 'Asa-Ichi'(fish market early morning) near my home town with my friend. She loves fishes and can eat Sashimi in the morning.(I can't believe her!) So she often visits there and gets fresh fishes for breakfast. But it was 6am and smelled fishy around there, I got sick and fishes were far from oishi-so~. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 I like girls who like raw meat in the morning Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Is it oishii?? Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 美味しいと大盛り I like you - you are sharp. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Best SLICED very thin... ... with a little WASABI Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 19, 2003 Share Posted November 19, 2003 Can't match the quick wit of Ocean 様! Link to post Share on other sites
emptyworld 0 Posted November 20, 2003 Share Posted November 20, 2003 Sashimi for breakfast. I can't think of anything worse. Well, maybe apart frok ikanoshiokara. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Euch.. Am I going to be surprised at how delicious raw fish is over there compared to over here in Londons Japanese restaurants?? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Years ago when I had sashimi in the 'Samurai' restaurant in Bristol, the varieties of fish were unrecognizable as things Japanese eat raw, and it was sliced so thin you could put your chopsticks through it. Has it changed in the UK I wonder? Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 As for looking Yummy in the tank, various research reports have branded such tanks as "incubators of disease". Not all - but dependent upon the level of general hygiene awareness of the shop folks. Without constant cleaning, bacteria levels rise rapidly and also cross infection can occur from fish to fish. Apparently many food poisoning cases have been traced to the "Yummy fresh fish" in the tanks. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Bunkum! I'd choose fresh fish in the tank over fish fingers any day. Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Yeah but no-one was recommending fish fingers, were they God forbid!! Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Sorry, I was just thinking about my days in UK in extreme poverty! Link to post Share on other sites
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