What Japanese People Talk About At The Aquarium

Can apparently be made into quite tasty sashimi. WHO KNEW?
Can apparently be made into quite tasty sashimi. WHO KNEW?

So, today as I wandered around the Sunshine City Aquarium, I couldn’t help but overhear a few conversations between my fellow fish enthusiasts…

“Wow, look at the size of that thing. It could easily feed an entire family.”

Wow, look at the size of that thing. It could easily feed an entire family.

After some discussion, it was decided that this kind is best served grilled…

After some discussion, it was decided that this kind is best served grilled.

but this kind makes excellent sushi

But this kind makes excellent sushi.

Skewered and grilled over charcoal, with salt.

Skewered and grilled over charcoal, with salt.

And if you know someone who’s planning a Japan trip, here are all the places I take my friends when they come to town…

Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, produces the monthly e-magazine Japanagram, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had

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5 thoughts on “What Japanese People Talk About At The Aquarium

  1. Sick, sick, sick. I went to a horse show the other day and commented that I hoped none of the food booths were selling horse. My friend commented that that would be particularly inappropriate and I commented that I don’t eat horse for the same reason I don’t eat kitten. And I don’t go to aquariums to look for dinner!

    1. Haha, I don’t either, but since I come from a long line of midwestern hunters and fishermen, I’m afraid most of my relatives would have been saying the same sort of thing 😛

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