Sashimi Swimming in my Head
As strange as it may sound, every time I watch the movie, "The Little Mermaid", I would become hungry. Why? Because I am crazy about seafood! I have eaten and liked almost every seafood since I could chew. Especially, my favorite is sashimi, which is fresh raw fish sliced into thin pieces.
The reason I started to eat sashimi at such a young age is my grandparents. They have been living in a fishing village. When I visited them, they caught plenty of fish and prepared sashimi for me. Sometimes I used to take a fishing boat with my uncle, catch the fish at the sea and eat sashimi on the boat. In order to prepare sashimi, first of all, he made cuts along the backbone of fish to the tail, and then pulled the filet away from the body of fish. Next, both the fins and the skin were removed. He pinched the tail side and slid the knife between the skin and the meat. After my uncle sliced off thin piece, finally I could eat sashimi. It always satisfied me with the best taste. The sashimi piece was so thinly-sliced that I could see through it. It was so tender like cotton candy which melts away in the mouth. The taste of sashimi usually depends on what sauce you eat with. However, sashimi itself is light and delicate. In addition, it is not as fishy as people who have never eaten it think.
Recently I can not visit my grandparents, so there is no chance to eat sashimi which is from fish netted at sea. Even though the sashimi at sushi restaurants is not as fresh and chewy as one that I ate on the boat, I am still fond of sashimi. I can not stop thinking about it and live without it.
It was really fascinating story. I also really like sashimi but I hadn't have a experience of having sashimi at the boat. So I really hope foward to eat it as soon as I can. Your writing is excellent but I just wonder how about writing more about the taste and less about how to made the sashimi
ReplyDelete1. What I like about this piece of writing is that it is very interesting to read and easy to understand.
ReplyDelete2. Your main point seems to be the reason why you like sashimi and your experiences about sashimi.
3. 'every time I watch the movie, "The Little Mermaid", I would become hungry.' line struck me as powerful, because it makes me concentrate on your writing.
4. In my opinion, it would be better if you write about the various kinds of sashimi and the taste of them.
Sashimi Swimming in my Head
ReplyDeleteAs strange as it may sound, every time I watch the movie, “The Little Mermaid”, I would become hungry. Why? Because I am crazy about seafood! I have eaten and liked almost every seafood since I could chew. Especially, my favorite is sashimi, which is fresh raw fish sliced into thin pieces.
The reason I started to eat sashimi at such a young age is my grandparents. They have been living in a fishing village. When I visited them, they caught plenty of fish and prepared sashimi for me. Sometimes I used to take a fishing boat with my uncle, catch the fish at the sea, including flatfish, shads which can be sashimi. After that, we eat sashimi on the boat. In order to prepare sashimi, first of all, he made cuts along the backbone of fish to the tail, and then pulled the filet away from the body of fish. Next, both the fins and the skin were removed. He pinched the tail side and slid the knife between the skin and the meat. Finally, my uncle sliced off thin piece. It always satisfied me with the best taste. The taste of sashimi usually depends on what sauce you eat with. Sashimi could be hot and sweet if you dip it in red chili-pepper paste with vinegar or it could be tangy with soy sauce and wasabi. However, sashimi itself is light and delicate. Sashimi is not as fishy as people who have never eaten it think. In addition, People who like sashimi usually enjoy texture of it. The sashimi piece was so thinly-sliced that I could see through it. It was so tender like cotton candy which melts away in the mouth.
Recently I can not visit my grandparents, so there is no chance to eat sashimi which is from fish netted at sea. Even though the sashimi at sushi restaurants is not as fresh and chewy as one that I ate on the boat, I am still fond of sashimi. I can not stop thinking about it and live without it.