This original recipe(which I wrote in Japanese) is not mackarel but pacific saury, but I assume it’s not as popular fish as here so decided to change it to mackarel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you can find a cheaper, less vigorous saury on sale, I recommend eating it kabayaki (broiled).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the way, there was a “ranking of everyone’s favorite school lunch” at elementary and junior high schools, wasn’t there?(maybe it’s Japanese school thing) If so, what was it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was it curry? Fried chicken, fruit punch, and surprisingly, wakame rice are also popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At my alma mater, the No. 1 ranking was always saury kabayaki (broiled saury LOL!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was so shockingly delicious that it turned my common sense upside down, as I was not fond of fish until I was 12 years old. Whenever there were people on vacation, it was a very popular menu item that attracted many people who didn’t participate in the “refill rock-paper-scissors” game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even now, as an adult, I cannot forget that taste and enjoy the nostalgic flavor every once in a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the way, the mitsuba in the photo is dried. They are quite convenient! The yuzu peel is also convenient. LOL!<\/p>\n\n\n\n