The Least Useful Guide to Fukuoka

My husband started going to the local fishermen’s Market again. He seems to have rediscovered the charm of it.

This time he bought  (clockwise from top left ):

A pack of young squids,

A gunt,

A seabream and

Two arakabus(I don’t know its English name) for abour 1,800yen—a good value for money as they fed two of us for five++days.

I roasted the gunt served with onion sauce (sorry no picture).

Fileted the arakabu with bone left on one side.

The boneless side was lightly floured and deep fried.

The other side was simmered in soy sauce/water/suger/sake mixture.

(Note: in this period of the year, I think it is safer to boil the fish very briefly and then quickly chill it in water and some ices)

The seabream was fried and served with sweet and sour sauce with julienned vegetables.

And its head and bone turned into a nice misoshiru.

And the half pack of the squids was cooked with potatoes garnished with shredded ginger

(The rest of the squids are sleeping in the freezer for yakisoba or okonomiyaki for lunches later ).

According to my husband, early summer is a really nice season for shopping, and probably catching, fish. There are plenty of supply at quite reasonable price—which i think is one of privilege of living in Fukuoka (in exchange for punishingly expensive public water, transportation and health insurance system!).