What's the Mentaiko Park? : Ibaraki Short Trip

Mentaiko (明太子) is one of popular japanese foods. If you love it, I will recommend for you to visit the Mentaiko Park in Ibaraki. You can buy various mentaiko foods there. And you can try food samples, know the history of Mentaiko, enjoy the factory tour. They are all free :)))

This is a mentaiko. Mentaiko is egg of Theragra chalcogramma seasoned with a spicy source. It is delicious on their own or with rice. 

I love Unaju and Tendon

Today's dinner are an Unaju (うな重, 鰻重) and Tendon (天丼). They are popular cuisines in Japan.

Unaju is made with rice and unagi kabayaki, grilled eel coated with a special sweet sauce. Una (うな) means a eel and Ju (重) means an a black box. This Unaju was very good, which is served by my favorite small restaurant :D

This is Tendon (天丼). Tendon is a rice bowl cuisine made with fritters of seasonal vegetables and seafoods. Ten (天) means fritters, don (丼) means rice bowl. Today's Tendon, fitter of asparagus was very good :)