東京のスーパーの鮮魚コーナーで、富山県民が驚くのは、魚の種類が少ないことかもしれません。棚に陳列してあるのは殆どがマグロかサーモン。一方で、富山県のスーパーの鮮魚コーナー。別名「天然のイケス」と呼ばれる富山湾に面した富山では、魚は新鮮なだけでなく種類も豊富です。
一年中、様々な魚をおいしく頂いているのですが、冬の味覚といえば、鰤（ぶり）。冬の始まりの雷のことを富山では「ぶりおこし」と呼び、これが鳴ると、ぶり（鰤）が富山湾でとれはじめると言われています。そんな富山県民に身近な魚、鰤ですが、近年では、氷見の寒ブリが、全国ブランドとしても有名になっています。
その氷見の寒ブリが、ついに世界へ進出！！香港のレストラン関係者の皆様に、養殖ではない天然の鰤のおいしさをしっていただくというセミナーが、1月16日に香港で行われました。解体ショーやお寿司の試食などが行われたそうなのですが、そんな栄えあるセミナーに弊社のnaftブランドから、酒器として錫のタンブラー「滴」も参加させていただきました。氷見の鰤、富山各地のお酒、そして滴のタンブラー。･･･なんてすてきなマリアージュ。
ご来場の方々は、冬の富山を堪能してくださったでしょうか。
Today’s item: 滴
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What I was surprised at a supermarket in Tokyo is how few fish were offered there. Tuna and salmon were occupied on the shelves. In Toyama which faces Toyama Bay, on the other hand, there are many fresh and delicious seafood in the supermarket.
Enjoying variety of seafood throughout the year, I believe winter is the best seafood season in Toyama. The most famous fish that comes from Toyama Bay in winter is absolutely “buri (yellowtail)”. The yellowtails that come to Toyama Bay in winter are in the pre-spawning period, it means they are fattiest (yummiest!).
Buri is also one of the most familiar and loved seafood in Toyama. There are two exapmles of their popularity; 1) Winter starts with yellowtails in Toyama. Early winter a blast blows up with stormy thunders in Toyama bay. It is called “buri okoshi (the yellowtail call)”. When this stormy thunders sound, a lot of yellowtails are caught. 2) People love to eat yellowtails as a special new-year feast in Toyama. The fish is called “”success fish” bringing in success because their names change when they grow up.
Not only be loved by Toyama people, people out of Toyama have recently paid attention to the fish. The yellowtail, Himi Kan-buri, that are caught in Toyama bay and delivered to the harbours in Himi are sold at a high price at the Tukiji Fish Market, the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world, and attract many tourists to Toyama to enjoy the superb cuisine.
As a result of the nationwide popularity, “Himi kan-buri” found its way into the world!! On 16th January, a seminar that promotes “Himi kan-buri” was hold in Hong Kong. Although farmed yellow tails are well known in Hong Kong, most people do not know how delicious wild ones are. To sample the delights of Toyama cuisine, a chef from Toyama performed how to cut up a big yellowtail and cooked buri dishes. It must have been an exciting event.
One of our naft products, Shizuku Tin Tumbler collection, also joined such a wonderful event as a Sake cup. Yellowtails from Himi, Japanese sake from Toyama, and our Shizuku Tin tumblers…What a lovely marriage!
I hope people at the event enjoyed Toyama’s winter cuisine.
Today’s item: Shizuku Tin Tumbler Collection
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About Shizuku Tin Tumbler Collection;
‘Shizuku Tin Tumbler Collection’ is inspired by the slow dropping of water, ‘shizuku’, which form stalactites slowly taking million years. Relax and enjoy sipping a drink, letting your mind drift back over the scenic grandeur and everlasting time.
Tin is highly antibacterial, removing odd flavours and improving the taste of sake, while foods arranged on a tumbler look stunning with their faint reflections mirrored in the surface.
Designed by: Jin Kuramoto