Comments on: Doutou (Eastern Hokkaido) DAY 3

By: seat

seat — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:10:09 +0000

It is not Tokyo…don’t think homeless is a problem? ^^;;; The hotsprings are clean! Probably maintained by local residents too.

I heard that you used to be able to go deeper and see more wildlife, but after shiretoko got designated as world heritage, a lot of places are closed to tourists.

Three packs of uni in one day is too much cholesterol!! ^^;;

By: Freda

Freda — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:40:15 +0000

Wow so there’re many free open hotsprings here and there for everyone’s public use? What if some homeless guy dipped in there before ^^;;

Without the additive, the uni would be watery and shapeless so I see the point. The color was so much brighter in comparison in your photo. You should have gulp them all down after you got it ^^;;;

Those wilderness photo doesn’t look like Japan at all…you’d think it’s Australia outback~

By: seat

seat — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:22:34 +0000

That’s for sure…

By: cara

cara — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:08:23 +0000

i guess if you don’t eat both at the same time, it’s difficult to tell.

By: seat

seat — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:43:45 +0000

Yeah to maintain the nice shape is difficult I guess. If you didn’t know the difference in taste, you would definitely buy the one with myouban because it looks so much better. I have known about the additive but it is the first time I actually realise how big the difference is. I am glad we did the comparison!

By: cara

cara — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:54:25 +0000

hah?! that bitter taste is the additive?! i’m shocked!
wait, now i recall i did see fishermen open the shell of fresh uni by seaside, and they look very nice in shape, so good uni does have good shape. i guess it means when they want to keep the good shape longer, they use additive.
i did try the uni freshly taken out from the shell too, they’re quite salty because of the sea-water inside the shell, i thought that’s why i don’t taste any bitterness, so it’s because they’re free of additive~

By: seat

seat — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:41:52 +0000

あれ？ウニ、販売開始日だったの？！聞いてなかった～

By: 湯

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:12:35 +0000

そうそう！海鮮工房は持ち込み禁止です～
ウニは我らが訪ねた日が販売開始日だった模様ですよ！

花畑牧場キャラメル、キンキンに冷やして食べないと
イマイチって話でしたもんねー byＣＡさん

By: seat

seat — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:38:47 +0000

Jan>
Thanks for your comment. The uni is about 1500yen a pack, not expensive at all. We bought it in Kaisen Koubou where there are seats you can sit and eat, but they don’t sell rice so my friend went outside and bought the rice from somewhere else…you are not supposed to do that. ^^;; There is a little donburi eatery inside the shop where kaisen-don(seafood on rice) is available.

cara>
Seriously…the onsen is right next to the road! Really have no courage to go in~. We did go to a hotspring in a proper hotel(not free) before flying back to Tokyo though.

After tasting the difference between the same uni with and without myouban, I realise the distinct bitter taste that I thought was the taste of uni, is actually myouban taste!

By: cara

cara — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:12:05 +0000

the onsens look exactly the same as those on the onsen-maniac TV programmes broadcast in midnight! haha.

no flowers indeed, as you said! but you have good uni!
i always thought the best uni looks nice in shape! so they have additive…