Tsukiji Fish Market (Apr, 2018)

Escaping the crowds

Tsukiji Fish Markets may be overrun with tourists these days, but it still makes for a great day of good food. It's basically just rows upon rows of outdoor stalls selling everything from fresh oysters to 'ichigo daifuku' (strawberry, adzuki beans and mochi).

Mochi

I made a beeline for the fried stuff. The fried food variety just blew my mind.

The fried food stands take up a large portion of the real estate in the outside market. Their impressive display cabinets offer viewings of freshly fried chicken karaage, grilled octopus, dried squid, and a plethora of different fish cake varieties (seasoned with black pepper, cheese, edamame, etc).

The oyster selection here is supreme. They offer oysters ranging from the size of a scallop to ones the size of your palm. They're insane! Tony tried one of the palm-size oysters (around 650 yen), and he struggled to fit it all in his mouth.

Huge oysters...so huge.

This picture is deceiving, it was so much bigger than that!

No photos allowed inside the indoor fish market :( But one old fish monger beckoned us over to show us a massive fish he had. He was super proud. He even gestured for the tourists to take pictures with it, he really dngaf.

Finger for scale!

Tsukiji Fish Markets - Second Round

MASA Fish Burger - We tried the salmon and the barramundi, and the barramundi one was delicious! Super fresh with a soft, unchallenging batter. The salmon, however, was a bit flakey (and had a really fresh ocean smell to it - a bit too fresh).

We also had crab meat sticks in a special sauce, ichigo daifuku, fresh onigiri, more fried squid and more fried corn fish cake sticks.

Flame-grilled scallops in butter