Sashimi Sushi Lunch – Video and Photos

In: Food in Seoul, South Korea| Restaurants| Restaurants in Seoul

9 May 2009

The Freshest Tuna

The photo above shows the freshest tuna available in Korea being filleted by the best. There’s a great video at the bottom of this post.

Lunch after our hike at Achasan was at a small sushi restaurant. For 19,000 Korean won, or about $7.00 per person US, we had some of the highest quality sashimi (plain raw tuna). It was the freshest tuna I have ever had. There were two guys filleting the fish literally 10 feet away from me.

Sashimi Plate

Very nice. Notice how the fish is presented on a bed of small rocks.

Sashimi Close Up 2

Close-up of the fresh tuna.  Sashimi in Korea is served colder so the fish is fresher and firmer.

Sashimi Close-up

Another good close-up of the sashimi.

Sashimi with sides

A variety of complimentary sides come with the meal including soup and salad.

Fresh Tuna waiting to be fileted

Poor guy in pieces…..

How to Filet a Tuna

Tuna artist at work.

In action fileting a tuna

In action….the remains are on the left….efficiently filleted.

Two guys filet a tuna

Two tuna professionals carving.

Tuna Filet Waste

Tuna fillet waste…

An interesting video of how a tuna is filleted. I tried to get as close to the action as possible.

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The author of this blog journal was adopted form Korea at the age of 6. He was adopted and raised by a Jewish-American family (not a joke). The purpose of his extended return trip to Korea is to learn more about his birth-family history, learn the Korean language, and immerse himself in daily Korean life to fully experience true Korean culture.

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