Tottsuan

Our friend Emi invited us to a great seafood restaurant, called Tottsuan (とっつあん), in Kyobashi on Sunday night. The food was reasonably priced, fresh and incredibly good! A very casual, neighborhood spot with cheap tables and stools and posters covering the walls. The staff on the second floor yell the orders down to the first floor through a length of old pipe insulating tube. The menu is made up everyday based on what was fresh from the fish market that morning. We ate dish after dish of delicious tempura and other seafood.

Salad with little fried fish

You can't really tell in this picture but these were the size a child's fist!

Raw squid that was perfectly tender and not too chewy

Soup with "hamaguri" shell fish (quahaug clam) - the broth was amazing.

This looks like a giant fgreen slug but it is actually a delicious giant green "shishito" pepper.

Giant fried shrimp!


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