Day 3

It's the new year, but I wanted to continue on the Japan trip post from last year. I came across a review in the ST that made me recall that I hadn't blogged about the best birthday dish I ever had....omg, it's totally impardonable that I'd forgotten about the fantastic unagi don in Nagoya!! It was such a great feat, for 3 people who couldn't speak proper Japanese to actually survived Nagoya together and sought out the most famous dish in the city.

"Hitsumabushi as it is served at the Atsuta Horaiken restaurant in Nagoya city. The dish is split into four portions: the first, eaten plain; the second, with spring onions, seaweed and wasabi; the third, with a clear stock."

This was what I had on my 25th Birthday spent in Nagoya. We had no idea Horaiken was that famous. The exterior of the eatery looked really boring. But in retrospect, we did queue for a very long time. It was our last lunch there and so no qualms when we splurged on the lunch. Would definitely want to go back there and relish it again.

Source: http://www.houraiken.com/hitsumabusi.html