Mitsuwa opens at 8am on Saturday for Seniors until the regular time of 9am.
I order fish ahead from Milton who runs the fish department.
Milton is very good at supplying what I require,
I ordered Bluefin Akami, Toro and Hamchi ahead.
The Bluefin was fresh from Spain probably by way of Oishii Market.
Hamachi fresh from Japan.
I purchase bulk and cut, wrap and freeze myself.
Uni from Japan was available, cost is high but there simply is no comparison to any other source such as Mexican and Uni from H Mart.
Prepared eel from Japan is about 3x the cost from china. From what I understand the elvers are shipped to China to be raised and either processed in china or shipped back to Japan.
I always purchase the Japanese product so one of these days a blind tasting is in order.
I have noticed the same price differential at H Mart between Chinese products and Korean.
I believe Korean products are now of the same quality and QC level as Japan.
I purchase Korean as I worry about contaminants in food stuffs from china.
Since I don’t have a super low temp freezer, a month is the maximum I keep.
While at Mitsuwa last Saturday, only my second time since the Pandemic started, I also loaded up on staples.
Premium Japanese short grain rice is superb and some of the top rice is off the shelves.
About 6 people other than workers in the store.
1 and 2.5 l cans of AsahiSuper-dry from Japan were gone. I purchased a six pack of Super Dry Black, still made in Japan.
Found some Peach Sake for my daughter.
Fresh Wasabi root and Matsutake Mushroom were available.
If you go early, there will be a limited supply of ready to go Sushi.
Prepared chirashi on Sunday and it was superb.
The Blue Fin was as good as when I could fresh from Browne Trading in Maine or when Mitsuwa had a Bluefin cutting.
-Richard