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Oysters and shirako in donabe steamer, "Mushi Nabe" |
On the final evening in Iga in this trip, Nagatani family hosted a very Iga-style "omotenashi" (Japanese hospitality) dinner for us.
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Appetizers included donabe-smoked seafood and pork.
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Lots of fun.
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Donabe truly unites people. It's all about communal experience. The donabe steamed dish was very seasonal oysters and "shirako"(cod sperm). Rich and creamy!
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Donabe rice was local matsutake mushrooms, the donabe soup was crab miso soup.
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In the end, Eric became the chairman, and the chairman became Eric!
Super happy donabe life.