Salmon Fishy Day

My dad's friend surprised us at our place yesterday by bringing something unexpected:

A fresh salmon fish just freshly imported from Norway.

Yes, I posed like i caught the fish outta the longkang of my backyard.

You see, my dad's friend had been working as a chef in well-known Japanese restaurants in Malaysia, thus he knows all about Japanese dishes, and yesterday, was Sashimi Day.

With all his special knives and tools, he showed us the whole process of how a whole Salmon fish becomes Sashimi. Pretty interesting, pretty cool.

*Gulp*

First the head is chopped off,

then separate the bones with the meat

The meat

Using something like a pincher, the bones in the meat are pinched out one by one.

The meat is then being cut into different portions for different usage.

Some became Sashimi

While skins and some other parts are being fried

Others became fish fillets

Like pork, the whole fish of a salmon can be used for various usage: the front portion of the meat is used as sashimi, the back portion of the meat is used as fillet, the skins can be fried and eaten crispy, the head used to cook fish head curry, fried or grilled, while the bones are excellent to be used to cook fish porridge. Such a beauty eh? =)

Front portion for Sashimi, Back portion for fillet

The sashimis are being placed in the freezer for around an hour to cool it down, then taken out and eaten. I have to say, its one of the best sashimi ive ever had. Its so darn good and fresh that i dun think any other restaurants are able to serve the sashimi so fresh.

The Sashimi

Just Beautiful.