March will be end soon, and the season of monk fish will be end, too. So, I ate boiled monk fish as breakfast at Katou (かとう) in Tsukiji ! I went to there before 7 a.m., and there were few people there.
Then I saw menus hanging on the wall. I found the word “Boiled monk fish (あんこう煮) “. Though left oyster and tofu attracted me, but I ordered monk fish !
The price got 200 yen higher than last time. The menu says the monk fish from Hokkaido. At first, I thought there’s no one except me who eat hot boiled monk fish such a warm day. But a man next to me ordered it, too. Yes, monk fish can’t be eaten during warm season. I waited for 15 minutes or so, then my breakfast was served.
By the way, Katou don’t move to new Toyosu market (maybe they’ll quit their business), so this will be the last time to have boiled monk fish at katou for me. Though also Takahashi serve boiled monk fish, Katou’s one is seasoned stronger than Takahashi’s. So, it go with rice very much.
So much meat of monk fish in it.
Liver. Also the eggs were in it, too.
I have to say. If you want to visit this shop, you need to order in Japanese. There’s no English menus. And they don’t accept English words at all… The lady refused a man who can’t speak Japanese. In case you can’t speak Japanese, bring memo what you want to eat in Japanese and show the staff. Or showing my blog is good, too :p If she understand what you want to eat, she’ll manage to help you.
I think Kato is quite difficult for tourists from abroad among shops in Tsukiji. First of all, it isn’t tourist friendly shop :p (Though they don’t reject tourists…) But Katou might serve the most traditional Japanese breakfast in Tsukiji market.
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