Word: sashimi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sure, their ranks are puny by U.S. standards, but the movement seems to have taken hold. This fall 2,300 enthusiasts turned out for a meeting promoting the establishment of a NASDAQ over-the-counter market in Japan. Old business models are being tossed aside like yesterday's sashimi. The hero of a popular novel is the young president of a chain of bars. One of Japan's biggest growth industries is continuing education. And Tokyo's newspapers are filled with ads for night schools designed to turn salaried workers into entrepreneurs...
...around 15 to 30 lbs. apiece. That day they were abundant in the sapphire water; I hooked five, boated three and kept one. Gutted, tailed and beheaded, it went into a cooler in the back of my rented car. The crew and I would eat it that night as sashimi. Whistling gaily, I shut the gate to Eco Beach behind me and turned left on the deserted, twilit Great Northern Highway...
...western Atlantic, the breeding population of northern bluefin, the largest tuna species, is thought to consist of perhaps 40,000 adults, down from some 250,000 two decades ago. Reason: the flourishing airfreight industry that allows fish brokers to deliver Atlantic Ocean bluefin overnight to Tokyo's sashimi market, where a single fish can fetch $80,000 or more at auction. "To a fisherman, catching a bluefin is a lot like winning the lottery," sighs Stanford University marine biologist Barbara Block...
...fish they serve for the first-time sushi eater, there is only one bright placard explaining the different kind of sushi, though it is tucked behind the bar and difficult to see. Instead, you'll have to trust your instincts and bring a friend who knows the difference between sashimi and sushi. No Western-style utensils are provided, and if you don't know how to use chopsticks, you'll learn fast. But you can afford to experiment a little: A California roll is $2.50, and miso soup is only a dollar. Comparably priced sushi in the Square is premade...