Lara's Bizarre Foods Adventures

Bizarre foods are all over Japan. I have captured a few images of the most bizarre food I have eaten so far...raw horse meat! Yes that's Mr. Ed in the raw! I have to say it was very tasty with some soy and ginger/garlic. To get me motivated to eat the horse, Kenji Ashida (pictured) said, "You will be just like a tiger!" lol. Here is a list of some of the raw foods I have been brave enough to sample: horse, sweet shrimp, 3 types of tuna, 2 types of salmon, sea scallop, mackerel and yellow tail. The Sushi in Japan is amazing the best in the world. So tasty and well presented.

Here is video of a Sushi place we went to. It has this cool moving belt full of plates of fresh Sushi...you just pick up the ones that look good and enjoy them. When you are done you slide the plates down a chute at the table and a computer tracks how many you have eaten. Made to order sushi is available too. They place it on the belt in a red bowl and an alarm beeps when it gets to your table. Everything is totally automated.