Martina has finally agreed to let me shoot a video on unagi.

瑪蒂娜終於同意讓我拍攝一個關於unagi的視頻。

Today, we're going to take you to one of my favorite eel places called Marushizu.

今天，我們將帶你到我最喜歡的一個叫丸水的鰻魚店。

And we're gonna show you what eel is all about.

而我們將向你展示鰻魚的魅力所在。

Come on! LET'S DO THIS!

來吧!讓我們來做這個！

[Chill Music]

[寒冷的音樂]

Now, working with eel is not easy.

現在，與鰻魚一起工作並不容易。

First of all, it has tons of tiny, tiny, tiny little bones.

首先，它有成噸的細小、細小、細小的骨頭。

And it's very, very delicate.

而且它非常、非常微妙。

The way that they grill this is Kabayaki style.

他們燒烤的方式是Kabayaki式。

What it means is--

它的意思是 --

They actually butterfly it.

他們實際上是把它變成了蝴蝶。

They remove all the bones from it.

他們從裡面取出所有的骨頭。

Then they skewer it.

然後他們把它串起來。

Skewering here is the key.

這裡的串燒是關鍵。

And then they grill it without any sauce.

然後他們不加任何醬汁就烤了起來。

And then they steam it.

然後他們把它蒸熟。

And then they burn it back again(?).

然後他們又把它燒回去（？

And then they add the sauce on top of that

然後他們在上面添加醬汁

Which kind of, like, caramelizes the sauce on top of it

這有點像，使它上面的醬汁焦糖化。

With the grill

有了烤架

And if you wanna nerd out with me--

如果你想和我一起做書呆子------。

Ahahaha

啊哈哈

Yaki means grilling.

Yaki的意思是燒烤。

But kaba, they think, means those cattails

但他們認為，卡巴的意思是那些貓尾草

From the ponds

來自池塘的

Like, you know when there's a pond and there's

比如，你知道當有一個池塘，有一個

A cattail

蒲公英

And it looks like a skewed eel.

而且它看起來像一條歪斜的鰻魚。

So you're grilling it like that. Get it?

所以你就這樣烤著它。明白嗎？

There's some word knowledge for you.

這是給你的一些文字知識。

Right at your face.

就在你的臉上。

[Calm Music]

[平靜的音樂]

Mmmm. It's so soft.

嗯。它是如此柔軟。

And fluffy and the edges are perfectly crispy.

而且蓬鬆，邊緣完美的脆皮。

It has a little bit of a crunch.

它有一點兒脆性。

But it's not overcooked in any way.

但它沒有以任何方式過度烹調。

The sauce on top of it is, like, soy sauce

上面的醬汁是，好像是醬油

And mirin and sugar

還有米林酒和糖

And it just, like, crisps so nicely

而且，它只是，像，脆得很好

And then the sauce goes on the rice

然後將醬汁放在米飯上

And then it seeps down into it, but, like, not all the way

然後它滲入其中，但是，就像，不是所有的方式

Down to make it soggy.

下來，使其變得溼漉漉的。

Oh man, it's so good.

哦，夥計，它是如此的好。

Aww yeah~

哦，是啊~

Mmmmm

嘸嘸

MMMmmm

MMMmmm

There's... the soft, tenderness on the inside.

有......裡面的柔軟，溫柔的感覺。

With a nice little sticky char of sauce on top.

上面有一個漂亮的小的粘稠的醬汁。

It's a very meaty-tasting fish.

這是一種非常有肉味的魚。

It doesn't have a fishy taste to it.

它沒有魚腥味。

If you think about chicken, that's the closest equivalent

如果你考慮到雞肉，這是最接近的等價物

That I can come up with--

我可以想到的是 --

And I know a lot of people don't wanna try eel

我知道很多人都不想嘗試鰻魚。

Like even the thought of it is like

甚至一想到這一點，就覺得

"Eww~ It looks like a snake."

"呃~它看起來像一條蛇。"

It's not.

不是的。

It's delicious.

它很美味。

It's a super treat here in Japan.

在日本，這是一種超級待遇。

You have to try this out.

你一定要試試這個。

[Music]

[音樂]

I feel like the best way to describe eel

我覺得描述鰻魚的最佳方式是

In my heart is that it's like a chicken and a fish

在我心裡，它就像一隻雞和一條魚

Got together.

在一起了。

When someone says 'chicken of the sea,'

當有人說'海雞'的時候，

I don't think tuna. I think eel.

我不認為是金槍魚。我認為是鰻魚。

It's kinda like when you take a marshmallow

這有點像你拿著一個棉花糖

And you dip a marshmallow in chocolate

你把棉花糖蘸上巧克力

And it's, like, fluffy, but there's chocolate

而且它是，像，蓬鬆的，但有巧克力

On the outside, but the inside-- you still taste the marshmallow.

在外面，但在裡面--你仍然嚐到了棉花糖的味道。

It's like a marshmallow fish.

這就像一條棉花糖魚。

So I've sprinkled on a sansho

所以我撒上了一個花椒。

It makes the edges of your tongue a little bit numb.

它使你的舌頭的邊緣有點麻木。

It's perfect for eel like this.

它非常適合像這樣的鰻魚。

You know what makes me very happy?

你知道什麼讓我非常高興嗎？

Martina didn't really wanna shoot this video.

瑪蒂娜並不是真的想拍這個視頻。

She's not passionate about eel.

她對鰻魚並不熱衷。

She hasn't had REALLY good eel like this place here.

她還沒有吃過像這裡一樣的真正的好鰻魚。

And now she has seen the light.

而現在她已經看到了曙光。

'Cause this is good stuff.

因為這是好東西。

Just look at how beautiful this is.

請看這是多麼美麗。

This is a sexy-looking piece of fish.

這是一塊看起來很性感的魚。

You can't help but just look in, like, awe.

你不能不看，就像，敬畏。

Awwe

琥珀

So, summer time is actually the season for eel.

是以，夏季實際上是鰻魚的季節。

Most of the year, like around July to August--

一年中的大部分時間，如7月至8月左右 --

We're having it right at the end of June

我們將在6月底舉行。

But if you come to Japan

但如果你來到日本

Make sure that you try this in the summertime

確保你在夏天的時候嘗試這個。

It's wonderful, and not a lot of people talk about

這很美妙，而且不是很多人都在談論

How great eel is.

鰻魚是多麼偉大。

It's f*%#ing great.

這真是太好了。

I mean-- I love eel

我的意思是 -- 我喜歡鰻魚

[Music: 'Hallelujah']

[音樂：'哈利路亞']

Speaking of word knowledge that Martina had

說到瑪蒂娜的文字知識

Um

姆

In Kafka On the Shore-- I'm not sure how many of

在《岸上的卡夫卡》中--我不確定有多少個

You have read it---

你已經讀過了------

That one old character that's kind of crazy

那個有點瘋狂的老角色

His favorite treat is eel, and I feel the same way.

他最喜歡吃的是鰻魚，我也有同感。

Are you the crazy character on the shore?

你是岸上的那個瘋狂人物嗎？

No, it means that I talk to cats

不，這意味著我和貓說話。

Umm

嘸

And then I gotta flip a stone.

然後我得翻開一塊石頭。

Um

姆

I'm not gonna spoil the rest of the book for you

我不會為你破壞這本書的其他內容

But I talk to cats

但我和貓說話

Mmm

呣

Mmmm

嗯

Mmm

呣

So, the style of eel eating now is kinda the most

所以，現在吃鰻魚的風格還算是最

Common one where you have rice with sauce

常見的是有醬汁的米飯

And the eel on top of it.

還有上面的鰻魚。

But when we were in Nagoya, we had it served

但當我們在名古屋時，我們有了它的服務。

Totally differently

完全不同

They actually do a completely different process.

他們實際上做了一個完全不同的過程。

They serve it four different ways.

他們以四種不同的方式供應。

Have it as a soup. They have it with, like, wasabi.

把它當作湯來喝。他們有，比如，芥末。

They have it on rice.

他們把它放在米飯上。

So, just because you've had eel once in Japan

所以，僅僅因為你在日本吃過一次鰻魚

Does not mean you've had eel all the different types of ways

並不意味著你已經吃了鰻魚的所有不同類型的方式

And I can say that that Nagoya eel was the

我可以說，那條名古屋鰻魚是

First time I ever said, "Wow, eel is great."

我第一次說，"哇，鰻魚真好"。

Eel is great.

鰻魚是偉大的。

And then Simon said, "Well, I'm gonna take you

然後西蒙說，"好吧，我要帶你走

To my favorite spot in Tokyo."

去我在東京最喜歡的地方。"

Because he came here, without me, with his friend.

因為他來到這裡，沒有我，和他的朋友一起。

So, even though eel season is in the summertime

是以，儘管鰻魚的季節是在夏季

That doesn't mean that it necessarily comes cheap.

這並不意味著它一定便宜。

There's a lot of overfishing.

有很多過度捕撈的情況。

And from what I've heard-- not gonna name any names

根據我所聽到的--不打算說出任何名字

But some other countries that aren't Japan

但其他一些不是日本的國家

Have been infringing on Japan's waters

一直在侵犯日本的水域

And taking some of their eel

並拿了一些他們的鰻魚

I don't know. I heard that in a food rumor mill

我不知道。我是在一個食品傳聞中聽說的

It could be wrong. Not sure.

這可能是錯誤的。不確定。

Two pieces here cost 3,600 yen.

這裡的兩件作品需要3600日元。

My three piece-set cost 4,300 yen.

我的三件套花了4,300日元。

So, it is a lot of money to spend on lunch.

是以，花在午餐上的錢是很多的。

It was supposedly a lot cheaper a long time ago.

據稱在很久以前，它的價格要便宜很多。

But it's really, really, really, like, ridiculously delicious.

但它真的，真的，真的，就像，令人難以置信的美味。

Really, really good-looking.

真的，真的很好看。

[Sexy Music]

[性感的音樂]

So, that's it for this week's

是以，本週的節目就到此為止。

Food Adventure Program for Awesome People(FAPFAP)

令人敬畏的人的食物冒險計劃(FAPFAP)

I hope we've convinced you to try eel.

我希望我們已經說服了你去嘗試鰻魚。

It looks scary. You might think it's a snake.

它看起來很嚇人。你可能會認為它是一條蛇。

It's not a snake!

這不是一條蛇!

Make sure you come on out and try it

請確保你來試試。

When you get the chance

當你有機會時

And we're gonna let you guys know how to

而且我們會讓你們知道如何

Find this place in our blog post

在我們的博文中找到這個地方

But it is a bit complicated

但這有點複雜

Or should we keep it secret, Ducky?

還是說我們應該保密，Ducky？

Hmmmmmmmm

嘸嘸嘸

Nah, we'll share it with you guys

不，我們將與你們分享。

It's new Sekuge market.

這是新的Sekuge市場。

Or "Sukeegee" as everyone wants me to say it.

或 "Sukeegee"，因為每個人都希望我這麼說。

Sukeegee

蘇凱吉

Sukeegee

蘇凱吉