The best season for eel is from around October!

On the summer “Doyo no Ushi” (day of the Ox), the demand for eel is the highest in Japan…

However, natural eels are still battered in summer and have a light flavor.
It seems that natural eels were not popular in the past.

So, in fact, the best season for “natural eels” is from October to November in early winter.
The reason is that “natural eel” is the most delicious in October and early winter in November.

The reason is that natural eels have plenty of nutrients in their bodies during this period in preparation for hibernation.
This is because “natural eels” have plenty of nutrients in their bodies during this period in preparation for hibernation.

Eels are hibernating creatures by nature, so when the weather gets cold and the water temperature drops, they store nutrients in their bodies in preparation for hibernation.
When the water temperature drops during the cold season, eels store nutrients in their bodies in preparation for hibernation, making them fatty and tasty.

Therefore, the season of fatty and tasty “natural eels” is actually from late fall to early winter.
However, this is a story only for natural eel.

However, this is a story only for wild eels.

Nowadays, many eels are farm-raised, so “farm-raised eels” raised under controlled water temperatures can maintain stable quality all year round.
The quality is stable all year round, and eels with high nutritional value are popular even in summer.
This is the “Doyou no Ushi no Hi” (the day of the ox in the summer).

It is said that eating eels on “Doyou no Ushi” (the day of the ox in the dog days of Doyou) will make you more energetic, and now it has become a “summer tradition” in Japan.
It has become a “summer tradition” in Japan.

　

However, it was originally a Dutch scholar named Hiraga Gennai in the Edo period.
In order to save his eel shop from the plight of the poor sales during the summer, he advertised that “it is good luck to eat something with “U” on the day of the Ox”, and the business exploded.
This was a great success, and the business exploded,

Since then, the custom of eating eels on “Doyou no Ushi” has taken root.
(There are various theories, though.) (There are various theories.) Originally, the Doyou period was the first day of the year.

Originally, Doyou refers to the 18 days before Risshun, Risshatsu, Risshaku, and Risshuchu, the first day of autumn and the first day of winter.
It is a time of seasonal change, when people’s physical condition can deteriorate, so it was thought to be a time to eat something nutritious and invigorating.
It seems to be connected with the idea of eating something nutritious and invigorating.

So, the other day, I also went to Ginza SIXIX, which opened last year, with my business partner to eat eel in autumn a little earlier than usual.
I went to “Ise-tei”, an eel specialty restaurant in Ginza SIX, which opened last year, to fully enjoy this autumn’s “eel”.
I enjoyed “eel” this autumn.

We had “Ise eel,” although it is a farm-raised eel that only the Ginza store purchases.
In addition to that, I enjoyed seasonal autumn ingredients.

　　
Vinegared eel with caviar　　　　　　sea urchin with starchy sauce, grilled sea bass

　　
simmered shark’s fin　　　　　　　　　Water sweets (fruit on rice cake with straw)

Isejyo’s main restaurant is located in Nihonbashi, near my former workplace.
I am familiar with this restaurant because I sometimes go there for lunch.

Since its establishment in 1946, the restaurant has been making history for 76 years, and is known as a long-established restaurant in the Nihonbashi area.
There are many long-established restaurants in the Nihonbashi area, led by O-Danna, and many of them have been in business for more than 100 years.
The Nihonbashi area is a town with many stores that have been in business for more than 100 years.

If it is not more than 100 years old, it is not called “long-established shop,

Isejyo” is not yet a long-established shop, but it has been doing business in this area for more than 100 years, and last year, it opened this corona.
I believe that Ise Sada is thriving and prosperous.
I think he is prospering very well.

　　

ISEIDAI GINZA SIX Store
GINZA SIX 13F, 6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
tel:03-6263-9570