With the glut of middle-of-the-road Japanese restaurants in Vancouver, it’s quite easy to go through life without actually trying some of the more unusual things that Japanese cuisine has to offer.
Well, thanks to a friend’s birthday dinner at Okada Sushi, I got to try ankimo. Ankimo is a way of preparing monkfish liver, and it’s delicious. It has a very delicate flavour: slightly fishy and slightly metallic. Apparently it’s only in season in the winter, so get it while you can.
Okada Sushi
888 Nelson Street
Vancouver, BC
604-899-3266
2 responses so far ↓
degan // February 22, 2009 at 7:54 pm
oh yum, i love monkfish liver! how’s Okadea otherwise?
thewelltemperedchocolatier // February 23, 2009 at 10:39 pm
The sushi was good, but not great. I think Okada’s strength lies in their hot food. The black cod looked verrrrry tasty, and someone else ordered a cute little egg custard with mushrooms and tofu.