[Fukushima] Let's go to Iwaki and eat marlin! More and more unique menus are appearing!

Off the coast of Iwaki is a ``sea of ​​tides'' where warm and cold currents meet. It is world famous as a marlin fishing ground. There is also a record that Japan's largest marlin was landed here.

By the way, what is "marlin"?

It is a large, fast-migrating fish, and swordfish, marlin, and black marlin inhabit the waters around Japan.
It is a huge fish with a total length of 1m even for small species, and 4m for large species. Of course, it is edible and is a familiar fish in Iwaki.

Japanese and Western food as well as sweets! ? This is Iwaki's new marlin!

In Iwaki, a town revitalization project centered around marlin has begun, and you can enjoy dishes using marlin at restaurants in the city, but if you're looking to do some sightseeing as well, head to Onahama first.

Restaurants such as Onahama Gourmet Hotel (although it is called a hotel, it is a complex with restaurants and souvenir shops), Iwakira La Miu, and Aquamarine Fukushima have swordfish inside their Chinese steamed buns. You can enjoy unique marlin menus such as ``Kajikiman'', which is a steamed meat bun, ``Marlin Sauce Katsudon'', ``Marlin Miso Katsudon'', and ``Onahama Marlin Gyoza'', which are topped with a surprisingly large swordfish cutlet.

Among them, the one you should try
is the ``Marlin Menchi'', a minced meat cutlet made with plenty of swordfish meat. You can take out a piece of freshly fried swordfish from the marlin restaurant inside the Onahama Gourmet Hotel.

When you bite into the piping hot minced meat cutlet, the inside of the fragrant batter is soft and moist.
There's no fishy smell at all, and the flavor of the swordfish combined with the subtle sweetness of the onions is delicious! It has a lot of flavor, so you can eat it as is, or you can eat it with cabbage and rice with sauce. It makes sense that we were selected as the Sea Class Gourmet National Tournament Champion.

And this is "Marlin de Pudding" which started being sold at Onahama Gourmet Hotel in April 2017.
These are original sweets using marlin that the Marlin Gourmet Executive Committee spent five years developing.

When you hear about sweets made with fish, you may imagine something fishy, ​​but that's just a prejudice.
It has a rich flavor with custard cream in the pudding and caramel-flavored dough, and the dough also uses rice flour from Iwaki Raiki, a Koshihikari rice brand from Iwaki, and is kneaded with swordfish bone meal, so it's a great source of calcium. is.
The price is 200 yen (excluding tax). It can be stored at room temperature, making it perfect as a souvenir.

Stay healthy with marlin! It actually contains some amazing ingredients!

Marlin is low in calories and high in protein, making it very healthy. Also suitable for diet. What's more, it is rich in an ingredient called "imida peptide" that can be expected to have a fatigue recovery effect.

When you visit Iwaki, be sure to enjoy plenty of delicious swordfish!

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