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Japan Travel: Want Fresh Fish? Catch Your Own at Zauo

Where: Japan

6/04/2008 at 9:30 AM
Tags: Japan Travel, Restaurants, Fishing (all tags)

Dedicated fishermen would surely say that nothing tastes better than food that you've caught yourself. Obviously the Japanese know that and that's why the Zauo: The Fishing Boat Café chain exists.

Like so many things in Japan, Zauo is unique, a little zany and something we just can't wait to do. These are large restaurants with a boat in the middle of a lot of water, and you can either order your food straight away (boring!) or order a fishing rod and catch your own.

Obviously there's a huge seafood bias to the Zauo menu, and it all sounds delicious. If you're on a budget, then definitely opt to catch your own. For example, the lobster usually costs ¥3,600 ($35), but you only have to pay ¥2,600 ($25) if you pull it out of the water yourself. Oh, and if you fail to catch anything, it doesn't really matter. They won't let you leave hungry.

Related Stories:
· Catching Our Own Dinner [The Loulogue]
· Zauo The Fishing Boat Café [Official Site]
· Japan Travel coverage [Jaunted]

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Nobita
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Hmmm... (none / 0)

As cool as it is, I have to wonder about the quality. After all, you get the fish straight from the ocean or from Tsukiji in Tokyo, you know the fish is well fed, in clean waters, and fresh. But when you go to these "catch your own" or "scoop your own" places, the fish are usually a few days old, malnurished, and the water just isn't so...clean... So if it's a choice of eating fresh, well fed, healthy fish raw as opposed to one from a tank, I'll go with the former.

That being said, I have never been to this place and with a setup as big as the one they have here, as long as they have a high turnover rate, it's probably not too bad.

Just my $0.02

by Nobita on 6/04/2008 at 11:12 AM