Salmon Diaries (the obsession for a pink fish)

If you have read my last blog you would know that I love Salmon. oh I'm sorry I don't love it. I'm OBSESSED by it. Really, I would kill someone for it. I love everything about it. I like its color, texture, it's "melt-in-your-mouth" sensation when you eat it, and the fact that you can eat from baked to raw is just amazing. I am the last person that you would want to cross just for a plate salmon Sashimi. I would blank out and forget we're friends if you steal my plate of Salmon. I mean, that's how obsessed I am with that glorious fish. It's one of those things that I really praise God for. I mean, really thank Him for creating such awesome swimming creature (ok... sounding a bit cuckoo there).




I never really liked salmon before and for my family it was a fish that we really can't eat because it's not common in the Philippines. We either it bangus (milk fish) or tilapia but never salmon. My dad once brought us to a Japanese restaurant called Saisaki and its actually a buffet of different variety's of Japanese food. That's where and when I tried my very first sashimi. But I only sticked to Tuna sashimi before because it's what my dad eats. Anyway I saw the salmon beside the Tuna sashimi and wondered what's that? (this is because me and my family were really adventurous with food that we would eat anything were not familiar with) my dad told me it's salmon. Alright here's the thing. I already tried salmon at that time because my dad ordered grilled salmon when we went to visit my aunt in California so I pretty much liked the fish already cooked. So I asked my dad if the salmon sashimi is good. He said it was slimy and really fishy. He also said I won't like it. So, trusting my dad I didn't take any. After that whenever we go to a Japanese restaurant I would always picture Salmon sashimi as really slimy kinda like a snail or whatever so we never ordered it.

until this one day when we went to a Japanese restaurant and tried a sushi with raw salmon on top. At first we thought its something we never tried before let's try it! and then the magic happened. I tasted for the very first time raw salmon. It was not really a fillet it was just chopped up salmon on top of a maki. It was really good so we ordered the real thing. A plate of the best quality Salmon Sashimi. ok, do you know that scene in movies when they do something for the very first time and sparkles and lights go everywhere and their eyes just flash lights. I think that happened to me. It was sooo good! It was so good that I blamed my dad why he didn't order it before. Thus my first argument about a fish. But really it was really really good. After that whenever we go to a Japanese restaurant we always always order Salmon Sashimi. We also stopped ordering Tuna sashimi because it's not really a favorite anymore. It's always two orders of Salmon sashimi for us.

so that's just one story about my obsession of Salmon. I will post another of my weird stories here. keep reading and stay beautiful. God bless you all!! :)