My boyfriend wants me to try unagi?

Question

he used to live in japan and he is always trying to get me to eat the stuff he likes. i already tried raw octapus and that was on our first date! anyway he told me unagi is eel and i don't think i want to eat it. but he insists! i asked him if it tastes like fish and what kind of texture it has but he told me to look it up. i did and i am still not sold. so can someone tell me what unagi taste like?

Answer 1

Fantastic stuff. Try it.

What about uni to try next after the unagi.

Answer 2

Oh unagi is very good! I was skeptical too, but it has a great flavor and not to weird of a texture. Its not rubbery like octopus, its more of a fish like texture. It is usually grilled with a kind of sweet sauce. It has a lot of flavor.

Take a teeny bite, you might like it! You can always wash it down with water if you don't like it. But if you've survived raw octopus, you'll have no problem with eel. Just don't think of it as the snakey looking thing in the aquarium, it doesn't look anything like that.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I've eaten unagi in a Japanese restaurant before. Its sweet because it's grilled with sweet sauce. But I'm not in favour of eating it again.

Answer 4

unagi has a sweet sauce and is grilled or cooked in the toaster oven.  It has a very savory sweet texture and melts in the mouth.  It is not slimy or chewy at all.

Answer 5

its delicious especially at blue ribbon sushi.

Answer 6

Unagi is indeed eel. It has the texture of canned tuna the way the Japanese cook it. (often marinated and grilled). I'm of Japanese heritage, my granny served  grilled unagi, usually in sushi. But ocassionally on skewers. Unagi does not taste like fish or any seafood really. I always think it kind of tastes like marinated dark meat turkey. If you can handle octopus... Grilled Unagi will be a breeze. I've never been willing to try octopus, and I'm Japanese!

I used to live in England for a couple years. Though, I do eat eel... I could never bring myself to try it the way they prepare it in England. The English serve it in jelly "Jellied Eels" they call it.

Answer 7

it's delicious and salty and melts in your mouth

it tastes like regular fish, just saltier

unagi rocks!! :)

Answer 8

Unagi is very good.  Cooked eel.