Fried Oysters

Oysters, kaki, are eaten in several ways in Japan: raw with a sweet rice-vinegar sauce, cooked with rice, stir-fried, deep-fried, and in hot-pot preparations. Whether they are for eating raw or for cooking, oysters are sold already shucked in Japan. Before using them we rinse them with watery grated daikon radish to remove any foreign matter.

Kakifurai, fried oysters, are a very popular lunch and dinner menu item at all classes of restaurants and in school and office c