On Feb 7, 2:00 pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 3, 11:15?pm, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > > band beyond description <shadowboxing....@apocalypse.com> wrote:
>
> > > > <mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote:
> > > > > Declan Murphy <declan_mur...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >> Why is it so bloody expensive? The cost of making a chanko nabe turns
> > > > >> out to be about the same as duck or beef sukiyaki.
>
> > > > > I can't figure out why it's so hard to get lamb in Japan.
>
> > > > > Mike
> > > > Pork?it's the other irradiated meat.
> > > > As for lamb, I often thought the same thing, and definitely indulged if I
> > > > ever found a restaurant that did lamb well.
>
> > > There used to be a placed called "Hitsuji-ya" near Yoyogi. Other than
> > > that...
> > Easy to find in Hokkaido, albeit mostly imported from New Zealand.
> > Could just be a matter of consumer preferences? Most people in
> > Hokkaido don't seem to mind the smell, whereas many in the south seem
> > to have convinced themselves (without actually trying lamb) that they
> > won't like it. I can easily buy frozen lamb online for the bar, but
> > can't find it in any of the local shops, with the exception of the
> > "Brazilian" ones.
>
> And for some reason, though duck is common in restaurants, I had a hard
> time finding it at the stores...
>
> No problem finding whale, though.

Is that a Shikoku thing perhaps? My local Seiyu supermarket (walmart
unfortunately) has no whale, but duck by the proverbial flock. In
winter at least.