Shun — Am thuc Nhat Ban theo mua: An gi theo tung thoi diem de cam nhan huong vi chuan nhat

Mua thu (thang 9–11): Sanma, hat de va matsutake “vua cua cac loai nam”

Nguoi Nhat triu men goi mua thu la “shokuyoku no aki” — mua thu khien cam giac them an tang cao — boi day la thoi diem mua mang den vu thu hoach phong phu nhat trong nam. Bieu tuong theo mua khong gi tranh cai la sanma (ca thu dao Thai Binh Duong): loai ca than dai, anh bac duoc uop muoi roi nuong nguyen con tren than cho den khi da phong len va gion rum, trong khi phan thit van beo ngot, an kem cu cai trang bao nho va vai giot sudachi tuoi. Mon an dan da, am bung nay xuat hien trong thuc don cua gan nhu moi quan an dia phuong va quan izakaya suot thang 9 va thang 10. An cung sanma la com hat de dam da (kuri gohan), khoai lang nuong ban tu nhung xe day toa huong thom tren duong pho, hong gion, nho Kyoho mong nuoc va le Nhat tron ngot.

Dinh cao tuyet doi — ca ve huong thom lan gia tien — la matsutake, loai nam thong moc tu nhien khong the nuoi trong dieu kien nhan tao. Matsutake noi dia loai cao cap co the dat hang chuc nghin yen moi kilogram (thuong hon 100–200 USD moi cay), nhung ban khong nhat thiet phai ton kem de thuong thuc: vao mua thu, nhieu nha hang truyen thong phuc vu dobin mushi — nam matsutake thom lung duoc hap trong mot am dat nho cung nuoc dung dashi, tom tuoi va hat bach qua — mang den cach thuong thuc huong thong tron ven de tiep can hon (khoang 10–20 USD). Mua thu cung la mua lua moi gat (shinmai), cho ra nhung hat com trang bong, thom nhat trong nam — chi rieng ly do do cung du de ban goi them mot bat com o bat ky noi nao minh dung bua.

Mua dong (thang 12–2): Lau nong hoi va mua cua mien Bac

Mua dong la mua tuyet voi cua nabe (lau Nhat Ban): yosenabe dam da voi hai san va rau cu, chanko nabe chac bung noi tieng la mon an cua cac vo si sumo, motsunabe nau noi tang bo den tu Fukuoka, va oden — cu cai trang, trung luoc va cha ca ham trong nuoc dung dashi am nong, duoc ban nong hoi ngay tai quay thu ngan cua cac cua hang tien loi tren toan quoc. Ca hanh vang hoang da (buri) vao mua dong dat den do beo cao nhat, duoc goi la kanburi, an cuc ngon du la thai song lam sashimi hay trung nhanh trong noi shabu-shabu. Hau beo tuoi thu hoach doc theo bo bien Hiroshima Prefecture va Miyagi Prefecture cung dang vao luc ngon nhat.

Tuy nhien, vuong mien cua mua dong chac chan thuoc ve cua. Bat dau tu thang 11, cac ngu truong o bien Nhat Ban mo cua cho mua cua tuyet (zuwai-gani), noi tieng voi nhung thuong hieu vung mien nhu cua Matsuba o San'in Region va cua Echizen o Fukui Prefecture, trong khi Hokkaido mang den cua long ngua ngot thit (kegani) va cua hoang de khoi lo (tarabagani). Thi tran on tuyet dep Kinosaki Onsen gan Kyoto gan nhu tho cung huong cua vao mua dong: khach nghi tai ryokan dao buoc tren nhung con pho phu tuyet trong bo yukata truyen thong, truoc khi tro ve trong nha va thuong thuc bua kaiseki nhieu mon voi cua — sashimi cua, chan cua nuong than, lau cua nong hoi va chao com cua dam da dung de ket thuc. Mot bua cua nhieu mon day du thuong co gia khoang 10.000–20.000 JPY moi nguoi (65–130 USD), tuong duong khoang 1,7–3,4 trieu VND theo ty gia tham khao 1 JPY ≈ 170 VND, va la mot trong nhung khoan chi am thuc dang gia nhat ma ban co the dau tu tai Nhat Ban.

An gi theo mua o dau: Meo thuc te cho du khach

• Tim cac ky tu 旬 (shun) hoac 季節限定 (kisetsu gentei — gioi han theo mua): Khi bat gap nhung ky tu nay tren thuc don, quay trung bay cua hang hay bao bi, ban co the hieu rang nguyen lieu hoac mon an do dang o thoi diem dat huong vi dinh cao.
• Uu tien quay omakase dia phuong hoac quan com phan teishoku thay vi cac chuoi lon: Nhung quan doc lap trong khu dan cu, noi thuc don duoc dieu chinh moi ngay dua tren nguyen lieu mua tu cho buoi sang, la noi shun thuc su toa sang. Nhieu quan an nho duoc Michelin Bib Gourmand ghi nhan tai Tokyo va Osaka thuong phuc vu set an trua theo mua voi muc gia hop ly (khoang 10–20 USD). O Nhat, ban co the thanh toan bang the IC, the ngan hang hoac tien mat tuy tung quan; vi vay nen mang theo mot it tien mat khi den cac quan nho va cho dia phuong.
• Kham pha cho dia phuong va depachika: Nhung cho thuc pham ngoai troi nhu Nishiki Market o Kyoto hay Omicho Market o Kanazawa, cung cac depachika (khu am thuc o tang ham cua cac trung tam bach hoa), giong nhu nhung “bao tang bon mua” mien phi vao cua. Chi can quan sat xem mat hang nao duoc trung bay nhieu va noi bat nhat — do chinh la dau hieu cho biet nguyen lieu nao dang vao mua shun.
• Den dung que huong cua nguyen lieu: Hay den Kinosaki Onsen hoac Kanazawa de an cua mua dong, Nagoya de thu unagi nuong than, va Hokkaido de thu hai san nuoc lanh tinh khiet — nhung nguyen lieu thuong hang dau hiem khi di xa khoi noi chung sinh ra.
• O mot dem tai ryokan de hoc ve shun mot cach tron ven: Bua toi kaiseki nhieu mon tai mot nha tro truyen thong Nhat Ban duoc thiet ke ti mi dua tren cac nguyen lieu theo mua, sieu dia phuong. Nhieu hanh trinh trong bo suu tap tour Nhat Ban cua OlaChill tu nhien co ket hop luu tru tai ryokan kem bua tiec kaiseki theo mua.

An theo shun la cach dang gia nhat de cam nhan chieu sau van hoa du lich Nhat Ban ma khong can vuot qua ngan sach: voi cung mot muc gia, mon an theo mua gan nhu luon ngon hon, tuoi hon va thuong tiet kiem hon so voi nguyen lieu trai mua. Vi vay, truoc khi dat chuyen bay, dung chi tu hoi “mua nao dep nhat?” ma hay hoi them “mua nao ngon nhat?” — ban se tim thay rat nhieu cam hung trong blog du lich va am thuc Nhat Ban cua OlaChill. Biet dau chuyen di tiep theo cua ban den Nhat Ban lai duoc lap ke hoach chi vi mot con sanma nuong muoi vua chin hoac mot noi lau cua tuyet mua dong nong hoi.