The Eki-ben is one of the live museums of
the diversity of Japanese food. The Eki-ben is the lunch box filled with local
foods in the small box and sold at the railway station all over the Japan. The
package or box has lovely print come from the local landmark or some characters.
This Aji Oshizushi is originally come from
the Ofuna Station on the Tokaido line. The station has the junction among the
Tokaido line, Yokosuka line and Negishi line in Japan Railway East. The Ofuna
is located around one hour distance from the Tokyo main station. Around Ofuna
area is known as Shonan area, there are a lot of beachs or marine spot and old
city, Kamakura. When I caught an express train from Ofuna station, I used to
buy a box of Aji Oshizushi at the plat home.
The sour taste is nicely matched with lager beer like as the malt vineger with fish and chips and beer.
The taste was very classical with sweet and
sour from rice vinegar. Oshizushi in Japanese means pressed (Oshi) Sushi. This
style of Sushi is major in Kansai area as Osaka or Kyoto.
The texture of this Aji Oshizushi was
similar to the Edo-mae Sushi. As the name of Oshizushi, the fish was pickled
with rice vinegar and softly pressed in the box. The soft rice ball texture was
kept in the box and the pickled Aji got a little bit stickiness. The taste and
texture were very simple but very familiar taste for Japanese.
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