My must-order dish from any Izakaya

Saikyo yaki 西京焼

Saikyo yaki is speciality of Kyoto.

It’s traditional dish from Kyoto by marinating fish slice overnight in a Saikyo miso paste.

As we have mentioned before that miso goes hand in hand with sake, dishes made of miso will be a natural good match with sake. For this dish, it will be particularly good with junmai style with more obvious umami.

Ingredients:

Spanish mackerel 2 slices

A

Saikyo miso 2 tbs

Sake 1 tbs

Mirin 2 tbs

Sugar 2 tea spoon

Recipe:

Mix A

Put the fish slice in A and leave it over night or longer.

Grilled it in a pan with low to medium heat for around 10 minutes.