A video of a female chef pouring a huge amount of salt over a fish went viral on social media and became a hot topic on 5channel as well. Some pointed out how it differs from proper shiogama-yaki (salt-crust baking), others defended it as pricing that bakes in the cost of the performance along with the ingredients, while still others questioned the hygiene of handling a phone with bare hands — and the discussion even expanded into comparisons with sumo wrestlers scattering salt in the ring.
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This is just the restaurant's concept, so it's got nothing to do with gender
That's one of those robatayaki (hearth-grill) joints that's been dumping tons of salt lately, right?
The 'let the ingredients speak for themselves' purists are gonna lose it
>>8
One of those 'ingredient purist' tribe members, huh?
One of those 'ingredient purist' tribe members, huh?
Cleaning the floor and drain after that seems like a pain
As long as it's not just a crappy stunt for clout, it's fine
>>22
Is there any other reason to do something like this?
Is there any other reason to do something like this?
There's that dish where they pack the fish in a salt crust, right?
It's probably that
It's probably that
The fact the chef isn't even wearing a hat tells you everything about this place's standards
They're charging customers for all that wasted salt too, how ridiculous
>>33
That doesn't even cost 5 yen
Have you never bought salt at a supermarket, you middle-aged shut-in still living with your parents (kodo-oji)?
That doesn't even cost 5 yen
Have you never bought salt at a supermarket, you middle-aged shut-in still living with your parents (kodo-oji)?
Do customers actually look at this and go 'whoa, amazing!'?
Menus at places like this probably have the performance baked right into the price
Wait, is that first fish a kinki (thornyhead rockfish)?
It's pretty big, how much would that even run…
It's pretty big, how much would that even run…
>>35
I mean, salt's actually gotten pretty pricey too
Hakata no Shio (a popular salt brand) runs almost 400 yen
I mean, salt's actually gotten pretty pricey too
Hakata no Shio (a popular salt brand) runs almost 400 yen
>>44
That's for 1kg, right? And that's retail, not wholesale
Even if it really is 400 yen per kg, 50g of that is only 20 yen
That's for 1kg, right? And that's retail, not wholesale
Even if it really is 400 yen per kg, 50g of that is only 20 yen
>>53
Even if the raw cost is 20 yen, they're obviously marking it up 20x on the price
Even if the raw cost is 20 yen, they're obviously marking it up 20x on the price
>>53
People obsessed with 'raw ingredient cost' are seriously dense
People obsessed with 'raw ingredient cost' are seriously dense
This is the hottest battle on X right now
You guys better think hard about which side you're on
You guys better think hard about which side you're on
>>45
Lmao the defenders bringing up shiogama-yaki (salt-crust baking)
Where's the shiogama-yaki element in this cooking method?
The only thing they have in common is using salt — if it's just excessive salt for show, that's a waste
Lmao the defenders bringing up shiogama-yaki (salt-crust baking)
Where's the shiogama-yaki element in this cooking method?
The only thing they have in common is using salt — if it's just excessive salt for show, that's a waste
>>45
The amount of salt 'needed' for shiogama-yaki (salt-crust bake)
The amount of salt 'needed' for shioyaki (salt-grilled fish)
Those are different dishes, so the comparison is off the mark
The amount of salt 'needed' for shiogama-yaki (salt-crust bake)
The amount of salt 'needed' for shioyaki (salt-grilled fish)
Those are different dishes, so the comparison is off the mark
>>45
Looked it up and the purpose and method are totally different lol
Looked it up and the purpose and method are totally different lol
The fact they don't even flinch at wasting this much confirms they're using dirt-cheap refined salt
Grilling with good, flavorful salt is the whole point — this basically says 'this place is for suckers who go for the show'
Grilling with good, flavorful salt is the whole point — this basically says 'this place is for suckers who go for the show'
Wearing a phone around her neck is weird too
Phones are supposedly dirtier than a toilet seat
And right at the start she shoves it out of the way like it's in her hair
Phones are supposedly dirtier than a toilet seat
And right at the start she shoves it out of the way like it's in her hair
If the salt that falls on the floor is just getting flushed straight down the drain, that's speeding up pipe corrosion in the area
Working with a phone dangling around her neck is wild, looks like her personal phone too
And she's adjusting its position with her bare hands, that's just done for
Phones are basically toilet-seat-level filthy
And she's adjusting its position with her bare hands, that's just done for
Phones are basically toilet-seat-level filthy
They say it's aimed at foreigners, but are there even restaurants overseas that pull stunts like this?
Japan's always been a country with basically infinite salt, so using this much is fine
Experience-focused restaurants just aren't for the cost-performance obsessed guys (kosupa-oji)
>>76
'Not for cost-performance guys' → wrong
'Not for normal, sane people' → correct
'Not for cost-performance guys' → wrong
'Not for normal, sane people' → correct
Honestly this is fine
Sumo wrestlers scatter way more salt than this
That's the one that actually has no real point
Sumo wrestlers scatter way more salt than this
That's the one that actually has no real point
>>82
Well, that one's a ritual though
If this fish or shrimp were cursed and needed a ton of salt dumped on them, everyone would totally get it
Well, that one's a ritual though
If this fish or shrimp were cursed and needed a ton of salt dumped on them, everyone would totally get it
>>82
It's a holdover from when it was a Shinto rite to ward off evil spirits and pray for a bountiful harvest, so it technically still carries meaning
It's a holdover from when it was a Shinto rite to ward off evil spirits and pray for a bountiful harvest, so it technically still carries meaning
>>82
That's totally different
To begin with, that's not done as a joke. Though the times wrestlers goof around and fling huge amounts during regional tours, that's basically the same as this video
That's totally different
To begin with, that's not done as a joke. Though the times wrestlers goof around and fling huge amounts during regional tours, that's basically the same as this video
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Video] Female Chef: ‘Salt on Fish? This Much Is Normal’“.
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