Yose nabe, though, was a bountiful and satisfying stew of fish, shrimp, scallops, squid and assorted fish in a clear, fish-flavored broth.
The upper Clyde is a clear fishing stream rising in the moorlands of the Southern Uplands and flowing northward through a valley bordered by river terraces for about 30 miles (48 km) to the neighbourhood of Biggar, where it abruptly changes course.
Most items are $5 or less, including a dish described by the church pastor as "near the river" rice noodles, flavored with cilantro, orange-brown fish sauce, bright yellow pickled bamboo, and red pepper, and paired with a refreshing, clear fish-and-shrimp broth.
Beyond the familiarly unearthly jellyfish, there are foot-long spectral snails, worms that look like crystal candles, phantom octopuses, clear fish, crustaceans that hardly make a homeopathic dent in the water as they pass.
Soups include shinshu and white miso with fish bone stock; red miso with nameko mushrooms or asari clams; and clear fish broth.
Crossing the black and white marble tiles she feels transparent, like one of those tiny clear fish whose slippery bodies filter and refract light, break it into dancing pieces.
As the title makes clear, fish is the last truly wild food that humans eat with any regularity.
