this is the most expensive fish in Japan
in January 2018 a kilogram of these baby
eels cost around thirty five thousand
dollars some of these eels will end up
at restaurants like serugaya the final
dish is called kabayaki it may look
simple but preparing it takes years to
master workers prepare eel live to
maintain freshness workers remove the
bones and cut eels to the proper size
for the skewers
eel has to be constantly monitored while
it's cooking to achieve even grilling
Chef steam then Grill each eel three
times dipping it into sauce between each
grilling kabayaki presented in a lacquer
box with rice is called unaju it can
cost up to 91 dollars depending on the
price of adult eel