Never mind the bandits, Ninja Chicken is here!
山賊はいつも走り回っているから鶏肉料理を作る時に細かく切る余裕がない。
ですから、山賊焼きと言うのは大きいチキンスライスの唐揚げ。いつもの細かく切ってある唐揚げよりでかい。
先日は久しぶりにごとく亭長野駅前店に行きました。オーナーの宮下さんは忍者です。戸隠れ道の忍者。
信じられない？是非、行ってみてご覧。
ところで、宮下さんが出してくれた一品は「忍者焼き」でした。山賊焼きの戸隠れ道バージョン。真っ黒でした。ごまを使って。ニンニクもたっぷり。
宮下さんの想像力と松本名物の山賊焼き、素晴らしいコンビ！
Ya know how bandits can never stay in one place for a long time? Because they're always on the run, their cooking tends to be not very refined. In Matsumoto, there is a local dish called 'Sanzoku-yaki' which basically means 'Bandit Chicken'. It's basically karaage-style fried chicken with large slices rather than the nugget-size usually associated with karaage chicken. The reasoning is that bandits don't have enough time to cut the chicken into small pieces.
The other day, I went to one of my favorite restaurants in Nagano City, Gotokutei (Nagano Station location). The owner, Miyashita-san is a ninja. Of the Togakuredo school.
(Don't believe me? Go and see yourself.)
Anyways, one of the dishes he prepared for us was "Ninja-yaki". Apparently ninjas have the same problem as bandits -- no time to properly cut chicken. Plus, ninjas are really shadowy, so the ninja version of bandit chicken is rubbed in black sesame seeds for a dark, secretive look.
Matsumoto's yummy local specialty bandit chicken combined with Miyashita-san's creativity -- ninja-yaki is a winner!
