Taimeshi
鯛めしDish
Taimeshi is sea bream with rice, and on the Imabari side of the route it means a whole grilled bream cooked into the rice, served from the pot or in the Imabari Station ekiben.
Where to eat Taimeshi · 3 places
- Imabari Station HotelImabari
The breakfast buffet lists sea bream rice dishes for hotel guests.
Ehime has two taimeshi. In the east and centre of the prefecture, which takes in Imabari, a grilled sea bream is cooked into the rice with kelp stock, and the flesh is flaked through it once the pot comes off the heat. Around Uwajima in the south, taimeshi means raw sea bream sashimi dressed in a soy sauce with raw egg and sesame and spooned over hot rice.
The cooked version is the one you find at Japanese restaurants in Imabari and Matsuyama as a single-portion kamameshi set, and the Imabari Station ekiben mixes flaked bream into seasoned rice.
Worth knowing
- A pot taimeshi takes time to cook, so order it at the start of the meal.
Quick answers about Taimeshiよくある質問
How do you order Taimeshi?
Order a taimeshi set and allow time for the pot. Pour tea over the last bowl as tai chazuke.
When is Taimeshi in season?
Taimeshi: Year-round.
Where can you eat Taimeshi in Japan?
Places we list for Taimeshi include Michi-no-Eki Hakata S.C. Park, Michi-no-Eki Tatara Shimanami Park, Michi-no-Eki Yoshiumi Iki-iki-kan.