Eel sauce is that sweet and salty brown sauce that you see drizzled over all kinds of sushi rolls these days. But is it actually made from eels?

The company came up with a cake modeled after “unaju” (grilled eel on rice) to mark the midsummer day of the ox that falls on July 24 and Aug. 5 this year. The offering is made with Western ...

Tanaka added that he is focused on what to feed the eels until they reach the juvenile stage. Meanwhile, the industry is facing a shortage of skilled chefs able to expertly skewer and grill eel.

Think crispy deep-fried eel in yusheng and grilled unagi in claypot rice. In the lead-up to and throughout Chinese New Year, hotels and restaurants are seeing brisk business for reunion dinners.