Kansai-ben: 08. Grilled oyster

Q1: How much is the grilled oyster that トモちゃん ordered?

810-yen.

81-yen.

180-yen.

108-yen.

Q2: Are the scallops they grill wild or farm raised?

Wild.

Farm raised.

Q3: The video shooter was not familiar with the English equivalent of サザエ. Why?

She sees them everywhere in the sea back in Boston (where she lives), but has never seen anybody eat them.

She hasn’t lived in America long enough to know the English equivalent of that kind of shell.

She believes American do not eat them, since she has never seen them in back in Boston (where she lives).

Q4: Do foreigners eat whole scallops, according to the fish dealer?

Yes, when he tells them to try them. Then they admit it’s delicious.

Yes, when he tells them to try them. But they usually don’t like it.

There are some who never try even if he tells them to try.

No, they usually don’t try, even if he tells them .

Yes, when he tells them to try. But they praise only the ligament, not other parts.

Q5: The fish dealer murmured お前()らの言()うことは分からん (I have no idea what you say!). To whom did he say it most likely?

To the Japanese customers who insisted he make sashimi for them.

To トモちゃん and the video shooter.

To the foreigners who tried talking to the dealer in a foreign language.

Q6: Why did the video shooter say 結構()時間()かかる?

She thought it might take too much time to grill the scallops.

She wanted the oyster to be cooked thoroughly so she wouldn’t get sick later.

She did not expect that it would take such a long time to grill one oyster.

Q7: What did トモちゃん say to the video shooter regarding the oyster that was being grilled?

I suggest we share it.

I will let you have one bite.

I will give you the rest if I cannot eat it in one bite.

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８. 焼(や)き牡蠣(がき) (Grilled oyster at a fish shop in Kyoto)