Engawa Fish. Engawa is naturally crunchy and chewy with high protein oil and omega-3 fatty acids that help reduce depression and lower cholesterol. Engawa is the fin of flounder fish that have been carefully sliced into thin strips.
Hirame is great marinated with konbuseaweed as konbujimeseaweed marinated. The unwashed masses declare bluefin otoro to be best but to impress those in the know order this instead. Engawa Halibut Engawa is a white-fleshed fish actually the largest of the flatfish family.
Most people in Japan think of the hirame version when they hear the word engawa.
Flounder will grow to about 40 inches. Like the tuna there is actually another nigiri sushi piece with an entirely different texture and taste called Engawa cut from the same fish. Preparing this fish requires an aptitude for the art of cooking and patience. Hirame is great marinated with konbuseaweed as konbujimeseaweed marinated.