FresFood: Markets with a Restaurant Inside - Japanese

Central Fish Company - Japanese Market

Central Fish Company is a family-owned Japanese market in Fresno's Chinatown. It has been located at 1535 Kern Street since 1950. The Central Fish Company has a large fish market, a fully stocked Japanese grocery store, and an eatery on the first floor. On the second floor is a Daiso store (a "100 yen" store equal to U.S. dollar stores). http://www.centralfish.com/

Fresh Whole Fish

Fresh Fish for Sashimi

Shell Fish

In the freezer cases, there is a large variety of fish and other foods including lobster, smelt, shrimp, ocean scallops, ika, ebi, frog's legs, ground tuna, tuna, hamachi, at least 6 varieties of fish roe, fish cakes, crawfish, sand dabs, calimari, sea bass, sawi, red goat fish, octomari, fish balls, squib, tube and tentacles, octopus, tilapia, squid salad, sukiyaki meat, seaweed salad (bulk), smoked salmon, and mackerel.

Frozen Fish

Frozen Noodles

There is a full line of Japanese groceries, beverages, and packaged food.

Sake

Snacks

Panko Bread Crumbs and Tempura Batter

Mushrooms

Tea

Daiso Shop - Everything is $1.69 ("100 Yen")

The restaurant is located on left side of the store, and has a good number of tables plus a counter. The menu consists of Japanese dishes and seafood dishes, as well as fish and chips and chicken katsu. Most dishes are old school except for the recent addition of Poke (2 choices - tuna or salmon).

Order at the Counter

Seating Area

Menu Board

The service is fast, and the eatery busy. Be prepared to grab a napkin and wipe away a few crumbs from a table. Customers represent all the diversity of Fresno. Some come for the fish, others for the Japanese dishes.

We ordered the Mixed Seafood (a seafood combo plate) and a Tuna Poke Bowl. The portions were very good.

The Tuna Poke bowl is a full fish bowl (with none of the trendy extras and finishes found in many restaurants). The bowl was all tuna with the sauce, plus seasoning with a few scallions and white onions

Tuna Poke

The Mixed Seafood consisted of battered fried fish, breaded squid steak, and shrimp tempura, with sides of rice and salad (lettuce with 1000 Islands dressing).