Freshwater Eel Gets a Hit of Fire and Bone Marrow at Sushi By Scratch Restaurants

Near the end of our omakase at Sushi by Scratch Restaurants in Chicago, we were instructed to eat a nigiri course immediately after it appeared in front of our sushi bar seat (one of 10). But it was unagi! And bone marrow! My instincts wanted to savor the fire-torched fish crisped up in rendered fat as long as I possibly could. But there’s a method to Chef/Owner Phillip Frankland Lee...