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Sunomono: Cucumber and Wakame Salad in a Vinegar Marinade
Literal translations have a way of sounding ridiculous, and none more so than Sunomono’s: it comes out as “vinegarable thing” or “that which you put vinegar on.” This concept covers a whole family of...
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Just to prove that East is East and West is West and sometimes the twain shall meet, here’s a Japanese potato salad! To tell the truth, I was shocked when I found out potato salad was originally a...
View ArticleHiyashi Chuka: Chilled Noodles with Ham, Egg and Vegetables
Walk down any main street in Japan at the start of the summer and you’ll see these little signboards hanging from restaurant shingles saying “We’ve Started Making Hiyashi Chuka” (Hiyashi Chuka...
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