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Some Japanese Dishes
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Miso Soup
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Dashi and miso are the basic ingredients of this cloudy broth. Often, the hot broth is poured over noodles, mushroom slices, seaweed, or any number of soup ingredients.
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Hiyamugi with Shrimp and Shiitake Mushrooms
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This dish is served cold -- thin noodles are topped with boiled or steamed mushrooms, shrimp and omelet. It is accompanied by a mirin and soy-based dipping sauce.
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Spinach with Sesame Seed Dressing
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A classic, cool vegetable, where steamed spinach is dressed with a soy and dashi (an indispensible stock made with bonito flakes and seaweed) dressing enhanced by crushed, toasted sesame seeds.
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Tempura Soba
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A soup of broth and soba (buckwheat noodles) is topped with deep-fried batter-dipped shrimp or vegetables.
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Tori Nanban
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Udon noodles, scallions, and chicken are lightly cooked in a soy broth.
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Yuzendofu (Sole with Tofu)
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A paste is made with the tofu and fish that is steamed into a loaf with Shitake mushrooms and other vegetables. The loaf is sliced and served with a bowl of Mirin (sweet rice wine) and ginger sauce.
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Zarusoba
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This dish combines cooked buckwheat noodles (soba) with a topping of nori (a type of seaweed). It is that simple. Beside this dish one might put a garnish of scallions and wasabi, and a dipping sauce that combines mirin, soy sauce, dashi and bonito flakes.
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