FAQ

  • AONORI

    dried green seaweed

  • ARARE

    small crispy rice crackers

  • UMAMI

    one of your five basic taste profiles in your mouth that goes along with savory notes found in cheeses, meats, seafood and many other foods. Mouth science. have you heard of it?

  • SHOYU

    soy sauce condiment

  • TAMAGO

    Japanese style omelette

  • KEWPIE

    yolk based Japanese mayo. put this shit on everything. youll thank us later

  • TOBIKO

    flying fish roe. pretty much little fishy eggs. mad good

  • NORI

    dried seaweed

  • GOCHUJANG

    korean chili paste

  • SHIO KOJI

    this one is a doozy. not to get all bill nye on you but shio (salt) koji is a marinade made by taking grain, commonly rice, and inoculating it with a mold (aspergillus oryzae) then dried and mixed with salt and water to form a porridge. sounds weird. we know. but its sweet, funky and something to enjoy to its fullest.

  • LI'HING

    normally salty dried plums. yup. salty. dried. plums. but we used cherries instead.

  • YUBA

    tofu skin

  • WAKAME

    seaweed. algae. sea vegetable. kelp. wears many hats

  • UBE

    (oooooh-behhh) also known as the purple yam

  • BONITO

    or katsuobushi is shaved dried fish