Sara's Asian dinner featuring winter bamboo shoots

some key ingredients: Bonito, winter bamboo shoots, kombu

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Baked Japanese sweet potato

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Japanese style broiled chicken balls and ginkgo seeds

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seaweed-seasoned fried twist 

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adamame

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fresh winter bamboo shoots with white miso

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sweet soy-simmered cuttlefish threads 

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beech mushroom confit

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piquillo stuffed with smoked tofu, fennel, and crushed peanuts

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shrimp wonton soup in bonito and kombu broth

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with Tong-hao leaves, fried tofu and mushroom

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white miso-marinated and grilled cod

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Japanese rice ball 

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lightly pickled radish in rice vinegar

 

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sweet fermented rice porridge 

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with tiny sticky rice dumplings

in holiday spirit!