Hitsumabushi
First, enjoy the eel and sauce as served. Then add condiments and a little sansho to taste. Finish with warm dashi broth: three ways to enjoy one meal.
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Enjoying hitsumabushi
Three ways. One meal.
- 01
Start just as it is.
Serve some eel and rice into your small bowl. Enjoy the natural flavour of the eel and the sweet-savoury sauce.
- 02
Add the condiments.
Add the accompanying condiments to taste and explore how the aroma and flavour change.
- 03
Finish with warm dashi.
Pour over the broth and enjoy it like ochazuke. Return to your favourite style for the final mouthfuls.
Hitsumabushi or unaju?
Unaju
Sauce-glazed eel over rice, served in a traditional box. Enjoy the eel and rice together, adding sansho to taste.
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