A friend from a culinary forum told me that there is a new rage in Japan and it is tomato gari: a slice of tomato topped with some gari (thin slices of Japanese pickled ginger - the ones you eat with sushi) and salt. Well, I had to try it! I wasn't sure how it is supposed to look like, so the composition is my 'invention', and I used some Maldon salt (in flakes). And then I tasted it.
A M A Z I N G ! ! !
A real hit to the taste buds...but...I wanted a second...wow, still surprising...and then a third...and I was tired.
Yes, I will make it again, for some posh Japanese dinner maybe, I will serve ONE single slice per person, maybe between courses, or as a starter to wake up the taste buds. But no more. With one I think that people will remain wanting more...and they will remember it in their 'culinary memory bank' like something unique. More than that, and I feel it may be too much.
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I think you are so right that one slice would be perfect to serve at a dinner. What a nice biteful of delight!
ReplyDeleteSimple, fresh and wonderful! That sounds great! Never heard of it before!
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