Goma Tsukemen (ごまつけ麺) is an Hiroshima typical summer dish. Goma means “sesame” and tsukemen means “dipping ramen”. The most common way to serve it consists of a bowl with unground sesame. Before starting to eat you have to grind the sesame and put it in the bowl along with the soup that will soak the noodles.
Konnyaku is a plant that grows forming some kind of long cone, its interior is eaten in different ways in almost every Asian country. Its flavor is nothing special, the interesting thing about konnyaku is its gelatinous texture, which makes it a good choice to go along with almost any food. In Japan it’s usually eaten in oden and also in skewers (Tama Konnyaku), as it’s offered by this kind old woman in the streets of Shinjuku.
Cube-shaped konnyaku, that’s how I like it better.
Konnyaku plant. Photo from Wikipedia
A small ice cream shop in Nagano has come up with the idea of using grasshoppers (inago) as a topping for ice cream. For just 50 extra yen you can have grasshoppers on you ice cream!!
This other ice cream has silkworms!
Photos from Asahi.com.
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