GLOSSARY

SAUCE

  • Kewpie Mayo and Sriracha

  • Soy sauce, mirin, sugar. No eel!

  • Green pepper, yellow onion, Thai chili peppers, garlic, salt

  • Sushi vinegar, chipotle peppers, honey, Kewpie mayo

  • Thai Chili peppers, Oniryu chili oil, soy sauce, honey, sushi vinegar

Broth & More

  • Freeze dried anchovies, bonito, shitake, kombu

  • 12- hour pork bone simmer and triple strain

  • 12-hour whole-chicken simmer

  • White & brown miso paste, onion powder, tahini, sesame oil, fresh ginger, garlic, salt

  • Pork fat, chicken fat, green onion, white sunflower seeds, Thai chili peppers, garlic, ginger, green onions, Szechaun peppercorns

  • Sake, mirin, soy sauce, bonito, garlic, kombu

  • Turmeric, coriander, cumin, fenugreek, fennel, ginger, garlic, pepper, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom, cayenne, star anise, bay leaf, butter, and shoyu to taste

  • Gochugaru, white and black garlic, sesame seeds, sesame oil, Thai chili, fresh ginger, canola oil, salt

Fish

  • Deep red, firm, mild taste

  • Pink, soft, rich flavor

  • Marbled red and pink, fatty, rich, tender

  • White to pink color, fatty, buttery texture

  • Rich, salty, cooked

  • Pink, rich, sweet and salty, but still mild

The rest

  • Dried seaweed flakes

  • Sweet cooking wine. Different types have different alcoholic percentages

  • Vinegar, mirin, oranges, lemons, and limes

  • Japanese mayo using only egg yolks and a unique blend of vinegars. Known to have a more custard texture

  • Dried kelp/seaweed

  • Dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna