BernieHome version of #vegan washoku (和食): miso soup with tofu and wakame and abura-age with negi 😋
The full meal comes with white rice topped with shiso (perilla leaf) and soy beans seasoned with mirin, soy sauce and sugar. All common ingredients sold by every supermarket.
Nattō is an ubiquitous home breakfast food. It's fermented soy beans covered in a slimy fluid similar to mucus, and has a pungent smell.
It's clearly an acquired taste. As a foreigner, sometimes I get praised for being able to eat nattō 😆
Jeeves@codewiz maybe it's partially a genetic thing, I always thought it smelled a little bit like coffee or something, never unpleasant. Though when I try to make it at home, sometimes it doesn't turn out right and smells of ammonia.
@jeeves I'll try to pay attention to the smell next time. I definitely thought natto had a vague hint of ammonia.
Walter Bender@codewiz I've always liked natto. But I have always been a bit odd.
slyborg@codewiz I like natto, but natto rolls are still wrong.