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Pour water into the Yukihira pot and add the kelp and sardines. Place on the stove and bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low for 3 minutes. Pour it into a pot containing tuna flakes to complete the dashi. The owner, Mr. Inoue, tells us how easy it is to make such a delicious dashi. With the idea that "I want you to try making dashi using kelp even once a month," we offer dashi dishes for breakfast and lunch. They also sell kantan soup stock kits.
“Six years ago, the kelp that I had been purchasing for a long time was no longer available, and I realized that the amount of kelp was decreasing. When I asked about the current situation, the production volume has halved compared to 50 years ago, and I thought that if things continued like this, I might not be able to enjoy kombu dashi.”
The owner is Noriaki Inoue. At the age of 30, he moved to Hokkaido and gained experience working at a restaurant. After that, he moved to Tokyo and opened a prosperous store in Kyoto for 11 and a half years. Starting a new challenge in 2022
Even if you don't know what you can do to stop the decline of kombu and seafood, you should be able to appreciate the deliciousness of dashi that you can enjoy now. “If people like the freshly shaved dashi dishes here, and if more people incorporate dashi culture into their daily lives, something might change,” smiled Mr. Inoue. Nomu o dashi served in a cup for 500 yen takeout and a dashi stand in the evening are also fun.
Hikitate o dashi breakfast 1300 yen. First, I had a drink with the dashi stock that I made after ordering. The first dish is tuna flakes topped with olive oil and salt, and the second is bonito flakes topped with soy sauce pickled mountain wasabi.
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