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Flaked Salmon and Beech Mushrooms with Dashi Broth

August 6, 2026 by Matt Leave a Comment

There’s rice under it all… I promise.

Every time I come back from Japan, I swear I post some shit about “eat this thing over rice.” Whatever. The classics are classics for a reason.

My friends made me make dinner for them the other night… well, let’s be fair, I offered and they wanted Japanese food. Fine. I’m good at that and I obviously love it. So I made them something like what you see here. Apparently, one of my friends neglected to inform me that he usually doesn’t eat fish. You wouldn’t have known it by how quickly he housed this dish.

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Dashi Stock

August 6, 2026 by Matt Leave a Comment

Okay… so I don’t have cool photos for this one.

Here’s how to make dashi. I use this in a ton of stuff, from flaked salmon over rice, to ramen, and miso soup. Yes, you can buy the packaged shit in the store that is full of sodium and bullshit, or you could show some restraint and just make it.

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