Sea grapes
I have eaten this very special dish for the first time yesterday evening in a small restaurant serving specialities fom Okinawa, the island in the very south of Japan.
It's called umi budo (sea grapes) and it is a delicate, light-green seaweed with small bubbles covering its branches all over. It's scientific name should be Caulepa rentillifera. When you eat it, the bubbles pop nicely in your mouth, leaving a salty sea taste. They are rich in minerals, and I read they can inhibit the growth of cancer and boost immune system.
If you want to know more about Okinawa and this seaweed, go here.
4 Comments:
How about that! I was there for lunch, and they were talking about a group of foreigners who would be coming for dinner... that must have been you!
I enjoyed the umi budou very much indeed. I expect I'll be going back there before long...
Indeed, now as you say it, I remember they were talking about a foreigner having been there for lunch - so they were talking about you! Kitakami's a small place!
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