Tokyo introduction

This is a miso soup of hiratake mushroom and tofu.
Hiratake is a mushroom with a unique taste and crunchy texture.

Tofu is a standard ingredient in miso soup.

Wikipedia

Pleurotus ostreatus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus_ostreatus

Tofu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu

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This is a miso soup of eggplant and pork.

When you boil eggplant in soup stock, it starts to lose its shape.
The misshapen eggplant is delicious.

The pork is thinly sliced.
The fat from the pork mixes with the broth, and you get the feeling that you have eaten well in this miso soup.

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Miso soup is one of the most popular dishes in Japan.
Miso soup is made by adding various ingredients to broth and then mixing in miso paste to add flavor.

What kind of ingredients are used in miso soup?
Also, what kinds of miso are there?

In this blog, I would like to introduce Japanese culture by introducing various types of miso soup.

For the time being, I will be using this "Aizu Ama-Kouji Miso".
It is a dark red miso with a slightly sweet taste.

Wikipedia

Enokitake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enokitake

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The sky was so beautiful.
The air was so clear that I could see far into the distance.
It was as if I could see the dark blue of the ceiling of the sky.

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There were snails.
A big one and a small one.
I think they were parents and children. It's fun to watch.
It's fun to watch.
The old Japanese word for snails is "dendenmusi".
The word "denden" means drum.
"Misu" is an insect.
So it's an bug for drums. So it's a drumming bug.

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