anoisette

Yesterday I cooked this strange looking vegetable. It’s called goya and it’s a Japanese vegetable from Okinawa. I’d seen it at the grocery store and wondered what it was, and how it was prepared. To my surprise and delight, I found it in a dish in the set meal I had at Mikoan in Kyoto, and also to my surprise I discovered it’s got something of an acquired taste (it’s quite bitter). But I didn’t let that put me off, and when I found this vegetarian recipe for goya champuru, I decided to try cooking it. I guess the bitterness has to be countered by some sweetness and eating it with rice definitely helps. It was fun to take pictures of though.