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12 sty 2023 · Everything you ever wanted to know about the seafood ingredient uni, including what it tastes like, where it's sold, and how to best cook it.
21 lip 2024 · The best uni restaurants in Tokyo! The best places to try sea urchin in Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Roppongi, including in uni ramen, wagyu, and sushi dishes!
30 lis 2015 · Pronounced oo-nee (aka not you-nee), uni is the Japanese word for sea urchin. Covered in sharp spines, the real gem of course is what’s inside the shell – edible pieces that range in color from a light yellow to a rich orange hue depending on variety, and almost resembling a tongue in shape and outer texture.
7 wrz 2024 · Uni is characterized by a subtly sweet and briny taste. Whatever grade of sea urchin you’ll use for your sushi, it will have a distinct umami taste. Its mouthfeel is akin to butter, with a unique smooth texture.
16 kwi 2018 · Uni is a world-class delicacy—and one of the more unexpected foods to come from Japan. Sometimes referred to as the sea urchin’s roe, or eggs, uni is actually the creature’s gonads (reproductive glands), and the edible portion of the spiny sea urchin.
5 cze 2017 · Uni (雲丹) [pronounced ‘oo-nee’] is the Japanese name for the edible parts of sea urchin. It comes in various colors, from pale yellow to vivid orange, and tastes like a salty and creamy umami bomb.
Uni is a blackish, burr-shaped creature that exists between rocks in the ocean. Uni is written with the Chinese characters 海胆. But when it is salted, we use the characters 雲丹, although the reading is exactly the same. In English, it’s called “sea urchin”. There are about 900 known species of urchin in the world.
