Food of Japan

 

I'll introduce kurohampen as food of japan.




Kurohampen

What is kurohampen

Kurohampen is a kind of Hampen.Although common Hampen(Shirohampen) is white,square and soft,Kurohampen is black,semilunar,and hard.Tastes and raw materials are also quite different.Shirohampen is made of ground whitefish,the white of an egg and yam,but Kurohampen is made of whole mackerel or sardine(includes bone).


Shirohampen



I'm from Shizuoka and it's famous for kurohampen.It may be sold in only Shizuoka.
And in Shizuoka,kurohampen is served in kyushoku which is lunch offered by a elementary school and a junior high school.

How to manufacture kurohampen

 

Grind fish,starch,solt and other spice→Shape and biol for a few minutes→Cool down

 

You don't make kurohampen by yourself.You normally buy it at a supermarket or a specialty store.

 
 

How to eat kurohampen

 

There are many ways to eat kurohampen.
 

1. Law

You can eat kurohampen raw with soy sauce and wasabi,soy sauce and mayonnaise or yuzukosho(citrus flavor pepper).

2. Grill

When grilled,kurohampen swells.Eat with soy sauce and wasabi,soy sauce and ginger or soy sauce and butter.It matches alcohol!!(But I don't drink because I am still 19 years old...)

Grilled kurohampen

3. Fry
Personally,I think fried kurohampen is the most delicious food of Shizuoka.
I love it!!It is so good without sauce.You should eat when you visit Shizuoka.




Fried kurohampen

4. Oden(Shizuoka oden)
Oden is Japanese common food.Various food such as potato,Japanese radish,konnyaku,egg and deep-fried ball of fish paste are stewed in oden. In Shizuoka,oden is a little different from common oden in that its soup is blackish and its ingredients include kurohampen,and it called Shizuoka oden.
 

common oden



Shizuoka oden
 

There are many other ways to eat kurokampen deliciously!!:)

 


I went back to Shizuoka and my friends I got acquainted with in Univercity of Tsukuba came my home in this Golden Week,a succession of holidays from the end of Aplil to the beginning of May.My mother made fried kurohampen and served it to them.They all said it was delicious.I want to cook fried kurohampen for other my friends,but It's a shame that I cannot have kurohampen delivered from Shizuoka to Tsukuba because it is likely to become rotten on the way.So,I do want you to go to Shizuoka and eat kurohampen!!!!I am sure you will come to like kurohampen.