Seaweed and watermelon salad
This one came with a really good dressing and the watermelon was a good complement to the seaweed – slightly dulling its brackish nature. It was an interesting combination, the base notes in the tahini (part of the dressing) seemed to level everything out and bring it together. Not sure if it’s one to repeat, but an interesting experiment.
Sea spaghetti from Whole Foods, watermelon from Waitrose, everything else from Japan Centre.
Crusted tofu with wakame and lime
Not sure if we did something wrong here, but the wakame took on the nature of a magic porridge pot, rapidly expanding in volume and filling an enormous pan. I think this sudden increase in size meant that the dressing wasn’t really enough to cut through a rather slimy pile of seaweed. With a bit more lime and sriracha it became palatable, but the texture was still a bit challenging. Crusted tofu was as crusted tofu is; interesting on the outside, tofu on the inside.
Sriracha from Whole Foods, tofu and seaweed from Japan Centre.
Recipes here.