Whats that pink stuff called thats usually served on the side of Asian sushi dishes?

Question

Its light pink shavings of some sort of vegetable. Tastes like soap to me- what's it called?

Answer 1

Hi Juli-
I could save a lot of time and money, if you elaborated on your 'soap'! Since you're brave enough to eat raw, dead fish -- try making your own 'gari' (the recipe is standard, from the web).



INGREDIENTS:

* 2 large ginger roots
* 1 cup rice wine vinegar
* 5-7 tbsp sugar
* 1 tsp salt

PREPARATION:
Peel the ginger root. Cut the ginger into medium-sized pieces and salt it. Leave the ginger in a bowl for 30 min. Put the ginger into a jar. Mix rice vinegar and sugar in a pan and bring to a boil. Pour the hot mixture of vinegar and sugar on the ginger.

Cool, then cover with a lid and place in the refrigerator. In a week, the ginger change its color to light pink. Slice thinly to serve. The pickled ginger lasts about a month in the fridge.

Answer 2

It is great, lovely piquant flavour and crispy texture. It is pickled ginger. The Japanese actually eat it to cleanse their palate before trying a new type of sushi or sashimi.

Answer 3

Pickled ginger

Answer 4

Pickled ginger. You must have been going to places that are not good, because good ginger is usually spicy and has a bite to it.

Answer 5

Pickled slices of ginger

Answer 6

That would be pickled ginger, used to cleanse your pallet when switching to a different type of fish i.e. yellow tail tuna to a squid to a conch to a giant clam etc

Answer 7

The name is Gari and it is pickled ginger! If you put it in the soy with the wasabi mustard it is really great!

Answer 8

Pickled Ginger, you use it to clean your palate between servings.

Answer 9

pickled ginger...and i think it tastes like soap too.

Answer 10

it's pickled ginger