Itawasa

Kamaboko slices. 板わさ。 "Ita" refers to the wooden cedar boards on which kamaboko loaves used to be molded and steamed a…

Sasakamaboko

Bamboo leaf-shaped kamaboko .  笹かまぼこ。 Cake made of fish paste and shaped as a bamboo leaf. A local product of Sendai. Developed i…

Ikanago no Kugini

Tsukudani made with sand lances (ikanago, a tiny fish). いかなごのくぎ煮. A type of tsukudani (salt-sweet preserve). Local food from th…

Chikuwa

Tube-shaped, broiled fish cake. "Chikuwa." 竹輪 Ingredients are surimi , salt, sugar, starch and egg white. These are ma…

Tarako Supagettei

Spaghetti flavored with Alaska pollock roe. たらこスパゲッティ。 Tarako resembles mentaiko ; the difference is that in the case of mentaik…

Kamaboko

Cake of fish-paste. かまぼこ、蒲鉾。 Surimi , a paste of the flesh of different kinds of fish, is steamed on a small wooden board. It is …

Mentaiko

Salted, spicy Alaska pollock roe. 明太子。 The roe is salted and flavored with Japanese chili pepper ( togarashi ). Deep red in colo…