This item was inspired by a photo of a sample breakfast on a package of natto. In case you don't know yet, natto is sticky, slimy, fermented soybeans. It is infamous among non-Japanese as the ultimate, authentic Japanese, "um, yeah...I can handle/love wasabi/red bean paste/uni/raw horse meat (more on that later) but I wouldn't touch this with a ten-foot-pole" breakfast food. I think natto has this reputation because we foreigners try to eat it PLAIN, which is quite the horrible idea, since it's slightly bitter, stinky, and otherwise mostly tasteless. But if you buy the kind that comes with sauce, and add hot mustard, and maybe a raw egg yolk, then hooooo lordy lord, it is soooooo gooooood!
Here is a closeup of le "egg roll" (photos courtesy the cute Japanese man):
I made this like an omelet, and the filling is natto (with sauce), chopped (frozen) spinach, and a bit of ponzu. I made this for breakfast for T and he actually loves it so much he has declared it his favorite breakfast food by Gi. やった！
Tomorrow, I will post a photo of this item as part of a more complete wa-foo (i.e. Japanese) breakfast. Get excited! じゃ、またね！
yum, gluey strings of fermented cheeziness hanging off the nattos~~~wahbin
ReplyDeleteOH OH IT'S WAHBIN! Hello and welcome to my gooey blog. I didn't know you do indonesian cookery. I thought you were a pili-pina. maybe you are pili-pina doing indonesian cooking. why don't you come over and we will eat natto.
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