🍱 Tai no Karamushi

“Tai no karamushi” is a classic Kaga dish made with red seabream stuffed with okara, vegetables and other ingredients. This traditional dish is symbolic of samurai culture. Two red seabreams are stuffed and steamed and served on a platter with their stomachs facing each other. It is often served at weddings and other celebrations. It is said that the dish was born during the Edo period and influenced by Shippoku from Nagasaki, a type of cuisine with Chinese characteristics. Red seabream is a popular ingredient used for many recipes such as “kombujime” (curing raw fish with kelp), “ara daki” (=simmered dish using the entire head of the fish), and a salad using the skin of the fish.