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  • The greens inside the soup is just mitsuba, which is a bitter leaf vegetable, available in some of the more exotic grocery stores around here in the Bay Area.

    Spa and Kaiseki: the ultimate Japanese luxury - Part I 2005

  • The greens inside the soup is just mitsuba, which is a bitter leaf vegetable, available in some of the more exotic grocery stores around here in the Bay Area.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • He tucks the snails into soup dumplings; slices them into a Japanese-accented carpaccio seasoned with soy sauce, citrusy yuzu, mitsuba (a cress-like green) and myoga (ginger); and works them into an American combo—roasted tomato soup and grilled cheese (the snails are slipped between the bread).

    Snails Quicken Their Culinary Pace Charlotte Druckman 2012

  • Among them: dashi, kombu, mitsuba, shiso leaves and bonito flakes.

    2007 May 30 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007

  • Among them: dashi, kombu, mitsuba, shiso leaves and bonito flakes.

    2007 May « One-Minute Book Reviews 2007

  • About 20 minutes before the rice was done, I added sliced unagi to the pot, then mixed in some mitsuba at the very end.

    Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • About 20 minutes before the rice was done, I added sliced unagi to the pot, then mixed in some mitsuba at the very end.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • It is bad manners in Japan to pick up more than one object at a time with your chopsticks, but the color contrasts between the clear broth on the bottom, the orange carrots, the green mitsuba stalks, and the creamy fish cake was so pretty, I had to snap a shot.

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • It is bad manners in Japan to pick up more than one object at a time with your chopsticks, but the color contrasts between the clear broth on the bottom, the orange carrots, the green mitsuba stalks, and the creamy fish cake was so pretty, I had to snap a shot.

    Spa and Kaiseki: the ultimate Japanese luxury - Part I 2005

  • Place mitsuba or peas on top of each custard; steam additional 3 to 5 minutes or until knife or toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean, or if mixture is firm and there is no liquid on surface.

    Starbulletin Headlines 2010

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