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Tororo (Japanese: 薯蕷, とろろ) is a Japanese side dish made from grating raw yams such as yamaimo (Japanese mountain yam) or nagaimo (Chinese yam).. The flavorless dish uses ingredients such as wasabi (a pungent paste made from the wasabi plant), dashi (Japanese stocks), and chopped spring onions, to give it more flavor.
The tororo is the mucilaginous purée made by grating varieties the Chinese yam (nagaimo, ichōimo, tsukuneimo) [17] or the native Japanese yam. [30] The classic Japanese culinary technique is to grate the yam by grinding it against the rough grooved surface of a suribachi, which is an earthenware mortar. [31]
In Japanese, it is known as yamaimo (山芋, "mountain yam"). [4] Jinenjo ( 自然薯 , "wild yam") is another kind of Dioscorea japonica , which is native to fields and mountains in Japan. In Chinese, Dioscorea japonica is known as yě shānyào ( 野 山藥 ) which translates to English as "wild Chinese yam " or simply "wild yam".
Acrolepiopsis nagaimo is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Yasuda in 2000. It is found in Japan. [1] The larvae feed on Dioscorea oposita.
Demae Channel [a] was a Wii channel that featured a food delivery service developed by Nintendo and Denyusha and operated by Demaecan. [2] [3] It was launched on 26 May 2009, exclusively in Japan, and it was available as a free download on the Wii Shop Channel. [1] In addition, a Wii U version was released on 8 August 2013. [4]
The Japanese attach as much importance to the aesthetic arrangement of the food as its actual taste. Before touching the food, it is polite to compliment the chef. [7] It is also a polite custom to wait for the eldest or highest ranking guest at the table to start eating before the other diners start. [8]
Yatai at a summer festival [1]. A yatai (屋台) is a small, mobile food stall in Japan typically selling ramen or other food. The name literally means "shop stand". [2] [3]The stall is set up in the early evening on walkways and removed late at night or in the early morning hours.
Food offered up could range from their staple of rice to seafood, food foraged from the mountains, seasonal foods, local specialties, or food connected to the enshrined kami. At the end of the ritual, the offered food is eaten together to gain a sense of unity with the kami, and to gain their blessing and protection. The rite is known as naorai.