"try slices of daikon horseradish satoimo taro potato"
...This is like 4 different things, not explained, very hard for people to understand. So here's some help!
Daikon is a giant white radish often 30cm long and can be grated raw into salads/soups or boiled in a stock much like that used for the soba broth. Tasty and you can grow them in the UK!
"Horseradish" I'm not sure what you mean, but Wasabi is often called Japanese horseradish. You can buy it in a paste or powder but it's powerful stuff so I usually just add 1-2tsp into soups etc for a kick.
Satoimo or taro root is a sticky kind of "potato" root often used in Japanese cooking, normally white inside but there is a similar kind which is like a small yellow sweet potato. Sometimes jagaimo (normal potato) is put into soups, but you could try sweet potato or kabocha (pumpkin) which is great too!
Posted: 29/06/2012 at 15:16