Shiitake & Ago (Flying Fish) Dashi Osuimono (Clear Soup)

Highlights Delicate and subtle flavors Mushroom lovers rejoice Perfect soup for a cold or rainy day This is an elegant, clear soup is known as "osuimono" in Japanese, which translates as “things to sip”. The soup's flavors are a well-balanced blend of earthy shiitake mushrooms with other umami rich-Japanese ingredients including bonito (skipjack tuna flakes), konbu (kelp) and ago (a regional flying fish). This soup would traditionally be served on its own at the end of a meal, before the main course in an elegant multi-course kaiseki meal, or as the base for the Japanese New Year soup called "ozōni".