Things you learn by reading the comics: Uni is a world-class delicacy—and one of the more unexpected foods to come from Japan. Sometimes referred to as the sea urchin’s roe, or eggs, uni is actually the creature’s gonads (reproductive glands), and the edible portion of the spiny sea urchin.
Good uni is creamy with a taste somewhere between light liver and seawater. The flavor should be fresh and clean. The flavor of bad uni will be a bit more dank and funky with a more pronounced flavor of iodine. The off-flavors of bad uni will linger in your mouth for a while and will coat the back of your throat.
Things you learn by reading the comics: Uni is a world-class delicacy—and one of the more unexpected foods to come from Japan. Sometimes referred to as the sea urchin’s roe, or eggs, uni is actually the creature’s gonads (reproductive glands), and the edible portion of the spiny sea urchin.
Good uni is creamy with a taste somewhere between light liver and seawater. The flavor should be fresh and clean. The flavor of bad uni will be a bit more dank and funky with a more pronounced flavor of iodine. The off-flavors of bad uni will linger in your mouth for a while and will coat the back of your throat.
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