Shimaya Dashi no Moto Stock Powder 100 g

Tastes great

Good value and many uses

The product is great and I have been using it for years. Only quibble is it's advertised as 100g and I received 2 x 40g packs. I don't mind as the price is still OK but felt just a little let down when I opened the packaging.

Dashi stock apparently forms the basis of alot of Japanese cooking and is traditionally made from simmering dried bonito fish flakes, seaweed, shitake mushrooms and sardines. This dried stock powder is the instant version that you can add directly to miso soup, japanese sauces or rice dishes. The pack contains 10 x 10g foil pouches and a little goes a long way. The powder is very fine and smells very strongly of fish (but not unpleasantly so). A small amount in a bowl of miso soup just gives it that extra kick and depth of flavour. I really like it and will be trying it out in a few more dishes.

Beautiful! This is a really fine-grained stock powder that dissolves perfectly to give a strong umami kick. I got the tuna flavour, which is made from genuine dried bonito tuna.I used the first sachet to make okonomiyaki, Japanese pancakes, and it was absolutely perfect for this purpose.Each 10g sachet of powder is sealed and premeasured . You can use it to add zip to a stock to cook noodles, I will be popping a sachet into fish cakes and kedgeree, to add extra flavour.Those aren’t authentic Japanese dishes, but this will give them a lot of extra flavour.

I like trying unusual things - this soup base, or stock, is traditionally served with tempura prawns in Japan, or used as a noodle sauce or miso soup.Using this information, I decided to have some with fresh fish and chips - I used only a small amount of water (100ml?) as I didn't want it too watery.I read the last ingredient is yeast extract. I am therefore not surprised to find out that it tastes salty when I try it. Slightly sweet, too. It really gives a punchy soup base that goes very well with fish and seafood.

When I got this I was a little bit worried about trying it as I wasn't sure how powerful the fishy taste would be, but I love Japanese food and we eat ramen/noodle dishes quite often so I wanted to give it a try.Pros:- Lovely savoury, salty taste- Has the traditional Japanese fishy undertone of miso soup- Easy to make a thick syrup like stock goo that you add to your dish and mix in. It doesn't clump up and is melts in smoothly- Sachets give you a good idea of serving sizeCons:- Even though it doesn't necessarily taste that fishy, you do repeat the taste of fish, and it does smell very fishy- Contains MSGSo overall, if you like Asian food and enjoy fishy food, then this is for you. It's super salty and tastes nice but it is fairly overpowering in terms of smell! But it does add a lovely kick to a ramen dish. It does contain MSG, so if you get migraines you may want to have it sparingly.

Received only 100 grams instead of the advertised 1kg. Only 10% of what I paid for.