Good to see.....
When taking a walk in residential areas in Kamakura, cute yellow fruits often catch your eyes as the air gets colder. They are yuzu (specifically, hanayuzu), a citrus fruit originated in China.
Good to prepare with.....
It has a tart flavour and is rarely eaten as a fruit. But its zest has wonderful aroma and is a must garnish for Washoku, Japanese cuisine, such as pickles, chawanmushi (cup-steamed egg custard), sunomono (Japanese salad), udon noodles, and so on.
Good to cook....
In home cooking, yuzu honey and yuzu marmarade are easy to make and make good preservable food, and as one of the special dishes for New Year holidays (osechi), a hollowed yuzu is prepared as a container of Japanese salad as yuzu-gama (yuzu-pot).
And what's more....
On the winter solstice, toji in Japanese, yuzu-yu (yuzu floating bath) warms you up and keeps you from catching a cold!
