Echizen White-Stalk Burdock

Sakai City / April through May

This is a tsukudani (preserved food boiled in soy) made by carefully salting white-stalk gobo (burdock) , all of which parts such as roots, leaves and stems are edible. The scent and flavor of the gobo spread in your mouth, and once you started eating them, you cannot stop. They go well with bowl of rice, or cup of sake.