How to pronounce Karashi mentaiko

Karashi mentaiko is written 辛子明太子 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kaɾaɕi mentaiko/. In plain English letters that is kah-RAH-shee men-TIE-koh, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Karashi mentaiko?

Karashi mentaiko is a snack of Japan. Where it comes from: Fukuoka. People usually eat it for breakfast and as a snack. Its main ingredients are fish. It tastes spicy and savory.

Where Karashi mentaiko comes from

Karashi mentaiko is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map. See all dishes from Fukuoka.

• Hakata ramen 博多ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Fukuoka

  Hakata ramen is the pork-bone ramen of Fukuoka City, served in specialist ramen shops, Chinese restaurants and the city's yatai street stalls.

• Motsunabe もつ鍋 · Soup & stew · Fukuoka

  Motsunabe is a hot pot of beef or pork offal, mainly small intestine, that is best known in Fukuoka.

• Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

• Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama

  Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks.

• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

  The name means "grilled as you like it", and that is the whole idea: a batter of wheat flour and shredded cabbage cooked on a hot iron plate with whatever the cook has, then brushed with a thick sweet-savoury sauce, mayonnaise, seaweed flakes and bonito.

• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Deep-frying in batter came to Japan with Portuguese traders and missionaries who reached Nagasaki in the 16th century.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Karashi mentaiko in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Karashi mentaiko:

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• Prahok ប្រហុក · Snack · Cambodia

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