This was great!! The flavours were nice, there’s a hint of smokiness from bonito flakes + black garlic oil. The shoyu made my broth brown though… think I’m gonna buy white soy sauce in the future.

by evln00

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  1. Looks wonderful! You can avoid that pale spot on the marinated egg but putting a paper towel on top of the marinating liquid in the fridge. That way, the towel soaks up the marinade and will cover the top while the eggs float!

  2. Lessons:

    I can use 5ml tare instead of 20ml to reduce the brown appearance, it’s salty enough that 5ml will still flavour the soup. 20ml was way too salty because I added a lot of salt to the shoyu tare.

    My noodle fold sucks ass and the noodles kept slipping off my chopsticks. Need to get long wooden ones.

    I should use a proper jar for the ajitama, I used a wide bowl + too little shoyu despite using a paper towel.

    The bonito dashi can be stronger in flavour, rn it’s too subtle. You can definitely taste the smokiness, but I prefer bold flavours.

    I shouldn’t have added my black garlic aroma oil with the broth – it’s not visible here. Adding it after makes for a better picture.

    6.8/10 imo. Lots to improve on.

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