How to eat Bamboo

There are all sorts of new and marvellous things to eat. Even though we've been coming to Japan for a long time there seems to be always something at the local market we haven't eaten before.

It's late spring/early summer and the bamboo are sprouting everywhere. Young shoots are delicous and are eaten grilled then peeled. You dip them in a little salt or in our case we had miso paste mixed with  Japanese lime (Yuzu).

The flavour is a bit like white apsaragus and a bit like chestnuts with a flowery perfume.