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Unadon

Rice, Grain and Starch Dishes

Unadon is a dish originating in Japan consisting of a donburi style bowl of steamed white rice topped with fillets of eel grilled in a style called kabayaki, similar to teriyaki. The fillets are glazed with a sweetened soy based sauce called tare and caramelized, preferably over a charcoal fire, with enough sauce poured over that some seeps into the rice beneath, and pulverized dried sansho berries are conventionally sprinkled on top as a seasoning. It is also popular outside Japan, particularly in Taiwan and the United States.

Facts
Origin Period, From (Year)
1804 to 1818 1
Origin Region
Nihonbashi Ningyocho, Tokyo, Japan 1
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Unadon
  • History, place of invention
    by a man named Ōkubo Imasuke of Sakai-machi (in present-day Nihonbashi Ningyōchō, Chūō, Tokyo)
  • History, era start
    invented in the late Edo period, during the Bunka era (1804-1818)
  • History, era end
    Una-don was the first type of donburi rice dish, invented in the late Edo period, during the Bunka era (1804-1818)
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