: a green or yellow aromatic citrus fruit whose acidic rind and juice are often used in Japanese cuisine
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The showstopper of the evening — and the month, honestly — was hairy crab flown from Hokkaido, cooked and cooled; the legs had been split for maximum ease and brightened with vinegar dipping sauce and a snowy pile of meat was barely scented with yuzu.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
The team’s unique approach is also on display in main dishes like aromatic bouillabaisse with ginger, yuzu, and chorizo oil and a rich beef fillet with wasabi jus and bone marrow.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2024
Recipes include citrus brandy, cold-brew coffee, yuzu, and shiso, or gin, seaweed, kaffir lime, and elderflower.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
Its delicate scent, packed with bright yuzu, has a calming effect.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
For those who like to keep things dry, there are plenty of equally flavorful non-alcoholic elixirs like the Fit As A Fiddle featuring pineapple, grapefruit, coconut and yuzu and the Peach & Jasmine Cooler featuring peach, jasmine, and soda water.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Order the Rumble Fish, a cocktail made with cachaça, grape shrub, yuzu sake, and Dimmi, then topped with a cluster of frozen grapes.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024
Served with pickled daikon and yuzu aioli, the earthy, succulent pork was perfectly balanced by the crunch of the daikon and the acid from the yuzu aioli.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
Made by Suntory, Roku combines sakura flower (or cherry blossom), yuzu peel, sencha tea, Gyokuro green tea and sansho peppers which, like Sichuan peppers, have a numbing effect on the tongue that can feel like pins and needles.
—Judy Revenaugh, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
The team’s unique approach is also on display in main dishes like aromatic bouillabaisse with ginger, yuzu, and chorizo oil and a rich beef fillet with wasabi jus and bone marrow.
—Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 28 Mar. 2024
Recipes include citrus brandy, cold-brew coffee, yuzu, and shiso, or gin, seaweed, kaffir lime, and elderflower.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2024
Its delicate scent, packed with bright yuzu, has a calming effect.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
For those who like to keep things dry, there are plenty of equally flavorful non-alcoholic elixirs like the Fit As A Fiddle featuring pineapple, grapefruit, coconut and yuzu and the Peach & Jasmine Cooler featuring peach, jasmine, and soda water.
—Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Order the Rumble Fish, a cocktail made with cachaça, grape shrub, yuzu sake, and Dimmi, then topped with a cluster of frozen grapes.
—Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024
Served with pickled daikon and yuzu aioli, the earthy, succulent pork was perfectly balanced by the crunch of the daikon and the acid from the yuzu aioli.
—The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
Made by Suntory, Roku combines sakura flower (or cherry blossom), yuzu peel, sencha tea, Gyokuro green tea and sansho peppers which, like Sichuan peppers, have a numbing effect on the tongue that can feel like pins and needles.
—Judy Revenaugh, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Yuzu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuzu. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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