Sagamiya of Maebashi, Gunma, offers innovative tofu products such as Beyond Tofu Bars and Beyond Tofu preserved in oil.

The fifth-generation owner is also a fan, and enjoys the oil-preserved variety and the firm-type Beyond Tofu as a substitute for cheese.

Among the Beyond Tofu products is one called “Beyond Tofu Like Uni,” and it is delicious.

The Hokkaido Ezo bafun uni we serve at Yahata Sushi is, of course, exceptionally delicious, but if you would like to enjoy uni at home, I recommend this!

So, what would happen if we made Zuiun with Beyond Tofu Like Uni?

With that in mind, we created our own unofficial collaboration between Yahata Sushi’s signature Zuiun (a uni temari sushi) and “Beyond Tofu Like Uni.”

We formed the sushi rice into a ball, topped it with the Beyond Uni Tofu, and carefully wrapped it in thinly sliced sea bream to finish it.

The yellow of the uni and the red and white of the sea bream make a lovely combination of colors, don’t they?

And the taste? It is surprisingly good!

Rather than merely being comparable to Yahata Sushi’s Zuiun, the uni flavor may even be a little too strong.

That is proof of just how excellent this product is.

Ah, it was delicious!

This time, we tried an unofficial collaboration with a product that caught our attention. Thank you, as always, for reading these humble posts.

Please look forward to the next blog post.

*For those unfamiliar with Zuiun, here is a brief explanation.

Uni sushi is often served as a gunkan-maki wrapped in nori, but the nori at Yahata Sushi is so aromatic that it would overwhelm the balance with the uni.

So, in order to bring out the uni even more, Zuiun was born after much trial and error.

By wrapping it in thinly sliced aged sea bream instead of nori, the delicate flavor and aroma of the uni are brought out to their fullest.

Please enjoy it as part of our omakase nigiri selection or order it individually!

*In the photos, the top two are Zuiun made with Beyond Tofu (with a small amount of real uni added), while the bottom one is the original.