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Bambou d’eau

Une tige d’herbe sauvage gonflée par un champignon en quelque chose qui mange comme une pousse de bambou plus douce, plus blanche.

on its own

0.0sour

2.0sweet

0.0savoury

0.0bitter

1.0umami

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1 of these 9 are wild — theory says yes, nobody has cooked them. why →

9 pairings for Bambou d’eau.

classic

Stir-fried with shredded pork, the sweetness of the stem is the entire dish.

classic

Salt and savour against a stem sweet enough to need the contrast.

common

Toasted fat finishes a vegetable that is otherwise crunch and mild sweetness.

common

Warm root against a very clean-tasting stem keeps the dish from reading flat.

common

Heat and fat give the stem a top note it does not generate on its own.

uncommon

Shredded through a stir-fried egg, the sweetness reads like a milder sweetcorn.

uncommon

A splash of wine deglazes the pan and lifts a stem that on its own is fairly quiet.

rare

Dried mushroom depth against a stem that has almost none of its own.

wild

Aged salt umami on a sweet watery stem; not a Chinese pairing, but the sweetness carries it.