Shirasu Don

Shirasu Don

Plenty of tender shirasu (whitebait) on top of hot rice! A famous Wakayama dish topped generously with the fruits of the sea

Fresh shirasu are harvested on that day and then cooked in a pot before topped in abundance over a bowl of hot rice to make shirasu don. It’s great for its light taste bringing together the slightly salty shirasu and rice.

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This is a famous dish among the port towns such as Yuasa Bay which boasts the best catch of shirasu in the prefecture.(公益社団法人和歌山県観光連盟)
This is a famous dish among the port towns such as Yuasa Bay which boasts the best catch of shirasu in the prefecture.(公益社団法人和歌山県観光連盟)