Bacon Wrapped Enoki Mushroom
If you think all mushrooms look and taste the same, try these Enoki Mushrooms wrapped with bacon at Downtown East's Nihon Mura restaurant. Their Enoki mushrooms - those long white skinny ones that look like tau-gay (bean sprouts) - taste well with the juicy bacon strips.
At first glance, I wasn't really impressed with the bacon wrapped Enoki mushrooms. Specks of black (I think its the burnt bits that came off the pan) dotted the six pieces of bacon that hugged the enoki mushroom as if trying to strangle them all. To add insult, a satay stick was used to pierce the bacon and mushrooms!
One bite of the bacon wrapped enoki mushroom and my negative thoughts were banished. The initial taste came from the salty part of the bacon with each release of sweet juices as I chewed on the stuff. The enoki mushroom complemented the bacon with its fresh bland taste. At the same time, the springiness in the enoki mushroom was evident with a firm almost rubbery texture that went well with the firm bacon bits.
This chewable combination was a pleasant sensation, akin to chewing aromatic and high quality bubble gum. Best of all, the healthy mushroom took away the sinfulness of eating fatty bacon streaks.
I like my bacon firm yet chewy with a lard-like fragrance, which is not what many people can tolerate. This bacon wrapped enoki mushroom exceeded my expectations.
Recommendation:
Score for Bacon wrapped Enoki Mushroom = 7 out of 10. (could be higher score if the presentation improved, minus the specks)
If you think all mushrooms look and taste the same, try these Enoki Mushrooms wrapped with bacon at Downtown East's Nihon Mura restaurant. Their Enoki mushrooms - those long white skinny ones that look like tau-gay (bean sprouts) - taste well with the juicy bacon strips.
At first glance, I wasn't really impressed with the bacon wrapped Enoki mushrooms. Specks of black (I think its the burnt bits that came off the pan) dotted the six pieces of bacon that hugged the enoki mushroom as if trying to strangle them all. To add insult, a satay stick was used to pierce the bacon and mushrooms!
One bite of the bacon wrapped enoki mushroom and my negative thoughts were banished. The initial taste came from the salty part of the bacon with each release of sweet juices as I chewed on the stuff. The enoki mushroom complemented the bacon with its fresh bland taste. At the same time, the springiness in the enoki mushroom was evident with a firm almost rubbery texture that went well with the firm bacon bits.
This chewable combination was a pleasant sensation, akin to chewing aromatic and high quality bubble gum. Best of all, the healthy mushroom took away the sinfulness of eating fatty bacon streaks.
I like my bacon firm yet chewy with a lard-like fragrance, which is not what many people can tolerate. This bacon wrapped enoki mushroom exceeded my expectations.
Recommendation:
Score for Bacon wrapped Enoki Mushroom = 7 out of 10. (could be higher score if the presentation improved, minus the specks)
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