TIKUSAN Dried Bonito Shaver Box

Hi, it's Emily from WTI. We are a big fan of Asian cuisine in our household and my husband loves to create sushi and other wonderful Japanese traditional dishes. And one thing that he has found is that if you want to add restaurant quality umami flavor to your dishes, you really should invest in a dried bonito shaver box. This box from TIKUSAN is perfect. It's beautifully crafted from solid wood and it works so well. If you are also a fan of Asian cuisine, you have likely seen shaved bonito flakes in a bag at your local Asian grocery store. But did you know that you can shave bonito flakes yourself at home and get a much fresher and more potent flavor? One smoked katsuobushi fillet will last you years if kept dry in the pantry. Katsuobushi is made from a dried and smoked tuna. It's smoked and cured until it's basically hard as a rack. The way to create your own freshly shaved bonito is to take your own katsuobushi and run it over the blade in this shaver box. You simply rotate the katsuobushi back and forth over the blade and your fresh smoked bonito flakes will fill up the drawer inside. You can store them in there for easy use. Then you can just take a little bit and sprinkle it on your ramen or other traditional Japanese dish for a major umami kick. Once you've had freshly shaved bonito, you won't go back. And you can get that at home yourself with this dried bonito shaver box. This box is a work of art on its own and it is highly functional as well. We've been really happy with it and I think you will be too. But that's my point of view.