The Fifth Day of the New Year — Come and Try Radish Sashimi
After a few days of rich, heavy fare, why not change things up with some crisp, refreshing radish? At the Beijing Organic Farmers Market, the radishes from different farmers all carry their own character. Different terroir, different growing methods — the flavours that come up are as individual as personalities, yet they share one thing in common: they are all delicious. The method is wonderfully simple too. Why not give it a go today?
Ingredients:
White radish or green radish from the farmers at the Beijing Organic Farmers Market
Soy sauce (optional)
Method:
1. Wash the radish well — do not peel it.
2. Cut into finger-thick strips.
3. Pour a little soy sauce into a small dish and set it beside the radish.
Notes:
The skin is in no way unpleasant — peeling it would actually dull the flavour.
Do not slice it thin. Thick cuts are where the clean, sweet satisfaction lies.
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Now then — dig in! This New Year, let’s enjoy good flavours with a traceable origin.
Foodthink, together with the farmers at the Beijing Organic Farmers Market, presents a collection of “New Year’s Recipes” built from their own produce.
In this collection, there are no recipes precise to the gram or the minute, no elaborate, fussy techniques.
What there is is a quiet certainty about the quality of their produce, and plain, caring advice given the way you’d talk to family.
Thoughtful produce doesn’t need to be agonised over — a quick, easy method, a touch of just-the-right warmth, and that’s enough.
In this collection, behind every dish stands a real person — the farmers know exactly what makes their produce good, and how best to do it justice.
When a piece of tofu can give you its name, a chicken can tell you its story, and a radish dares you to leave the skin on — then great flavour simply follows.
From the second to the seventh day of the New Year, six farmers’ New Year’s dishes — one a day.
Day 2: Fragrant Steamed Free-Range Mountain-Raised Pig
Day 3: Super Stir-fried Chicken
Day 4: Soy-braised Tofu
Grown with care, cooked with ease, eaten with trust.
