salmon roe
Orange caviar type
Salmon roe is the eggs of salmon, harvested and prepared as food.
The bright orange-red pearls are prized in Japanese cuisine as ikura, often served atop sushi or rice bowls.
Larger than most fish roe, salmon eggs have a distinctive pop when bitten and a rich, briny flavor: The salmon roe glistened on the hand roll.
- sashimiThinly sliced raw fish
- caviarCured fish eggs
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
- Japanese cuisineFood from Tokyo's homeland
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
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