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2240 North Interstate Avenue, Suite 200
Portland, OR, 97227
503-893-4806

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  • Our Products
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    • Yakisoba Cooking Instructions for an Oven
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    • All Recipes
    • Ramen Noodle Recipes
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Shiga 100 Young Women Farmers Project

Lotus Roots

Lotus Roots

Shiga 100 Young Women Farmers Project

Shiga 100 Young Women Farmers Project

After lunch, we gave everyone a Naomi's Farm Supply shirt. Naomi is another amazing women business owner.

Mucking pants

Mucking pants

Satomi Hirobe

Satomi Hirobe

Satomi showed us the special fork used to splay the clay earth when hunting for lotus.

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Kara Gilbert

Kara Gilbert

Kara Gilbert

Kara Gilbert

Satomi Hirobe

Satomi Hirobe

Kara Gilbert

Kara Gilbert

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Corey Schuster

Corey Schuster

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Our lotus root bounty

Our lotus root bounty

Satomi harvesting taro

Satomi harvesting taro

The Japanese for taro is satoimo. It shares the same sato that begins  Satomi's name, and also happens to be her favorite food. Here, she shows us how to harvest taro.

Taro root

Taro root

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Eating the lotus

Eating the lotus

In our third course at Bistro Damontei, we served the lotus root we harvested, tossed with oil and salt and pan seared, atop a porchetta style roasted belly with mustard greens, onion and brown butter sauce, seared cabbage wedges, and smoked and roasted sweet potatoes.


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Mail: PO Box 12549, Portland, OR 97212

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