Dec 9, 2024
#2633 - Undaria pinnatifida - Wakame
AKA sea mustard, qúndài cài (裙带菜) or hǎidài yá (海帶芽), fougère des mers, and miyeok.
A brown alga native to rocky shores of the NW Pacific, and cultivated there since the 8th century, but now a seriously invasive species in many other temperate parts of the world, although in some of those areas it's still collected as food.
Usually eaten in soups and salads.
Timaru, Aotearoa New Zealand