Yalu Bridge Tartare
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TypeStarter
Serves4 people
DateOctober 15, 2026
Neatly stacked salmon and cucumber strips form a bridge on your plate: an opening between flavors and countries.
A sleek starter of long-cut salmon and cucumber, laid across a soy dressing mirror as the New Yalu River Bridge. The row of salmon and cucumber forms a clear bridge profile: solemn, clean, unmistakably a bridge. Perfect for the border-opening news.
Ingredients
- 300 g fresh salmon fillet (sashimi-grade)
- 1 large cucumber
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp black and white sesame seeds
- 4 sprigs chives
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Cut the salmon into long, straight strips about 1 cm wide and 10 cm long.
- Wash the cucumber, cut lengthwise into quarters and remove the seeds. Cut the strips about the same length as the salmon.
- Mix the soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and honey into a dressing.
- On each plate, make a broad stripe of the dressing as a river.
- Lay alternating strips of salmon and cucumber across the river to form a sleek, four-lane bridge.
- Sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped chives.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Serving notes
- Serve on rectangular plates for the bridge effect.
- Place the strips tightly next to each other, with no gaps.
- Garnish with extra chives as 'traffic' on the bridge.