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Dashi: Japan comes to Netanya - restaraunt review On a recent visit, we ordered the Omakase, a tasting menu with nine different dishes, to get an idea of what Dashi is all about.

Dashi also usually includes shiitake mushrooms and kombu (seaweed). Many fermented things have umami taste. Soy sauce, or shoyu, is one of the pillars of umami flavor in Asian cooking.