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Camellia Tea Ceremony
@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 months ago

This rather wonderful looking dish is 'jabara konbu' (蛇腹昆布). Kelp (昆布 'konbu') is braided into a shape known as 'jabara' and then fried.

'Jabara' (昆布) can be translated as "snake's belly", and is used to describe things like the bellows of an accordion.

#Japan #Kyoto #zen #昆布 #jabara #kelp

Jabara is a shape or pattern likened to an accordion or the belly of a snake.
Jabara is a shape or pattern likened to an accordion or the belly of a snake.
Jabara is a shape or pattern likened to an accordion or the belly of a snake.
Jabara is a shape or pattern likened to an accordion or the belly of a snake.
Jabara is a shape or pattern likened to an accordion or the belly of a snake.
Jabara is a shape or pattern likened to an accordion or the belly of a snake.
Woodblock print of a snake and gourds.
Woodblock print of a snake and gourds.
Woodblock print of a snake and gourds.
Jabara konbu...dried kelp braided into a shape likened to the belly of a snake.
Jabara konbu...dried kelp braided into a shape likened to the belly of a snake.
Jabara konbu...dried kelp braided into a shape likened to the belly of a snake.
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