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Originally Posted by vulgarshudder
If things using fish stock are unacceptable...then you'll have to be careful.
any kind of ramen dish = has dashi
Okonomiyaki = has dashi
seaweed onigiri = has dashi
the dip used for tempura = dashi
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This is exactly what I wanted to say! In Japanese cooking, just because you don't 'see' pieces of animal meat or fish meat in a dish, it doesn't automatically mean that it's vegetarian. Dried bonito flakes, as well as other kinds of dried fish, are very often used to make the stock. That means a simple tofu miso soup will contain some fish elements in it. Egg sushi that I often see foreign tourists eat in sushi bars in Tokyo can actually contain bonito. So you might want to ask an employee before you order something you shouldn't be ordering as a vegetarian.