I couldn’t contain myself when I saw these amazingly cute fish cakes in Jusco Supermarket during our visit back to Hong Kong!  These Japanese supermarkets are AMAZING!  And when I was here a few years ago, they didn’t have the same selection of fish cakes, so I simply had to buy (and try) them all!

To be honest, fish cakes are fish cakes are fish cakes, but the appeal is definitely in how cute they can be presented.  Even for an adult 🙂  

• Your choice of fish balls or fish cakes
• 2 packs of fresh udon
• 1 tablespoon of chicken broth
• Fresh vegetables (I went with baby lettuce as they were super fresh here at the wet mart)
• 1L of water
• Green onions to garnish

1. Slice your fish cakes as needed into the thickness you’d like.  If you’re frying, I tend to go with 1-2 cm in thickness, but in soup, any thickness is fine as these are already all pre-cooked.
2. Begin to boil your soup water
3. As soon as it boils, add in your fresh udon to boil until it completely loosens in the soup (use chopsticks to get a sense of this, it should be separately in strands).  If you’re using frozen, you may need to boil it longer until it softens.
4. Add in your fish cakes or fish balls.  Let that come to a boil for another 1-2 minutes.
5. Drop in your fresh vegetables and bring that to a boil.  I’ll let that flash boil and then remove it from the heat right away.
6. Serve, garnish, and enjoy!!