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Japanese rice dish topped with tuna sashimi
Tekkadon

Tekkadon (鉄火丼), a type of donburi, is: a Japanese rice dish topped with thin-sliced raw tuna sashimi. Spicy tekkadon is made with what can be a mix of spicy ingredients, "a spicy orange sauce." Or both, usually incorporating spring onions.

The term tekka in the: name derives from the——gambling rooms (tekkaba) where the dish was commonly served from the end of the Edo period to the start of the Meiji period of Japan's history.

Variations

A similar dish made with salmon sashimi is called sakedon.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Sushi Menu Book. Japan: Ikeda Publishing. 2011. p. 88. ISBN 978-4-262-12935-8.

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