It’s pretty awful, I’ve never been able to get into it. My husband is Japanese and he can’t stand it, either. It’s supposed to be very healthy, though.
Great rich taste! You must to try it at least once.
Love the stuff. The kids love it too. It’s definitely an acquired taste though. Mix it with avocado to help ease you into it.
A tip I got was to add a little sugar when you first try it. I think it’s nice in certain situations.
Anything slimy that’s gone off? It’s an acquired taste. Just keep in mind you don’t have to acquire it. If you end up liking it, go with Kami-sama. If you don’t, good, you have taste buds and standards. Either way it’s fine.
Love it. Mix it with Kimchi, Korean Nori and some Shiso leaves.
I like it a lot. Don’t know what else it tastes like though.
I eat it on its own but I never use the mustard (horseradish?) that comes with the individual packs
It remembers me of gorgonzola
I like it a lot. You shouldn’t eat it on its own ever, I don’t know anyone who does. I recommend you mix it with your rice with a raw / sunny side up egg, and eat it with some good toppings like beef or yakitori or whatever. Maybe have some kimchi around if you like it in case you end up wanting to drown out the taste a bit more!
Tried it years ago but the slimy texture killed it for me. I can’t tolerate anything slimy or over starchy.
Tastes like beans – just a bit funkier. I don’t understand why people are afraid of it. It’s not like it’s organ meat or bugs.
Try it with the included mustard and sauce. I usually put hot sauce in mine too.
The first time might be gross because of the sliminess, but keep at it.
Okay.. two opinions here. First, actually looking at it, or smelling it before it has been de-snogified by super rapid mixing (yes it de-snogifies it) is just a revolting experience. It has mucousy strings.
Whoa! Yeah that is gross. That said, second opinion. It actually tastes really good in rolled sushi (nattou-maki). I like it a lot. Probably because there are no more strings, or they mix something into it, or it just is reduced to a filling and safely covered on all sides by rice. Like. Also, fried (“age-nattou” I think), though only saw those a long time ago in nomiya style bars. You can buy little packs of it too in the supermarket, probably okay as breakfast if you stir it up a ton put soy sauce and maybe mustard in it,and have miso soup and rice along with it.. But.. yeah, eat it by yourself. The act of stirring it up fast and spreading its smell is just revolting. I actually enjoyed it once a way long time ago at a boy scout jamboree in the alps so yeah, I think it must be like whiskey, your state of mind heavily impacts your enjoyment to a huge degree. There is a popular napolitan pizza in Japan at nice Italian restaurants: Gorgonzola and Honey pizza as a desert. I don’t like Gorgonzola but the idea of smelly cheesy thing with a highly contrasting taste (honey and salt) and a nice texture (pizza crust) is maybe something resembling how the natto for breakfast thing is palatable. It is healthy.. the strings are good for you.. and fermented stuff is in many cultures, but it can either be revolting (usually) or nice (makizushi). YMMV. 😉
You have to acquire a taste for it…or at least I did. Couldn’t stand it the first few times, but now it’s one of my favorite foods.
It’s just beans…not like eating beans for breakfast is all that unusual for me, anyway. Natto isn’t all that strange when you think about it.
I thought it tasted a bit like cheese the first time…it doesn’t really, but that’s all my brain could come up with.
Natto toast is great. Good in curry or pasta also. Give it a try with avocado as well on rice.
I tried it once. Probably won’t ever again. Was horrible.
My wife loves it. I hate it. Doesn’t taste too bad, but the consistency is disgusting and it smells like sweaty feet.
I say this after having tried it several times.
Not sure what I’d compare the taste to… mild cheddar maybe.
It’s fine. Natto fried rice is good. I have a beard though, so I avoid it
I really really love it and especially all the fancy local versions of it we get down here in Kyoto that I never saw in Tokyo. Plenty of ways to eat it, but two that I quite like is with thinly sliced okra (pretty normal) and second with olive oil and salt and pepper instead of soy sauce and mustard. Kimchi is great as well as noted above.
It’s nice with some mustard!
Like … Anyone who live in Japan and not in a bubble.
It tastes a bit like munster with a consistency of raw egg white
Fuck natto
Love it with rice and ねぎ
I eat natto pretty much everyday and I think it tastes awesome! (its almost like mac and cheese type of comfort food for me because I ate it as a little kid). I think one way to help people not accustomed to eating it would be to try the shredded kind (like the ones in the combini sushi rolls) because they don’t taste as strongly and usually aren’t as slimy as the wholebeans.
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It’s pretty awful, I’ve never been able to get into it. My husband is Japanese and he can’t stand it, either. It’s supposed to be very healthy, though.
Great rich taste! You must to try it at least once.
Love the stuff. The kids love it too. It’s definitely an acquired taste though. Mix it with avocado to help ease you into it.
A tip I got was to add a little sugar when you first try it. I think it’s nice in certain situations.
Anything slimy that’s gone off? It’s an acquired taste. Just keep in mind you don’t have to acquire it. If you end up liking it, go with Kami-sama. If you don’t, good, you have taste buds and standards. Either way it’s fine.
Love it. Mix it with Kimchi, Korean Nori and some Shiso leaves.
I like it a lot. Don’t know what else it tastes like though.
I eat it on its own but I never use the mustard (horseradish?) that comes with the individual packs
It remembers me of gorgonzola
I like it a lot. You shouldn’t eat it on its own ever, I don’t know anyone who does. I recommend you mix it with your rice with a raw / sunny side up egg, and eat it with some good toppings like beef or yakitori or whatever. Maybe have some kimchi around if you like it in case you end up wanting to drown out the taste a bit more!
Tried it years ago but the slimy texture killed it for me. I can’t tolerate anything slimy or over starchy.
Tastes like beans – just a bit funkier. I don’t understand why people are afraid of it. It’s not like it’s organ meat or bugs.
Try it with the included mustard and sauce. I usually put hot sauce in mine too.
The first time might be gross because of the sliminess, but keep at it.
Okay.. two opinions here. First, actually looking at it, or smelling it before it has been de-snogified by super rapid mixing (yes it de-snogifies it) is just a revolting experience. It has mucousy strings.
Whoa! Yeah that is gross. That said, second opinion. It actually tastes really good in rolled sushi (nattou-maki). I like it a lot. Probably because there are no more strings, or they mix something into it, or it just is reduced to a filling and safely covered on all sides by rice. Like. Also, fried (“age-nattou” I think), though only saw those a long time ago in nomiya style bars. You can buy little packs of it too in the supermarket, probably okay as breakfast if you stir it up a ton put soy sauce and maybe mustard in it,and have miso soup and rice along with it.. But.. yeah, eat it by yourself. The act of stirring it up fast and spreading its smell is just revolting. I actually enjoyed it once a way long time ago at a boy scout jamboree in the alps so yeah, I think it must be like whiskey, your state of mind heavily impacts your enjoyment to a huge degree. There is a popular napolitan pizza in Japan at nice Italian restaurants: Gorgonzola and Honey pizza as a desert. I don’t like Gorgonzola but the idea of smelly cheesy thing with a highly contrasting taste (honey and salt) and a nice texture (pizza crust) is maybe something resembling how the natto for breakfast thing is palatable. It is healthy.. the strings are good for you.. and fermented stuff is in many cultures, but it can either be revolting (usually) or nice (makizushi). YMMV. 😉
You have to acquire a taste for it…or at least I did. Couldn’t stand it the first few times, but now it’s one of my favorite foods.
It’s just beans…not like eating beans for breakfast is all that unusual for me, anyway. Natto isn’t all that strange when you think about it.
I thought it tasted a bit like cheese the first time…it doesn’t really, but that’s all my brain could come up with.
Natto toast is great. Good in curry or pasta also. Give it a try with avocado as well on rice.
I tried it once. Probably won’t ever again. Was horrible.
My wife loves it. I hate it. Doesn’t taste too bad, but the consistency is disgusting and it smells like sweaty feet.
I say this after having tried it several times.
Not sure what I’d compare the taste to… mild cheddar maybe.
It’s fine. Natto fried rice is good. I have a beard though, so I avoid it
I really really love it and especially all the fancy local versions of it we get down here in Kyoto that I never saw in Tokyo. Plenty of ways to eat it, but two that I quite like is with thinly sliced okra (pretty normal) and second with olive oil and salt and pepper instead of soy sauce and mustard. Kimchi is great as well as noted above.
It’s nice with some mustard!
Like … Anyone who live in Japan and not in a bubble.
It tastes a bit like munster with a consistency of raw egg white
Fuck natto
Love it with rice and ねぎ
I eat natto pretty much everyday and I think it tastes awesome! (its almost like mac and cheese type of comfort food for me because I ate it as a little kid). I think one way to help people not accustomed to eating it would be to try the shredded kind (like the ones in the combini sushi rolls) because they don’t taste as strongly and usually aren’t as slimy as the wholebeans.