What vegetable is this? More info in comments

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1. Hi all

   Ordered a veggie bowl from a Japanese restaurant, delicious and am really loving this vegetable (whatever it is, the one im holding up with the chopsticks). Can anyone help me with a name? Dish lists ingredients as cucumber, mix leaf, cabbage, edamame, toasted kale, mushroom crisps and nori flakes

   The closest thing in this description is mushroom crisps (it’s very crispy) but this thing looks nothing like any mushroom I’ve seen

   Any ideas?

2. Lotus root

3. Search for recipes using the word renkon instead of lotus root, you will get more that way. It’s an amazing veg.

4. 莲藕
   レンコン
   renkon

   daikon onishan

5. Edamame 😉

6. Lotus root. So good

7. They make great chips …

8. Those are tubefish bones

9. These looked dried (could have been fried).

   Raw lotus root is very sticky and a bit difficult to handle.. if you could get ones that are already peeled and preserved or just dehydrated ones those would be ideal! They make great chips, side on to dishes, also taste good with rice or in teas.

10. Renkon! It’s one of my favorite vegetable here. Has it been fried or dried in some way? I’m sure it’s still delicious but fresh lotus root is the best.

11. I love when it has been pickled. I miss watching it getting harvested from the swamps.

12. Are those green beans..?

13. lotus root i think

14. Yummy lotus!

15. Lotus root and edamame

16. I’ve seen lotus root on Asian supermarkets but never actually had it? What does it taste like?

17. lotus root

18. You can get this from the frozen section in most Asian grocers (I live in Oz)

19. Giant okra

20. Loofah

21. Lotus root makes wonderful deep fried crisps.

22. Lotus root!

23. Lotus root, and it’s amazing when fried. Somewhere between a potato and a plantain?