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A small lacquer bowl of cloudy miso soup with tofu cubes and scallion

Miso Soup Bowl

$4 play money

A small bowl of miso soup with tofu and seaweed. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $4 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.

No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.

Key facts

Cuisine
Japanese
Menu section
Japanese
Price tier
Snack ($1 to $14)
Play-money price
$4
Main ingredients
miso, tofu, seaweed, stock
How it is served
A small lacquer bowl of cloudy miso soup with tofu cubes and scallion

History, tradition and origin

Miso is a paste of soybeans fermented with salt and a grain mould, used in Japan for well over a thousand years. Miso soup is part of the traditional breakfast and of most set meals. Marinating fish in sweet white miso before grilling is an old Kyoto way of preserving it, and brushing miso on grilled eggplant is a summer dish.

Food economy and industry

Miso is made by large brewers and by small regional makers whose pastes range from pale and sweet to dark and strong. Fermentation takes from a few weeks to several years. Most soybeans used are imported, mainly from North America. Interest in fermented foods has helped miso exports grow steadily.

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