Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Japanese sauce typically made from mirin, rice vinegar, bonito flakes, citrus juice, and sometimes soy sauce, often used as a condiment for seafood.
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- noun A sour citrus-based sauce usually made from the juice of the
橙 (だいだい, daidai), an Asian variety ofbitter orange .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yakihama – baby yellowtail sashimi with ginger-garlic ponzu is something I can’t wait to go back and order again.
Hours of Mischief at LA’s Greatest Aphrodisiac – Tengu Santa Monica
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Or those times that your whole meal goes South just because you ask for the wrong thing (ahem, ponzu sauce).
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In the '80s, in Santa Monica, I enjoyed the elegant creative efforts of Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff at Chinois in dishes like catfish with ginger and ponzu sauce or scallops with Pad Thai noodles and lemon grass.
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In the '80s, in Santa Monica, I enjoyed the elegant creative efforts of Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff at Chinois in dishes like catfish with ginger and ponzu sauce or scallops with Pad Thai noodles and lemon grass.
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In the '80s, in Santa Monica, I enjoyed the elegant creative efforts of Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff at Chinois in dishes like catfish with ginger and ponzu sauce or scallops with Pad Thai noodles and lemon grass.
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And, just like at Nozawa, good luck trying to get any extra ponzu sauce.
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Fusion, she said, now regarded as a trendy mid-'90s style of cooking, is marked by such unfortunate East-meets-West combinations as wasabi-flavored mashed potatoes and ponzu beurre blanc.
Wild Shrimp and Peas With Fresh Curry Leaves and Coconut Rice
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Or those times that your whole meal goes South just because you ask for the wrong thing (ahem, ponzu sauce).
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And, just like at Nozawa, good luck trying to get any extra ponzu sauce.
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Screaming-hot thin slices of fatty meat and scallions from the dashi water dipped into cold vinegar-based sauces like ponzu and miso-pon was possibly the best thing I'd ever eaten in my life.
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