Akebi for Pic-nic

Let me introduce you this strange fruit coming from the mountains of Tohoku, the Northern part of Honshu island : Akebi.

Akebi is amazingly purple, it really looks like and alien fruit. When you open it, the flesh is sweet and milky; you can eat it raw, like passion fruit. But the skin is fresh and bitter, and you can cook it like vegetable. I mixed it with beef, onion, miso, sesam oil, soy sauce and sugar to prepare my hiking obento. Love the taste!

Bon appétit !