It’s sweet, it’s funky, it’s savory, it’s only here this time of year. The Japanese Sweet Potato Sandwich has returned for the fall! What’s inside? Shoyu mayo, roasted-then-fried sweet potatoes, cabbage-green-onion-slaw, and tempura-fried sesame seeds that resemble a many-eyed sea monster.
Michelle was doing some research and she located the actual piece of paper from 9 years ago, when the Japanese Sweet Potato (or JSP for the true fans) was first presented at Food Dev.
Enzo was trying to do 2 things:
-use up a bumper crop of sweet potatoes from Next Barn Over and
-convince HIMSELF that sweet potatoes are delicious (there is a more in-depth version of the story – you’ll have to ask him about it next time he does a pizza pop-up at the HUB.