I didn't take pictures -- I felt silly -- it didn't LOOK significantly different
BUT
I was super happy
with the taste
I decided I didn't want to go full hot & sour
I didn't want THAT hot
& I wanted a little
BRIGHTER
I used the HODO tofu SMALL cubed
& I left out the EGG
I held back on the white pepper
ENOUGH to taste
BUT
not covering the flavors of the mushroom, daikon, and seaweed
a TINY bit of the black garlic tamari balsamic vinegar that I am currently using for soy sauce substitute
& a healthy amount of the other vinegar I bought at that cool store in iowa
they had a thing set up where you could
SAMPLE
I tasted an embarrassing number of flavors
I ended up with
black garlic tamari dark balsamic vinegar
&
CUCUMBER
I was SURPRISED -- I didn't even know there WAS WHITE balsamic vinegar -- and sure I like cucumber, but it BEAT -- MEYER LEMON (brain exploding emoji)
I also put in a dash of what is now my default
HEAT -- but I mean just a TINY dash because this STUFF is HOT
BUT the FLAVOR is SO good
I'm LIKE
not enough for me to specifically taste it
JUST
underneath
