chawanmushi

English

Alternative forms

  • chawan mushi

Etymology

From Japanese 茶碗蒸し (chawan-mushi).

Noun

chawanmushi (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese savoury egg custard dish containing ginkgo seeds.
    • 1907 February, Janet M. Hill, “After Breakfast Chat”, in The Boston Cooking-School Magazine, volume 10, number 7, Boston, page 346:
      The menu included: udon (noodle soup), chicken udon, chawan moosh (steamed custard, fine vegetables), tamago yaki (ham omelette), suki yaki (chop suey), chicken suki yaki (chicken chop suey), ira udon (chop suey, fried noodles), chicken iri udon, mesha (rice), chab (tea), shoga (candy ginger).

Hyponyms

Japanese

Romanization

chawanmushi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちゃわんむし
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