Hiyajiru

**The miso is grilled.** Spread and browned before it is thinned. That caramelisation is the difference between good hiyajiru and salty cold water. **Summer is the season.** It exists because the plain is hot and humid and farm workers still had to eat. In February it is a curiosity. **Pour it over the rice yourself.** It arrives separately in most places. Adding it all at once and eating fast is the correct method. **Buy the instant packets.** Sold in supermarkets across the prefecture and genuinely decent. They are the easiest Miyazaki souvenir to carry. **Order it with chicken nanban.** The two together are the standard Miyazaki lunch and the cold soup cuts the fried chicken exactly as intended.