Hello to 2019!

Happy New Year! 

There is no better way to say hello to 2019 here in Japan than with traditional New Year dishes (おせち料理). While I have been enjoying the (red) sea bream (鯛), herring roe (数の子), and sweet rolled omelette (伊達巻) these past three days, my favorite dish is still rice cake soup (お雑煮) with white miso and sweet-bean-paste rice cakes (あん餅). My son's favorite, though, is boiled fish cake. Can you guess what we call it in Japanese?

Full of hope (and good food) for 2019, I remain

Your humble teacher,

Alan

P.S. In Japanese, "boiled fish cake" is called 蒲鉾.