ponzu
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ponzu
C21: from Japanese
Example Sentences
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It’s got little slices of Mandarin orange over yellowtail fish, with a little bit of Thai chill on top, and sits in a ponzu sauce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
Fruit purées can also be transformed into high-impact components: grilled peach with shoyu, roasted apricot with miso, fig with ponzu.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
First, we’ll unleash our inner mad scientist with a ponzu sauce.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
Hired from Boston, Chile native Matt Singer has personalized the menu with dishes including lightly torched mackerel crudo, splashed with ponzu sauce and garnished with Lilliputian onion rings, and housemade tagliatelle dressed with butter-poached squid.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022
A mid-January menu included the restaurant’s signature sweet potato biscuits, raw oysters topped with ponzu and finger lime and shrimp in lemon butter, all paired with natural wines.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
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