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My first try was not as successful as I want it to be. The sliced cucumber was watery so I was not satisfied. I tried to research for a recipe and I saw that you can add carrots and mango as ingredients. My second try of Kani salad was way better than the first one. I put the sliced cucumber in an absorbent tissue paper to lessen the juice. The mango was a great additive.

You also need to find a shredder for the cucumber. I haven’t found any yet so it took me hours (literally) to slice the cucumber in very thin strips similar to that of Teriyaki’s.

I also tried the Kani salad of Something Fishy but it is way too expensive (P250.00) than T. Boy’s (P125.00). Also, the main ingredient of Something Fishy’s Kani Salad is carrot instead of cucumber. I didn’t try Zuppa’s version of Kani Salad because I saw that the dressing was wasabi sauce and not Japanese mayo. I don’t know how it will taste but I hate wasabi so I scrapped the option of trying it.

Anyway, to make your own Kani Salad, you will need:

• 1 cucumber, shredded/cut into strips
• Kani sticks (Crab sticks), shredded
• Crab eggs (optional but will really make your salad more tasty)
• 1 ripe mango, shredded (optional)
• 1 carrot, shredded (optional)
• Japanese mayonnaise -> my favorite, also known as Kewpie mayo
• 1/2 tbsp. sesame oil (optional)
• 1 lettuce leaf

Use a grater or a vegetable peeler to shred the cucumber, carrots and mango. For the crab sticks, you can just pull them apart into thin strips. Put all these on top of a lettuce leaf on a good plate or bowl. Top it with Japanese mayo and drizzle with the crab eggs and sesame oil.

Here’s the picture: