thin omelette cut into strips
A Japanese dish: a thin, crepe-like omelette (often slightly sweet) cut into fine strips, used as a garnish or topping for chirashizushi, bento, etc. Related to 薄焼き卵.
See also: 薄焼き卵
Put strips of thin omelette on top of the chirashizushi.
When making kinshi tamago, it's good to add a little sugar to the egg mixture.
薄焼き卵 is the thin omelette itself, while 錦糸卵 refers specifically to that omelette cut into fine strips.
Standard kanji spelling for this dish.
Variant using 玉子 for 'egg'.
Less common variant; 金 replaces 錦.
From 錦 (brocade) + 糸 (thread) + 卵 (egg), referring to the thin, thread-like strips of egg resembling gold brocade threads.