KOMBU VS WAKAME VS KELP: DIFFERENCES EXPLAINED Japanese seaweed Are kombu, wakame and kelp the same?

Japanese culinary tradition has many variations of seaweed-based ingredients that people can get confused with.

Some of the most common ones are kombu, wakame, and kelp. Although they seem similar, those three are different.

Kelp refers to a type of algae
Kombu is dried kelp used for cooking
And wakame is a kind of marine seaweed
Those three things are in the same category as brown algae seaweed. However, they look and taste quite different. Let’s get to know more about these seaweed delights!

[burntt]

I want to make my own Japanese seaweed salad… now when the ingredients say: wakame, and I go to the store to get it… the stuff never comes out to bright green strips of seaweed, only really dark green squares. How the heck to you get the bright green wakame that’s in thin strips?! I cannot find the answer.

[ryem]

you wont even show me what they look like?

[SleekMouse]

great explanation answered a question I had and 1 I didnt know I had.