KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — Known as nasu dengaku in Japanese, the miso glazed eggplant is one of those dishes where you might have never eaten before but once you have, you wonder where it’s been ...

“Mizu-nasu,” literally “water eggplant,” is also a local variety ... Akiko Watanabe is a cooking expert specializing in Japanese cuisine. Midori Kasai is a professor at Ochanomizu ...