Grilled Octopus Salad Konbu, Bamboo Shoots & Pickled Chillies

This dish, one of the most popular things on the Noodle Bar menu, was devised largely by Kevin Pemoulie to use up all the leftover konbu we were generating by making our ramen broth. Could we have come up with something simpler? I’m sure. Something tastier? Probably not.

Note that almost all the work in this recipe can happen a long time before you’re gonna serve it. It’s not weeknight cooking, but it’s not hard—it just takes some planning. Or a bunch of leftover konbu to motivate y