Salad of Heirloom Tomatoes & Palm Hearts with a Yuzu-Pon Dressing

This is my Nikkei take on Brazil’s number one salad – tomato and palm hearts. Like bacon and eggs or fish and chips (fries) in the UK, tomato and palm hearts always go together in Brazil; they are found on nearly every restaurant menu in the country, as well as in every home. Palm heart (known as palmito in Portuguese) is an interesting vegetable with an unusual texture and flavour – it’s like a cross between bamboo shoot, artichoke heart and asparagus. When served fresh, it is one o