Recipe: Tobiko Pasta At Mr. Tuna, a sushi restaurant in Portland, Maine, the most popular menu item is a seafood roll topped with tempura flakes, scallions and a bed of shiny red tobiko.

Tobiko is traditionally used on top of sushi rolls and if you make them yourself at home, you can easily replicate them. The only problem is, you'll have a whole container of the stuff.

In addition to these uses, tobiko is also found throughout a variety of Japanese dishes, filling sushi or garnishing rolls, and adding a pop of color and a salty crunch to soups and sauces.